AMBASSADOR: REPORTS ON IRANIANS’ SERVING IN OCCUPIED AZERI TERRITORIES ARE INVESTIGATED
Azeri Press Agency
[ 12 Sep 2007 11:58 ]
"Iranian officials refute the reports about Iranians’ serving in
Armenian-occupied Azerbaijani territories," Azerbaijani ambassador
extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Iran Abbasali Hasanov told
APA exclusively.
The ambassador said he was in Iranian Foreign Ministry and wanted
the case to be investigated. Abbasali Hasanov said investigations
are being carried out, Isfahan Armenian, about 27-29-year old Mikhak
Teymurian will be identified.
APA reported quoting diplomatic sources that Armenian religious
organizations operating in Iran deceive Iranian citizens of Armenian
origin and send them to serve in "Nagorno Karabakh Republic"
armed forces in the territories under the control of separatist
regime. According to the information, Iranian servicemen detained
two Armenian trespassers in the region bordering on the occupied
Azerbaijani territories. They were defined to be Iranian citizens,
Isfahan Armenians. One of the detainees Mikhak Teymurian said he
went to Nagorno Karabakh by propaganda of religious center of Iranian
Armenians Khalifagari-ye-Erameni.