ARMENIAN GENOCIDE CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATIVE EVENT HELD IN NEIGHBORHOOD OF ST. SARKIS CHURCH, TEHRAN

12:26 24/04/2015 >> SOCIETY

Armenian Genocide Centennial Commemorative event was held in the
neighborhood of St. Sarkis Church, Tehran, Iranian information agency
ISNA reports.

According to the report, Armenian community representatives, Armenian
and Assyrian members of the IRI Majlis and ambassadors accredited in
Tehran were present at the event.

The bells of St. Sarkis cathedral in Tehran tolled 100 times, like
in the other Armenian churches all over the world.

According to ISNA, today the Iranian Armenian community is going to
hold a protest in front of the Embassy of Turkey in Iran.

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From: Baghdasarian