Azeri students urge Tehran to sever ties with Armenia
Azerbaijani news agency APA, Baku
20 May 06
Baku, 20 May: The students of Zanjan University who staged a protest against
the publication of a cartoon insulting Azeris in Iran newspaper today urged
Tehran to sever ties with Armenia, the Baku bureau of the National Revival
Movement of Southern Azerbaijan has told APA.
The protesters, who demanded the restoration of their national rights, said
they view the cartoon as Iran’s official position. They urged Azeri students
to stage protests in all of southern Azerbaijan [northern Iran].
Unidentified people attacked the editorial office of Iran newspaper and
tried to set it on fire yesterday evening.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress