IRANIAN-ARMENIANS PROTEST OUTSIDE AIRLINE OFFICE

Tabnak news website
July 23 2009
Iran

Conservative Tabnak news website reported on 23 July that a number of
Iranian-Armenians have staged a protest outside the Caspian Airline’s
office against the "information dissemination procedures and neglecting
the families of the victims of the Tupolev air crash [on 15 July].

The report said that non-Armenian citizens also joined the protest
asking the Ministry of Roads and Transport to announce the findings
of investigations and identify the party at fault.

Tabnak quoted the editor of the Armenian Alik publication in Tehran,
Dernik Malikian, as telling the BBC: "The families who had lost their
dear ones in the air crash had decided to stage a protest outside
the Caspian Airline office and to voice their criticism."

According to Malikian, "The protesters wanted to know the reason of
the crash" adding that "the Caspian Airline or the Ministry of Roads
and Transport had not even expressed their regret or voiced condolence
with the families of the victims."