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Iranian Armenians Mark 1915 killings
TEHRAN Some 10,000 Iranian Armenians marched on Tuesday in commemoration of the 58th anniversary of the genocide that killed an estimated 1.5 million people from 1915 to 1923 calling on the Iranian Parliament to formally recognize the Turkish genocide of Armenians. According to IRNA, the rally to commemorate the genocide, marked annually by Armenians throughout the world, was headed by leaders of the Armenian community here including Archbishop Sebu Sarkissian.
"As per the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran to defend the rights of the deprived which is the most valuable achievement of our glorious revolution, we demand from the members of Parliament to accept and condemn the Armenian genocide of 1915 and the occupation of western Armenia by Turkey," said protestors in a resolution.
They also called on the United Nations to officially condemn the genocide and stop Turkey from continual destruction of Armenian historical and religious monuments in western Armenia.
"We extend our thanks and appreciation to the French Senate and the Italian House of Representatives for the formal recognition of the Armenian genocide by Turkey," the resolution said.
In January, the French National Assembly recognized that genocide of
Armenians took place under the Ottoman Empire in 1915, prompting
retaliatory trade measures by the Turkish authorities.
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