Isfahan Armenian Church Head Appealed To US Congress

ISFAHAN ARMENIAN CHURCH HEAD APPEALED TO US CONGRESS

Today. Azerbaijan
Jan 15 2007

Isfahan Armenian apostolic church head Koryun Papyan presented a
letter to the US Congress.

The letter claims that Christians have been oppressed since the
Islamic revolution in Iran.

The torture against Christians was weakened after the assassination
of episcope Hayk Hovsepyan-Mehr and Abbot Tatevos Mikaelyan in Mashed
in 1994.

But it has become tensed since 2000. The letter says that after the
re-election of Mahmud Ahmedinejadi Christians underwent discrimination
in social and economical field.

"Christians were obliged to celebrate New Year in their houses as it
was forbidden by Iran’s leadership. We urge international community
not to be indifferent to the violation of Christians’ rights," the
letter reads.

The letter is regarded as Armenians’ intention to benefit from the
situation amid of USA’s possible attack on Iran APA reports.

URL:

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

http://www.today.az/news/politics/34957.html

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS