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Iranian Turkic-speaking Azaris condemned the Turkish government for not recognizing the Armenian Genocide, an article, published on the Iranian website Vatankhahan.com, reads.

According to the article, a group of Iranian Turkic-speaking Azari students issued a statement, accusing the government of Turkey of denying and not recognizing the Armenian Genocide.

The Iranian students expressed their support toward their Armenian compatriots and highlighted that the blood of the Azaris from Khoy, Salmas and Tabriz is also historically on the Ottoman Turks’ hands, like the Armenians.’

“Erdogan’s government, which has taken up the ideology of Neo-Ottomanism, wishes to restore the Ottoman Empire. They have not learnt lessons from the history and today still financially and militarily support the terrorists who kill the civilians in Iraq and Syria,” the Iranian Turkic-speaking Azaris’ statement reads.

Earlier, a group of Iranian-Armenian young people had sent an open letter to Hassan Rouhani, the President of Iran, urging him to recognize the Armenian Genocide.

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Iranian-Armenian students send open letter to Hassan Rouhani urging to recognize Armenian Genocide