IRANIAN AUTHORITIES THIS YEAR ALSO DO NOT PERMIT ARMENIANS TO ORGANIZE PROCESSION TO TURKISH EMBASSY
Noyan Tapan
April 28, 2008
TEHRAN, APRIL 28, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. A holy liturgy was
served on April 24 in the Saint Sargis Church in the capital city of
Iran, Tehran.
At the end of the liturgy representatives of the local Armenian
community laid flowers to the memorial of victims of Armenian Genocide
of 1915 in the church yard.
As the Zaman daily reports, this year, either, representatives of
Iranian Armenian community were not permitted to organize a procession
towards the Embassy of Turkey in Iran.
It should be mentioned that on April 24, 2007 the Iranian Armenian
community was not allowed to organize a procession, either.