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Yea my parents dont want me to go back because their scared the government wont let me back and they always tell me that there's nothing to see in Iran anymore but I dont see it like that, I'd like to see Iran before its too late I want to be around my people and have fun.
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Wasn't Andre Agassi Armenian from Iran? I also heard he was born in the Kurdish region of Iran, correct or not?Comment
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Armenian and from Iran is correct. I don't know about where in Iran so I couldn't tell you if it was in the Kurdish region. I also am pretty sure it is his one or both of his parents who is from there. I am quite sure Andre himself wasn't born in Iran, but I could be wrong. I think he went back to the village where his ancestors are from in Iran last year...Originally posted by kerkuk_kurdistaComment
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Andre Kirk Agassian born April 29, 1970, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Agassi's father, Emmanuel "Mike" Agassian is an ethnic Armenian who represented Iran in boxing at the 1948 and 1952 Olympic Games before emigrating to the United States.
His father Mike Agassi is an Iranian of Armenian and Assyrian ethnicity, born in the Assyrian village of Saralan, near Urmia, Iran. There have been attempts to "claim" Agassi by both the Armenian and Iranian communities in the United States and abroad. Agassi has often seemed somewhat ambivalent, for example, joking after his "All-Armenian" match against Sargis Sargsian at the US Open in 2004, "Well, I'm only half-Armenian" though he agreed to appear in a PBS documentary about Armenian-Americans.
His father has written in his book, The Agassi Story, about his experience in Iran, but Andre has also shown interest in the Iranian aspect of his heritage, in February 2005 expressing a desire to visit Iran, which holds "a special place" in his heartComment
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Cool, Armenian diaspora is widespread it seems. And Urmia is definently in the Kurdish region.Comment
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Originally posted by Tursian
I remember that match between Sargisian and Agassi. Sargisian was one of Agassi's hitting partners, they'd ussually warm up together during tournaments.General Antranik (1865-1927): “I am not a nationalist. I recognize only one nation, the nation of the oppressed.”Comment
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Urmia is in the real Azarbaijan (Atrpatakan) west of lake Urmia, Kaputan Tzov (sea) in Armenian. It used to be part of Urartu kingdom*.Originally posted by kerkuk_kurdista
There used to be a large Armenian community in the real Azarbaijan (Atrpatakan), mainly in Tabriz, Urmia, Maragha, Khoy, Salmas (where our great writer Raffi comes from), etc.
Unfortunately, it has shrunk considerably nowadays.
From Kurdish populated areas in Iran, Kermanshah (south of Iranian Kurdistan) had the largest Armenian community. It wasn't that numerous, but still better than now when I guess there are no more Armenians there...
*Before the Turks jump to conclusions: We do not have any territorial claims from Iran.
P.S. The Agassi link on wiki (OK, wiki is not that bad for this sort of thing!)Four things denialist Turks do when they are confronted with facts:
I. They change the subject [SIZE="1"](e.g. they copy/paste tons of garbage to divert attention).[/SIZE]
II. They project [SIZE="1"](e.g. they replace "Turk" with "Armenian" and vice versa and they regurgitate Armenian history).[/SIZE]
III. They offend [SIZE="1"](e.g. they cuss, threaten and/or mock).[/SIZE]
IV. They shut up and say nothing.
[URL="http://b.imagehost.org/download/0689/azerbaijan-real-fake-absurd.pdf"][COLOR="Red"]A country named Azerbaijan north of the Arax River [B]NEVER[/B] existed before 1918[/COLOR][/URL]Comment
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