Head of Iranologist Studies Department at Yerevan State University in the Republic of Armenia said that his country has always tried its best to represent the true face of Iran due to the efforts by the Western countries to tarnish the image of Iran before the international community. Vartan Voskanian in a meeting with the Director General of Culture and Islamic Guidance of East Azarbaijan in Tabriz on Tuesday, pointing out the activities of this department not only as a scientific discipline, but as a social task, and said, 'In the present time of the world, Iranology in Armenia, is very important politically and culturally.” Voskanian assessed the formation of joint research groups between the two countries in order to consolidate and strengthen the relationship between Armenia and Iran and called for a joint seminar between Iran and Armenia on the history of Iran and Armenia. Director General of Culture and Islamic Guidance of East Azarbaijan Mohammad Mohammadpoor, said, 'The peoples of Armenia and Iran are one of the oldest tribes of the region, and the historical and cultural ties of the two nations have very deep roots.'