ARMENIAN PRESIDENT PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE FOUNDER OF ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran
July 5 2006

Visiting Armenian President Robert Kocharian attended Imam Khomeini
Mausoleum here on Wednesday afternoon and by laying a wreath paid
tribute to the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Safari accompanied President Kocharian
and his entourage in the ceremony.

Armenian president at the head of a high-ranking politico-economic
delegation arrived in Tehran airport on Wednesday morning for a 2-day
official visit.