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COMMITTEE SET UP IN IRANIAN AZARBAYJAN TO CURB KURDISH MIGRATION
Azeri Press Agency
Jan 9 2007
Baku, 9 January: A committee to defend [Iranian] West Azarbayjan has
been set up in Iran. According to the National Awakening Movement of
Southern Azerbaijan, the organization will be engaged in protecting
the rights of our compatriots living in the western part of southern
Azerbaijan [northwestern Iran].
The committee said in a statement that the tearing away of Iravan
[Yerevan] province from Azerbaijan and rampant Armenian crimes in
Karabakh have prompted them to think better of a possible confrontation
in the western part of southern Azerbaijan - Orumiyeh region.
The statement points out with anxiety that the Iranian state is
deliberately trying to cause a confrontation between Azerbaijanis
and Kurds in this area: "By settling Kurds in the western part of
[Iranian] Azarbayjan, they are trying to turn the region into
a hearth of terrorism. The Iranian law-enforcement agencies are
turning a blind eye to the activities of the PKK [Kurdistan Workers'
Party], PJAK [Kurdistan Free Life Party] and the Democratic Party of
Kurdistan. However, any step taken by Azerbaijanis, who own this land,
is kept under control."
In the statement, the committee to defend West Azarbayjan called on
the Turks of the world to support the organization.
Azeri Press Agency
Jan 9 2007
Baku, 9 January: A committee to defend [Iranian] West Azarbayjan has
been set up in Iran. According to the National Awakening Movement of
Southern Azerbaijan, the organization will be engaged in protecting
the rights of our compatriots living in the western part of southern
Azerbaijan [northwestern Iran].
The committee said in a statement that the tearing away of Iravan
[Yerevan] province from Azerbaijan and rampant Armenian crimes in
Karabakh have prompted them to think better of a possible confrontation
in the western part of southern Azerbaijan - Orumiyeh region.
The statement points out with anxiety that the Iranian state is
deliberately trying to cause a confrontation between Azerbaijanis
and Kurds in this area: "By settling Kurds in the western part of
[Iranian] Azarbayjan, they are trying to turn the region into
a hearth of terrorism. The Iranian law-enforcement agencies are
turning a blind eye to the activities of the PKK [Kurdistan Workers'
Party], PJAK [Kurdistan Free Life Party] and the Democratic Party of
Kurdistan. However, any step taken by Azerbaijanis, who own this land,
is kept under control."
In the statement, the committee to defend West Azarbayjan called on
the Turks of the world to support the organization.