Author: nina hovnanian

Cracks observed near Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline

Wed 12 September 2012 13:29 GMT | 14:29 Local Time
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Cracks are being observed in the territories trough Azerbaijan’s Salyan and
Hajigabul regions through which in the area of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline
passes.

The statement came from the executive chief of the Institute of Geology
Department of geodynamics and seismology under Azerbaijan National Academy
of Science (ANAS) Gulam Babayev, APA reports.

According to him, wide radiometric, gravimetric, GPS researches and seismic
monitoring are being conducted in the area. But deep seismic researches and
deep seismic probation should be conducted for the detailed research of
ongoing process: `I will not elaborate the issue. The results of the
researches can be announced only after BP Company approves the fact. I
should say that we have very interesting results. According to preliminary
results, I can say that the current information differs from priors. It is
new information.’

Babayev said that there are potential dangerous quake grounds through the
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline’s territory: `We have composed quake
catalogues on it. Even the catalogue of mud volcanoes is being composed,
because there are many volcanoes in Absheron peninsula. We also think that
mud volcanoes in Sangachal can impact to this area. Wide researches are
being conducted on it.’

News.Az

Ouest-France
lundi 10 septembre 2012
nantes Edition

La famille Kudoyan a été expulsée de son logement

Coup dur les jours précédents la rentrée scolaire pour la famille
Kudoyan. Hébergée depuis un an par la Cada (Centre d’accueil des
demandeurs d’asile-association Saint-Benoît Labbre) qui détient des
logements d’urgence à Vertou, la famille, qui avait été déboutée de
ses droits d’asile en octobre 2011, a été expulsée le mercredi 29
août. Le 7 mai dernier, elle s’était vue signifier un refus à sa
demande de recours.

Du travailmais pas de logement

Cette expulsion a été traumatisante pour Maria, seule présente au
domicile avec ses deux enfants à ce moment-là quand sont intervenus
huissiers, gendarmes… « J’ai dû réveiller Monica et j’ai eu à peine
une demi-heure pour préparer quelques affaires, tout est encore
là-bas… Ça m’a rappelé ce que j’ai vécu en Arménie, »raconte-t-elle
(lire Ouest-France du mercredi 23 mai).

La situation est quasi kafkaïenne : le père travaille dans une société
de services qui selon Maria serait prête à prendre Roman en CDI, s’il
pouvait présenter un titre de séjour. De son côté, il semble que la
préfecture attende que Roman présente une preuve d’embauche en CDI,
pour délivrer le titre qui leur assurera enfin un statut légal,
indispensable pour obtenir un logement dont ils peuvent payer le
loyer.

Dans l’urgence, la famille a été logée à l’hôtel pendant cinq nuits
par la municipalité. Depuis, elle est accueillie par une famille amie.
Mais cela ne pourra pas durer.

Fait nouveau ce vendredi. Alors que Maria s’était rendue à la
préfecture, elle y a appris, bonne nouvelle, que Roman devait se
présenter ce lundi 10 septembre avec son contrat de travail en cours,
pour obtenir une prolongation du récépissé de demande de son titre de
séjour. Il s’agit d’un nouveau sursis, mais cela ne résout pas
l’immédiat et le crucial problème du logement.

ASALA : le faux grossier diffusé par l’Azerbaïdjan

Publié le : 14-09-2012

Info Collectif VAN – – Afin de contrecarrer le
désastreux effet produit par la glorification – au plus haut niveau de
l’Etat azéri – des crimes de l’assassin Ramil Safarov accueilli en
héros le 31 août à Bakou, l’Azerbaïdjan (et son allié turc ?)
préparerait-il de fausses attaques de l’ASALA destinées à jeter
l’opprobre sur les Arméniens ? Le fait est qu’Azertag, l’agence de
presse officielle du gouvernement azéri (répertorié sur le site de
l’Ambassade d’Azerbaïdjan en France), fait mention de menaces de mort,
qui proviendraient soi-disant de l’ASALA, l’Armée secrète arménienne
pour la libération de l’Arménie. La lettre de menaces que
l’organisation armée (qui ne fait pratiquement plus parler d’elle
depuis les années 85) aurait envoyée le 3 septembre 2012 à l’Ambassade
d’Azerbaïdjan à Budapest, et mise en ligne sur le site Azertag, a tout
du faux grossier : écrite en turc (et pour cause, les Turcs et les
Azéris – qui sont en fait à l’origine de ce texte – ne maîtrisent pas
vraiment la langue arménienne…), elle aligne des erreurs presque
comiques. Sauf que tout dans les propos diffusés transpire la haine :
en creux, c’est bien entendu la haine anti-arménienne qui suinte de
chaque phrase.

Par ailleurs, on ne note rien de bien nouveau dans cette mise en avant
de l’ASALA: agiter le chiffon rouge des actions de l’ASALA est l’une
des principales tactiques des propagandistes à la solde de l’Etat
négationniste turc, pour contrer les revendications internationales de
reconnaissance du génocide arménien. La négation du génocide arménien
est également l’un des principaux chevaux de bataille de la diplomatie
azérie. Le site de l’Ambassade d’Azerbaïdjan en France ne déroge pas à
la règle et diffuse sur notre sol une prose négationniste type.

A savoir : l’ASALA a démenti le 11 septembre le faux mail envoyé aux
autorités azéries.

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Décryptage

Explication par le Collectif VAN du texte, émanant soi-disant de
l’ASALA, traduit sur le site gouvernemental de presse d’Azerbaïdjan,
Azertag.

Rappel : cette lettre – supposée provenir de combattants arméniens –
est écrite en turc (!) ce qui dénote pour le moins d’un manque
d’imagination consternant.

« Le génocide commis par les assassins turcs à la fin du siècle
dernier – un acte qui revient aux Turcs- et qui a eu pour résultat le
massacre de 600 mille Arméniens, vit aujourd’hui même dans la mémoire
des Arméniens. »

Nota CVAN : Ainsi donc, les prétendus auteurs de ce texte (l’ASALA),
qui seraient membres d’une faction arménienne considérée comme dure,
seraient bien conciliants et s’aligneraient – pour chiffrer le
génocide – sur les thèses de la propagande turque qui admet du bout
des lèvres « de 300 000 à 600 000 victimes arméniennes de la guerre »
de 14/18. Remarquons, et c’en est comique, la précision suivante
concernant le génocide : « un acte qui revient aux Turcs ». Pour ceux
qui seraient tentés de faire porter le chapeau de 1915 aux Azéris ?

« A cette heure, nous vengeons ce génocide en soutenant les opérations
armées de PKK et en leurs donnant des directives. »

Nota CVAN : Bigre. L’ASALA donnerait des directives au PKK. Rien de
moins ! S’il est plus que probable que les combattants de l’ASALA
aient (ou plutôt aient eu) des accointances avec les combattants armés
du peuple kurde, cette fanfaronnade va – là encore – dans le sens des
accusations turques pour désigner les Arméniens à la vindicte des
nationalistes panturcs. D’autre part, dans la lutte arménienne, le
langage de la « vengeance » est absent : c’est celui de la justice qui
prédomine (voir plus bas extraits du démenti de l’ASALA).

« Chaque jour nous augmentons le nombre des charognes turques et nous
allons continuer jusqu’à ce que le nombre des turcs morts ne soit pas
de 40 000 mais qu’il atteigne 600 000.
Votre haine sanglante, barbare et votre haine envers les peuples
voisins, votre agression se retourneront contre vous, au triple avec
la haine et la vengeance.
Nous allons vous étouffer dans le sang des victimes innocentes que
vous avez répandu. »

Nota CVAN : Ce discours fait froid dans le dos. Une chose est sûre :
même lors de ses dérives jusqu’au-boutistes, l’Armée secrète
arménienne pour la libération de l’Arménie n’a jamais utilisé cette
rhétorique haineuse et raciste. Ses textes étaient plutôt empreints de
la tonalité anti-impérialiste propre aux mouvements de libération
révolutionnaires. On retrouve par contre dans ce faux mail, le style
bien reconnaissable des ultra-nationalistes de Turquie ou
d’Azerbaïdjan, Loups Gris et autres Brigades de la Vengeance turque
qui sont derrière les multiples meurtres de militants arméniens,
turcs, kurdes, alévis, en Turquie.

« Les charognes azéries que nous avons tuées à Khodjaly puent encore,
nous augmentons le compte des charognes de soldats azéris à la
frontière du Karabagh.

Nota CVAN : La ficelle est ici vraiment trop grosse. Nous voici
arrivés à Khodjaly ! Un site lancé en Arménie répertorie les mensonges
grossiers et les faux documents visant à faire passer les événements
de Khodjaly pour un génocide perpétré par les Arméniens à l’encontre
de la population azérie. Et voilà que, apportant la « preuve » suprême
sur un plateau en argent, les « coupables » (de l’ASALA) viendraient
revendiquer avec satisfaction un crime que nul n’a endossé jusqu’à
présent, et surtout pas les véritables responsables d’Azerbaïdjan !

« Attention, lisez bien ce message.
Très bientôt, les représentants de la mission diplomatique
d’Azerbaïdjan mourront par des moyens inusités.

Rachad Safarov – condamné à mort!
Eldar Aliyev – condamné à mort!
Anar Imanov – condamné à mort!
Lala Safarova – condamnée à mort!
Hüseyn Cafarov – condamné à mort!
Vügar Aliyev – condamné à mort!
Gülnara Mammadova – condamnée à mort! ».

Nota CVAN : La conclusion de ce fake préoccupant devrait réellement
inquiéter les représentants de la mission diplomatique d’Azerbaïdjan
en Hongrie et les autorités du pays. Pour accréditer leurs délires
anti-arméniens, les auteurs de cette lettre seraient bien capables de
tuer leurs propres concitoyens azéris.

On ne peut qu’opposer à l’humeur haineuse encouragée par les autorités
azéries qui suinte de la fausse lettre de l’ASALA diffusée par
l’Ambassade d’Azerbaïdjan en Hongrie, l’humour cinglant anglo-arménien
à découvrir ici.

Collectif VAN

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L’information originale est disponible sur :

La fausse lettre de « l’ASALA » en turc, est à découvrir sur ce lien :

Le Collectif VAN met également la fausse lettre de « l’ASALA » en turc
à disposition en téléchargement ci-dessous.

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Démenti de l’Armée secrète arménienne pour la libération de l’Arménie
(ASALA) le 11 septembre 2012 :

Arminfo

11 septembre 2012

« Nous démentons catégoriquement la désinformation propagée par les
autorités azerbaïdjanaises selon laquelle notre organisation aurait
envoyé des lettres de menaces à leur ambassade à Budapest.”

[…]

La République d’Azerbaïdjan a été transformée en régime de type
héréditaire, despotique et royal, par la « Dynastie Aliev » qui – dans
une tentative désespérée de détourner l’attention du public
international de l’acte immoral de la grce accordée à l’assassin
condamné Ramil Safarov – a diffusé une désinformation enfantine. [Nota
CVAN : le dictateur Ilham Aliev sera reçu officiellement en France à
partir du 18 septembre 2012].

[…]

La libération de la partie occidentale de l’Arménie a été et reste
l’objectif principal de la diaspora arménienne et, naturellement, la
mission principale de l’ASALA. En tant que tel, nous ne nous
détournons pas de notre mission. La Turquie ne peut éviter le jugement
de l’histoire pour l’extermination de millions d’Arméniens innocents.
La Turquie ne peut établir un Etat sur les reliques d’un peuple
massacré.

La renaissance des peuples de la région frappe à la porte du régime
colonial d’Ankara. Il ne fait aucun doute que les Arméniens et les
Kurdes restaureront leurs droits bafoués et libéreront leur patrie de
l’occupation turque.

Victoire pour le peuple arménien!

Justice à toutes les personnes privées de leurs droits! ”

Traduction Collectif VAN- 13 septembre 2012 – 07 :15 –

1ST KOREAN-ARMENIAN CULTURAL FESTIVAL COMES TO LA CRESCENTA
By Ruxandra Guidi

89.3 KPCC
Sept 14 2012
CA

Festival organizer Arick Gevorkian says some of his neighbors doubted
that a small local event focused on Asian and European immigrants
would take off.

“Why not?” he asks. “Why not down the road Armenian and Mexican and
Korean? Why not Armenian and Mexican and Korean and Irish?”

Gevorkian is Armenian – born and raised in Iran, and educated in
England. He moved to the United States in 1981, and got his small
business off the ground with the help of other Armenian neighbors.

Now, he says, the festival has become an incubator for other
immigrant-owned small businesses that will be selling their prepared
foods, crafts and other wares this weekend.

“For our kids that go to local public schools, or the community that
shops at the local grocery stores, they understand that the Koreans
and Armenians, yeah, they might speak differently, they might eat
differently,” explains Gevorkian. “But we have to bring harmony to
the neighborhood in order for us to be able to truly to call our
neighborhood our home.”

The festival takes place both days this weekend from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The offerings include Korean Pop music, or K-Pop, Armenian church
choirs, Armenian shish kebob and Korean barbecue stands.

ARMENIA DOESN’T HAVE AND HAS NEVER HAD ANY TIES WITH TERRORISM, ARTUR BAGHDASARYAN SAYS

Mediamax
Sept 14 2012
Armenia

Yerevan/Mediamax/. Secretary of National Security Council of Armenia
Artur Baghdasaryan said today that “Armenia doesn’t have and has
never had any ties with terrorism”.

Commenting on the publications according to which Armenia was on
the list of top 7 countries most dangerous to the U.S. in terms of
terrorist attacks, Artur Baghdasaryan noted that Armenia undertakes
great efforts to ensure security of the country from the threat
of terrorism. He stressed that this registered in a number of
international documents.

“Latest annual reports of the NATO and EU noted that Armenia registered
considerable progress in combating terrorism and cyber terrorism”,
said Artur Baghdasaryan adding that there is nothing to worry about.

AZERBAIJAN AND ARMENIAN TENSIONS KEEP ON GROWING

Toonari Post – A News Mash Up! Florida
Sept 13 2012

The Toonari Post – News, Powered by the People!

Baku, Azerbaijan – Azerbaijani authorities are growing concerned over
the increasing condemnation and hostility in the wake of the release
of Ramil Safarov. Following speculation that the Armenian government
is considering putting a $500,000 bounty on the head of the army
officer, people gathered in the capital of Yerevan calling for the
“opening of a hunting season for Safarov.” Buses were covered with
bulls eye images portraying Safarov as a target and photos of him
were burned by activists.

“We are seriously concerned about these violent reactions in Armenia,
condemning a fully legal extradition and subsequent amnesty,” said
Azerbaijani MP Elkhan Suleymanov, Vice President of the Euronest
Parliamentary Assembly. “Now they are calling for revenge in ways
that are absolutely outside of international legality,” he added.

“Playing a dangerous blame game is likely to create even more national
heroes and enemies and will hardly contribute to people and stability
in the Caucasus.”

Safarov was convicted of murdering an Armenian soldier during a NATO
training course in Budapest in 2004, claiming that he spat on the
Azerbaijani flag and humiliated him. Hungary extradited Safarov to
Azerbaijan after serving years of time in prison, and his subsequent
release drew attention again to the lingering Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict, where the illegal Armenian occupation has been condemned
by the UN.

“The Safarov controversy risks undermining Yerevan’s responsibilities
in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and justifying the illegal Armenian
occupation of about 20 per cent of our country,” Suleymanov said,
further stressing that four United Nations resolutions calling for
Armenia’simmediate, complete and unconditional withdrawal from the
occupied territories have not been enforced. Analogous resolutions
have been approved by PACE, OSCE and the European Parliament.

Safarov’s case has drawn similarities with Varoujan Grabedian’s
extradition to Armenia in 2001. A member of the terrorist organisation
ASALA, Grabedian was convicted for a bombing which killed eight
people at Orly Airport in Paris, France. Although he was sentenced to
life imprisonment, appeals from the Armenian government culminated
in his extradition to Armenia, despite the fact that Grabedian is
not an Armenian citizen but a Syrian. In Yerevan, he was hailed a
national hero.

“Killings by Armenian snipers along the cease-fire line alone,
accounted for 1,250 civilian deaths and 1,300 wounded over the last
20 years,” said Sulemanov. He added that children have been targeted
repeatedly through explosive toys, elderly visiting the graves of their
relatives were shot and numerous explosions have killed civilians in
buses, trains, ferries and open places.

“The international community should help to stop the continuous breach
of the cease-fire to prevent the recurrence of civilian casualties,”
Suleymanov said.

SAFAROV CASE/THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT CONDEMNS AZERBAIJAN

European Armenian Federation For Justice & Democracy
Sept 14 2012

Strasbourg (France) – The European Parliament, gathered in plenary
session, adopted on Thursday, September 13, 2012 by 58 votes
against 13 and 5 abstentions, an urgent resolution which condemns the
glorification granted by Azerbaijan to Ramil Safarov, the Azerbaijani
officer who assassinated lieutenant Gurken Markarian, an officer of
the Armenian army, during a Partnership for Peace organized by NATO
in Budapest in 2004.

In its urgent resolution, the European Parliament “deplores the
hero’s welcome accorded to Mr Safarov in Azerbaijan and the decision
to promote him to the rank of major and pay him eight years’ back
salary upon his arrival, and is concerned about the example this
sets for future generations and about the promotion and recognition
he has received from the Azerbaijani state”.

The text reflects the atmosphere of the debate which preceded the
vote, during which several European Members of Parliament, such
as Mrs. Veronique de Keyser “group of the Progressive Alliance of
Socialists and Democrats – Belgium), Mr. Charles Tannock (European
Conservatives and Reformists – Great Britain), Mrs. Lunacek (group
of the Greens – Austria) or Mrs. Vergiat (Confederal group of the
European Unified Left – France) expressed their shock as for the grace
granted to the murderer by Azerbaijan, and qualified this attitude
of “scandalous”. Mr. Paska (Europe of Freedom and Democracy group –
Slovakia) even compared the Aliev regime to the Mafia.

Moreover, the Parliament “considers that, while the presidential pardon
granted to Mr Safarov complies with the letter of the Convention on
the Transfer of Sentenced Persons, it runs contrary to the spirit
of that international agreement, which was negotiated to allow
the transfer of a person convicted on the territory of one state
to serve the remainder of his or her sentence on the territory of
another state”, and “considers the presidential pardon granted to
Mr Safarov as a violation of the diplomatic assurances given to the
Hungarian authorities”.

The European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy welcomes
the European Parliament’s firm position with regard to Azerbaijan.

Contrary to the group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE),
the Parliament did not bend vis-a-vis the pressures of a State which
buys an image with its oil and gas.

“This astounding case raises, once again, alarming questions about
the values, violence and the hatred which Azerbaijan inculcates to
its citizens. It also announces the lack of respect of Azerbaijan
regarding conventions and international treaties”, declared Mr.

Karampetian, President of the European Armenian Federation.

In addition, the European Parliament took into account all the aspects
of this case, and adopted a special paragraph which “reiterates its
position that the association agreement currently being negotiated
between the EU and Azerbaijan should include clauses and benchmarks
relating to the protection and promotion of human rights and the rule
of law”.

LAS VEGAS’ ST. GARABED CHURCH RECEIVES GRANT FROM DREAM FUND

ASBAREZ
Friday, September 14th, 2012

The Las Vegas St. Garabed church under construction

LA CRESCENTA-Western Prelate Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, the
Executive Council, and St. Garabed Church Pastor and Parish Council
announced that St. Garabed Church and Cultural Center of Las Vegas
has received a generous grant from the Dream Fund at UCLA, created
by The Lincy Foundation.

The grant will be allocated for a number of projects the Church will
undertake in the near future which address the needs of the growing
Armenian community of Las Vegas.

Pastor Archpriest Fr. Avedis Torossian and the Parish Council aim
to make the St. Garabed Cultural Center facility easily accessible
to children and young adults, providing them with the opportunity to
enhance their knowledge of Armenian language, history, and culture.

Also in the works are programs geared towards seniors and the elderly,
which would allow them the transportation means to visit St. Garabed
center and spend time with fellow Armenians in a home environment.

Thus, the plan is to have an Armenian language and history learning
center equipped with interactive and modern state of the art learning
tools, as well as a modern library equipped with Armenian books,
newspapers and magazines both from national and international sources.

Parish Council Chair Adroushan Armenian reports that “in addition to
this special allocation from the Dream Fund at UCLA, we have a unique
opportunity to raise additional funds to fulfill our obligations for
completing our church building, community center, and future expansion
plans with a matching grant from the Dream Fund at UCLA. However,
the time is short for this matching grant; the challenge starts
immediately and will end in early 2013. Please support the Las Vegas
community with your donations and help raise the required funds to
complete this project. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for
the Armenian community in Las Vegas to fulfill our dream and the
dream of future generations.”

The Prelate, Executive Council, and St. Garabed Church Pastor and
Parish Council expressed their gratitude to the Dream Fund for their
generous grant which will certainly be of great assistance to the
realization of this endeavor.

THOUSANDS OF ANGRY MUSLIMS BURN U.S. FLAGS IN INDIA

PanARMENIAN.Net
September 14, 2012 – 17:26 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Thousands of angry Kashmiri Muslims protested Friday,
Sept 14, against an anti-Islam film, burning U.S. flags and calling
President Obama a “terrorist,” while the top government cleric here
reportedly demanded Americans leave the volatile Indian-controlled
region immediately, AP reports.

At least 15,000 people took part in more than two dozen protests across
Kashmir, chanting “Down with America” and “Down with Israel” in some
of the largest anti-American demonstrations against the film in Asia.

The low-budget film Innocence of Muslims produced by a filmmaker in
the United States ridicules Islam and depicts the Prophet Mohammed
as a fraud, a womanizer and a madman. American and Middle Eastern
leaders have denounced the film and condemned acts of violence. In
Libya, the American ambassador and three other staff members were
killed when the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was attacked.

Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir have asked the Indian
government to block online clips from the film, the region’s top
police official Ashok Prasad said Friday.

U.S. and Israeli flags were burned at many of the protests across
the Muslim-majority region. Hundreds of lawyers in the main city of
Srinagar stopped work and marched out of court and into the streets
in protest. One protester held a poster with Obama’s picture and the
words “real terrorist.”

“The U.S. citizens visiting Kashmir should leave immediately as the
sentiments of the Muslims have been hurt by these pictures,” Mufti
Bashiruddin Ahmad, Kashmir’s state-appointed cleric, was quoted as
telling the Kashmir Reader, an English daily.

In response to the statement, U.S. Embassy officials sent out a
message reiterating its call for citizens to stay away from Kashmir,
a volatile territory where many oppose India’s rule. Police said they
were investigating the cleric’s statement.

U.S. CONGRESSMAN INTRODUCES RESOLUTION ON IRANIAN AZERIS’ SELF-DETERMINATION

PanARMENIAN.Net
September 14, 2012 – 17:36 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – U.S. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) has
introduced a House Concurrent Resolution that states the “Azeri
people, currently divided between Azerbaijan and Iran, have the
right to self-determination and to their own sovereign country,
if they so choose.”

“The Azeri people have an innate right to choose their own political
structure and to choose their country,” said Rohrabacher. “It is not
up to bureaucrats in Washington or the mullah dictatorship in Iran.

The ethnic Azeri’s in Azerbaijan enjoy sovereignty and independence;
there is no reason why the Azeri population in Iran should not be
able to make that same choice. This principle holds true for all the
people who live in Iran.”

Rep. Rohrabacher wrote to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
previously that “the Azeri homeland was split between Imperial
Russia and the Persian Empire in 1828 without the consent of the
Azeri people.” Inspired by political discussions currently ongoing
within Azerbaijan’s Parliament, Rep. Rohrabacher stated that,

“My resolution puts the US on the side of the Azeri people and with
the people within Iran,” said Rohrabacher. “If the people on the
ground don’t want to be ruled by the mullah dictatorship in Iran,
then we should support their right to determine their future through
a referendum. It is disconcerting to me that the State Department
and Tehran agree that the people of Iran should be forced to live
within the borders and under the same jurisdiction no matter how the
majority of the Azeris believe. I am calling on the government of
Iran to provide its Azeri population with a referendum to determine
their own future state.”

Rep. Rohrabacher is Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee
on Oversight and Investigations.