Seda Safaryan took her husband and daughter-in-law to the Supreme Court, her son to the Anti-Corruption Committee

Despite the reservations presented by the “Armenia” alliance, the judge of the Constitutional Court, Seda Safaryan, continued to participate in the trial of contesting the results of the elections in the Constitutional Court.

In 2022, Seda Safaryan was elected a judge of the Supreme Court by the parliamentary majority on the recommendation of the Government. The “Armenia” alliance believes that judge Seda Safaryan “is biased, has a negative attitude towards Robert Kocharyan, and participated in the 2021 elections with Arman Babajanyan on the same list.”

Another addition in this context: 168․amwrote in 2024 that, according to the representative of the successors of the victims in the March 1 case, lawyer Seda Safaryan հայտարարագրի՝ Seda Safaryan’s daughter-in-law, Mariam Gzoghyan, was registered as an expert in the Prime Minister’s staff, and her son was employed in the Anti-Corruption Committee.

Register We also knew that Artashes Khalatyan, Seda Safaryan’s assistant in the CC, gave political assessments and legal comments to the opposition movements through publications in Pashinyan’s family newspaper.

The interesting episodes about Seda Safaryan and his family members do not end there․ Below are other records in their 2025 declarations submitted to the Corruption Prevention Commission in 2026. It should be noted that these declarations are what the officials and family members informed about.

Seda Safaryan

Thus, Judge Seda Safaryan of the CC started and ended the reporting year, 2025, with 5 real estates. A non-residential area of ​​an apartment building donated in 2012, which is owned by an individual, an individual residential house purchased in 2013 in Jrvezh and jointly owned, a non-residential area of ​​an apartment building purchased in 2014, which is again managed under joint ownership, and two apartments purchased in 2022, 2023.

Safaryan’s bank account balances almost doubled during the year, making 1,439,586.9 AMD at the end of the year instead of 765,282.9 AMD at the beginning of the year, and cash funds decreased by 500 thousand AMD, making 1 million AMD at the end of the year.

21,640,117.3 drams of income of the SC judge for the reporting year was generated from the salary of 19,635,012 drams received from the SC and other payments equal to it, 78,033.3 drams received from the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, 1,927,072 drams from the income tax refund received from Finnach.

Safaryan also mentioned 6,480,329.6 drams as the principal balance of the loan.  the object of the mortgage is the apartment. During the year, in general, he directed 12,513,371.8 drams to repay the loan.

Seyran Kyureghyan, Seda Safaryan’s husband

Seda Safaryan’s husband, Seyran Kyureghyan, mentioned in the declaration about 4 jointly owned real estates, 2 of which, apartments in Nor Nork and Arabkir, were bought in recent years. Seyran Kyureghyan also announced the 2004 production “Toyota” car that was donated by an unknown party in 2022. The balances of Safaryan’s husband’s bank accounts fluctuated little during the year. 657,744.61 drams remained at the end of the year from 728,734.61 drams at the beginning of the year.

During the year, the official’s family member received 17,131,541 drams of income, which was generated from the 1,172,160 drams pension received from the Ministry of Defense, 714,381 drams from the salary received from the SC and other payments equal to it, and the other incomes were generated from the rental money received from 3 areas. To remind, the press wrote earlier that Seda Safaryan appointed her husband as her own driver.

By the way, in our previous publication, in which was reflected as well as Seyran Kyureghyan’s declaration, we mentioned that in that year he also mentioned the CC as his place of work.

Safaryan’s husband also mentioned the amount of the principal balance of the loan as of December 31, 2025: 6,480,329.6 drams. The object of the mortgage is the acquisition of real estate from a newly constructed building.

Seyran Kyureghyan spent 3,300,000 drams for recreation in 2025, and 2 million drams for real estate renovation.

Koryun Kyureghyan, son of Seda Safaryan

2025 was auspicious for Koryun Kyureghyan, the son of Seda Safaryan. During the year, he bought a 2022 “Tesla” brand car for 14 million drams. “Online Salvage Car Auctions” was mentioned as a party to the transaction. Used:

From the line of the declaration: loans given and returned, we learn about the loan of 2,600,000 drams given and returned 2,900,000 drams during the year. Gor Ghumashyan was mentioned as a debtor.

Kyureghyan Jr.’s bank account balances almost tripled during the year. 374,056 drams at the beginning of the year amounted to 1,253,097.98 drams at the end of the year, and cash resources decreased, and instead of 480 thousand drams at the beginning of the year, he declared 100 thousand drams at the end of the year.

Koryun Kyureghyan’s income for the reporting year of 2025 was about 12.5 million AMD, which was generated from the salary of 9,814,476 AMD received from the Anti-Corruption Committee and other payments equivalent to it and from the loan of 2,600,000 AMD from Amio Bank.

During the year, he directed 2,900,000 drams to repay the loan, and he did not publicize the contents of another 3,850,000 drams one-time expenditure.

Seda Safaryan’s daughter-in-law Mariam Gzoghyan

From the declaration of Safaryan’s daughter-in-law, we learn that he has been an assistant judge of the Supreme Court since November 2025. He mentioned the balances of the bank accounts, which during the year fluctuated around 100 thousand drams. Mariam Gzoghyan’s income of 901,816 drams for the reporting year was generated from the salary of 424,661 drams received from the State Council and/or other equivalent payments, the 444,678 drams pension received from the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, as well as the 32,477 drams received from the “Institute of Philosophy, Sociology and Law of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia” and/or other equivalent payments. from payments.

To remind, the CC decided that Vardanyan and Zeynalyan, former members of the “Civil Agreement” and “Republic” parties, have a biased attitude towards the trial participants. The CC claimed that the judges discussed Safaryan’s issue at the June 21 session and did not adopt a decision on the impossibility of his participation, because there were not enough votes in favor.

Meanwhile, the “Armenia” alliance challenging the results of the elections in the Constitutional Court believes that judge Seda Safaryan is “biased, has a negative attitude towards Robert Kocharyan and participated in the 2021 elections with Arman Babajanyan on the same list.” Babajanyan’s “For the Republic” party is one of the 7 forces contesting the results of the elections, and it turns out that Safaryan now has to make a decision on the case of his former political partner as well.

In fact, it turns out that the majority of CC 9 judges did not see any problem regarding Seda Safaryan’s bias.

In any case, already during the examination of the issue in the CC, Seda Safaryan reinforced the point of view of bias among the applicants with his questions. they noticed that Safaryan repeats the speech of CP, makes political statements.

It should also be reminded that the factions “Hayastan” and “I have honor” put into circulation the project to appeal to the Constitutional Court on the issue of terminating the powers of Constitutional Court Judge Seda Safaryan in 2023, but it was rejected by the efforts of the ruling faction. As a basis for terminating the powers of Seda Safaryan, it was mentioned that the latter, violating the requirements of incompatibility established for the judge of the Constitutional Court, engaged in entrepreneurship. The CC never started any process. And Seda Safaryan practiced law as a judge, which is prohibited by law.

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