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Hundreds of Iranian Armenians held a protest this morning outside the Turkish Embassy in Tehran demanding that Ankara stop interfering in the Syrian conflict, Iranian news agency IRIB reported.  

The protesters made a statement, which said, in part, “Peace is the elementary right of the Syrian people. The national and religious minorities living in Syria, including the Christians, particularly the Armenians, are in a difficult situation, along with the innocent citizens of that country. A great number of Armenians have died, have been injured and have become homeless as a result of the Syrian conflict.”

“As citizens of Iran and representatives of the Armenian community of Iran, in view of the self-determination right of the Syrian people without foreign interference, particularly that from Turkey, we are announcing that those states which interfere in the internal affairs of Syria should end their policy,” the statement said.

The protesters held placards, one of which read, “As victims of the first genocide in the 20th century, the Armenians demand that the demands of all oppressed peoples in the world should be fulfilled.”