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    Vision of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ardabil Provincial TV
    June 29 2013

    Iranian cleric meets Azerbaijani activists, discusses Karabakh issue


    Members of the Azerbaijani Karabakh Liberation Organization have
    visited the ethnic Azari-populated town of Ardabil and met the Supreme
    Leader's representative in the province, Hojjat ol-Eslam val Moslemin
    Ameli, provincial TV reported on 28 June.

    According to the provincial Sabalan TV, the visit was aimed at
    coordinating issues linked to the Karabakh conference to be held in
    Tabriz, the capital of Iran's East Azarbayjan Province, on 23 October
    - 21 November 2013.

    At the meeting, Ameli described Karabakh as part of Azerbaijani
    territory and the Islamic world. "The liberation of Karabakh should
    not take much time, but this will become more difficult as time
    passes," Ameli said.

    Mentioning the West's policies aimed at disintegrating Islamic
    countries, he said that "the government and people of Azerbaijan
    mistakenly assume that they would be able to take Karabakh back
    through cooperation with America, because this issue does not meet
    America's interests and they will never do this".

    He described the formation of a government and leadership in
    Azerbaijan, which would rely only on its own forces, as the only way
    of taking Karabakh back and said that "if the Azerbaijani government
    shows a strong will for taking Karabakh back, the Iranian people and
    government will support them".

    "The future of every ethnic group and nation is in its own hands and
    the people of Azerbaijan can defend their country and religion only
    through the culture of heroism and martyrdom. God helps and blesses
    only the warriors of God," Ameli said

    Ardabil TV website (Ardabil.irib.ir) also reported on the meeting.
    According to the report, Ameli also said, that "through the
    discernment in the upcoming presidential election, the Azerbaijani
    people should elect a government, which should be from the people and
    for the people so that it could be able to take steps on the path of
    the liberation of Karabakh with the help of people".

    The website reported that speaking about the Azerbaijani government's
    will, Ameli said that "unfortunately, such a will has not been
    witnessed from the Azerbaijani authorities over the past several
    years, and even during the Karabakh occupation, Iranian fighters, who
    went to the region to help them, were withdrawn from Azerbaijan on
    charges of espionage after the Westerners' provocations".

    [Translated from Persian]

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