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    Expert: Turkish-speaking Iranians mistaken for Azeri population in Iran

    September 19, 2012 - 17:56 AMT


    PanARMENIAN.Net - An Azeri studies expert commented on recent
    statement of U.S. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) who introduced a
    House Concurrent Resolution urging the U.S. and Iranian leadership to
    organize a referendum to annex Azeri-populated Iranian territories to
    Azerbaijan.

    At a September 19 news conference, Sargis Asatryan characterized the
    Congressman's initiative as a part of U.S.-led policy aiming to weaken
    and destabilize Iran.

    `The proposition is initially faulty considering there's no Azeri
    population in Iran, but rather Turkish-speaking Iranians,' an Iranian
    studies expert Vardan Voskanyan added.

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