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ARMENIAN EXPERTS SLAM IRAN PRESIDENTIAL RUNNER'S REMARK
TERT.AM
16:05 ~U 07.02.13
Iran will undermine its role on the international arena in case having
territorial claims on the neighboring states, Armenian experts have
said, commenting on a remark by an Iranian presidential candidate.
Rudik Yaralyan, who is specialized in Iranian studies, said at a
news conference on Thursday that such a statement is addressed to
the domestic nationalists whose number is not very big.
It comes after the candidate, Seyyed Mohammad Bagher Kharazi, said
in a recent remark that he will unite Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran
to the country without bloodsheds in case of elected a president.
Mher Baghdasaryan, another Iranian studies expert attending the news
conference, said the country's foreign policy is determined by the
religious leader, with the president having no authority to make any
changes independently.
"Even if we imagine that, Iran will weaken all its international
achievements," he said, considering the statement nonsensical.
The expert attributed the remark to a morbid fantasy for returning
territories which the country lost in the Russian-Persian war.
Yaralyan recalled President Ahmadinejad's statement that Iran has never
had any claims on the neighboring states. He said the newly-emerged
candidate, who hasn't even registered yet, is not even a well-known
figure though he comes from a family of politicians.
The Iranian presidential election is slated for June 14. Among the
possible candidates are a former and the incumbent chairmen of the
Iranian parliament, Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel and Ali Larijani,, an
advisor on International Affairs to the Supreme Leader, Ali Akbar
Velayati, and the mayor of Tehran, Mahammad-Bagher Ghalibaf.
TERT.AM
16:05 ~U 07.02.13
Iran will undermine its role on the international arena in case having
territorial claims on the neighboring states, Armenian experts have
said, commenting on a remark by an Iranian presidential candidate.
Rudik Yaralyan, who is specialized in Iranian studies, said at a
news conference on Thursday that such a statement is addressed to
the domestic nationalists whose number is not very big.
It comes after the candidate, Seyyed Mohammad Bagher Kharazi, said
in a recent remark that he will unite Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran
to the country without bloodsheds in case of elected a president.
Mher Baghdasaryan, another Iranian studies expert attending the news
conference, said the country's foreign policy is determined by the
religious leader, with the president having no authority to make any
changes independently.
"Even if we imagine that, Iran will weaken all its international
achievements," he said, considering the statement nonsensical.
The expert attributed the remark to a morbid fantasy for returning
territories which the country lost in the Russian-Persian war.
Yaralyan recalled President Ahmadinejad's statement that Iran has never
had any claims on the neighboring states. He said the newly-emerged
candidate, who hasn't even registered yet, is not even a well-known
figure though he comes from a family of politicians.
The Iranian presidential election is slated for June 14. Among the
possible candidates are a former and the incumbent chairmen of the
Iranian parliament, Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel and Ali Larijani,, an
advisor on International Affairs to the Supreme Leader, Ali Akbar
Velayati, and the mayor of Tehran, Mahammad-Bagher Ghalibaf.