IRAN PRESIDENT MEETS FAMILIES OF ARMENIANS WHO LOST SONS IN WAR
Armenpress
Jan 08 2006
TEHRAN, JANUARY 8, ARMENPRESS: Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
met last Saturday evening with a group of families of the martyrs
from Iran’s Armenian community who fell victims to Iran- Iraqi war
in 1980-1988.
An Armenian-language Alik newspaper published in Tehran said the
president wanted to learn what kind of problems these families face
promising to help settle them.
"We are all like members of a single family heading for common goals"
the president was quoted as saying in a reference to integration of
the Christians in the entire nation.
He said mothers of all Iranian martyrs, who have, so far, met him,
speak in similar way regardless of being Muslim, Christian, Jewish
or Zoroastrian.
"They all stressed that their children have sacrificed their lives
for sacred aspirations emanated from their religious beliefs," said
the president.
He expressed hope that the world would soon witness a day when peace,
justice and friendship would prevail over all human communities
adding that all nations should play an active role to help such a
dream come true.
Norayr Aramian, head of the Tehran Armenian National Council, was
also invited to the meeting that ended with dinner.