UN report on Iran minorities’ rights “political” – Armenian representative

Baztab web site, Tehran
21 Dec 04

The representative of Armenians in northern Iran, Geork Vartaniyan,
has said that the UN pursues political aims in censuring Iran for
violating the rights of religious minorities.

Commenting on the UN General Assembly resolution against Iran, he said:
The UN discusses this issue every so often, it is nothing new and we
all know the UN stance towards Iran.

Vartaniyan added: There are some problems in our country, but we are
trying to resolve them through legal channels. Up to now either they
have been resolved or are being resolved, but they are not such major
problems requiring the attention of international organizations.

He said religious minorities face problems in other countries,
including Turkey, but their problems are not as aggrandized as ours
in Iran.

Vartaniyan said: As a religious minority, our situation is
comparatively better than those who live in European or other Asian
countries, therefore, the [resolution] has been issued with political
aims in mind.