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Turkeys seeks to create escalation between Azerbaijan and Armenia in the Nagorno Karabakh issue, reads an article published on the Iranian website Vatankhahan.com.

As regards the Armenian Genocide Centennial, the author of the article writes that the Armenians have struggled throughout years so that the international community recognizes and condemns the Genocide perpetrated against the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915.

“Erdogan’s response to the process of the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide is ridiculous. To conceal its weakness, Turkey seeks to create escalation between Azerbaijan and Armenia in the Nagorno Karabakh issue in an attempt to loosen the pressure exerted on Ankara,” writes the author referring to the policy of denial of Turkey.

The commentator of the Iranian outlet adds that throughout history the Ottoman Turks have also slaughtered the Azaris of Tabriz, Salmas, Urmia and Khoy during their attacks on the northern districts of Iran.

“It is time for the Iranian Azaris to make efforts to achieve the official recognition of the fearsome mass slaughters committed against the population of Tabriz, Salmas, Urmia and Khoy by Ottoman Turkey,” the author concludes.

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.

A few days after the statement of the Iranian-Armenian youth, a group of Iranian Turkic-speaking Azaris released a statement condemning the Turkish government for denying the Armenian Genocide

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