Expert: Turkish-speaking Iranians mistaken for Azeri population in Iran
September 19, 2012 – 17:56 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – An Azeri studies expert commented on recent
statement of U.S. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) who introduced a
House Concurrent Resolution urging the U.S. and Iranian leadership to
organize a referendum to annex Azeri-populated Iranian territories to
Azerbaijan.
At a September 19 news conference, Sargis Asatryan characterized the
Congressman’s initiative as a part of U.S.-led policy aiming to weaken
and destabilize Iran.
`The proposition is initially faulty considering there’s no Azeri
population in Iran, but rather Turkish-speaking Iranians,’ an Iranian
studies expert Vardan Voskanyan added.
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