Iranian-Armenian relations

[Joseph]

Re: Iranian-Armenian relations

The bottom line is that everyone in the region is playing a balancing game due to their perceived interests and for ever action there is a reaction. I would like for both Iran and Israel to have good relations and support Armenia but this will not happen even if it does make more sense to. We do not have the power to dictate such things. I respect both J E W S and Persians but right now I would rather have good relations with Iran because of historical reasons and the fact that they seem to treat Armenia as friends whereas Israel arms Azerbaijan for the sake of profit (for Azeri oil they have never received) and have supported Turkey for years.

[Persopolis]

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Memorials are nice, but they don't reflect government's position. To make a memorial all you need is money and some cooperation with local politicians which isn't to hard to get if you have money. There are Armenian Genocide memorials anywhere there's sizeable Armenian community, since especially the Diaspora and Western Armenians feel strongly about this as they are the descendents of the survivors.

I disagree. To make a memorial in Iran you need the Iranian government's permission. Here's a test: Try to put up a memorial in Iran to Britney Spears or Saddam Hussein and watch how quickly the Iranian authorities come to your door.

[Joseph]

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Good point.

[Tigranakert]

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Persian-Armenians all know, at least most of them, that we were treated with much more respect in Iran than we are treated here in Europe. A funny story; a long time ago my uncle who lives in Iran had a car accident with an ethnic Iranian. They went to court and the judge said because he is Armenian, he believes him. In court! Can you imagine, Iran has one of the most extreme, radical, pro-Islamic government ever, but still they treat us pretty good compared to others? Now imagine if true Persians were in power in Iran.

[Mos]

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The Iranian-Armenian partnership is very important for us, and our geopolitical position, as we pretty much have Azerbaijan surrounded with powers that could annihilate Azerbaijan in no time. We need this kind of pressure on Azeris, and from wikileaks it says how scared Aliyev is of Iran. Iran has also been a reliable economic partner that supported us during our bad times when Georgia was in disarray, and even given the fact Iran has a Islamic government and politics it still supports Armenia over Azerbaijan, even though Azeris are same Muslim as Iranians, and are much closer to Persians culturally. So what we see here is typical geopolitics.

Of course, I wish Iran was more secular, no Islamic laws, and there was more political freedom, as many of the young protesters want, but I support the current regime, for one reason only, that it's on good terms with Armenia. However, our number 1 friend and ally will always be Russia for us, they have supported us during the worst of times, when Turks wanted to conquer eastern Armenia, they helped us, they give us pretty much all our weapons now, and ensure our security, and we rely on them in crucial economic sectors. Of course Let the Iranian friendship flourish on the side!

[Persopolis]

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Persian-Armenians all know, at least most of them, that we were treated with much more respect in Iran than we are treated here in Europe. A funny story; a long time ago my uncle who lives in Iran had a car accident with an ethnic Iranian. They went to court and the judge said because he is Armenian, he believes him. In court! Can you imagine, Iran has one of the most extreme, radical, pro-Islamic government ever, but still they treat us pretty good compared to others? Now imagine if true Persians were in power in Iran.

Exactly.

[Mos]

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Here's a good example of Iranian supporting our cause:

Iran rejected Baku’s requests for a corridor to attack Karabakh
January 8, 2011 - 15:29 AMT 11:29 GMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Iran has rejected to provide Azerbaijan with a corridor along Arax River for attacking Fizuli, Jebrail and Zangelan.

According to Echo newspaper, Baku negotiated the issue in autumn 2010 and experienced complete failure.

In exchange for the corridor, Baku promised to take a neutral stand in case of a war against Iran.

[Persopolis]

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Here's a good example of Iranian supporting our cause:

Mos, you will be my guest in Tehran; we will sing, dance, and eat good food. Don't worry.

[Mos]

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Mos, you will be my guest in Tehran; we will sing, dance, and eat good food. Don't worry.

Thanks. I wish to one day visit Iran, some ancient sites I want to see and honestly never been in Middle East before.

[Eddo211]

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Thanks. I wish to one day visit Iran, some ancient sites I want to see and honestly never been in Middle East before.

Persian hospitality is very famous.....you will also discover a phenomenon called "Tarof". There is no getting away from that one.