BBC has prepared a photo-footage on Iranian Mosque at Kond
The Iranian BBC news agency has prepared a photo-footage related to the Mosque constructed in 1687 in Kond district of Yerevan.
The author of the project has touched upon the destiny of several families who had run away from Ottoman Turkey during the Armenian Genocide and had settled down in Kond. It says that the offspring of those families live around the Mosque territory at present. According to the source the during the Soviet times Municipality of Yerevan has given them the permit to settle there down.
It should be noted that the Armenian Genocide has been recognized and condemned by Uruguay (1965), the Republic of Cyprus (1982), Argentina (1993), Russia (1995), Canada (1996), Greece (1996), Lebanon (1997), Belgium (1998), Italy (2000); Vatican (in 2000), France (2001), Switzerland (2003), Slovakia (2004), the Netherlands (2004), Poland (2005), Germany (2005), Venezuela (2005), Lithuania (2005), Chile (2007), Sweden (2010). The Vatican and the Council of Europe have also recognized the Armenian Genocide.
It should be mentioned that among many other churches the mosque has also been damaged during the Soviet Union times.
However there is also another Mosque preserved in Yerevan since 1766, which is the biggest one in the Caucasus. After the collapse of Soviet Union it has been resumed and is protected by the government.
Even more, according to the agreement reached between the Culture Ministries of Armenia and Iran the “Blue Mosque” will be included into the cultural heritage list of UNESCO after being reconstructed and resumed.
The IRI ambassador to RA Mohammad Reisi had recently noted in a press conference that he is closely cooperating with the RA Culture Ministry in order to include the Blue Mosque into the cultural heritage list of UNESCO.
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