“In case of Iran, we are under influence of Raffi’s works” (video)
“Iran’s political number one priority is Near East, and the North Caucasus, from the point of view of political interests of this country, is considered to be the second most important region,” specialist on Iranian studies Vardan Voskanyan told the journalists. According to the specialist, in this context, the recent policy adopted by Iranians can be described by an adjective- balanced. Balanced starting from last year, when Iran refused the regime of sanctions and drew its attention at the South Caucasus region. Voskanyan highlights the statement of Iran’s Ambassador on the upcoming visit of Iran’s president to Armenia. The statement of the Minister of Transportation is also noteworthy, which relates to the construction of the railway with Armenia, by which Tabriz will connect Armenia. Armenia is also active in the establishment of allied relations. First, the specialist highlights the cancellation of visa regime, by which the residents of two countries were granted an opportunity to visit each other’s countries without additional visa. Besides, a company was established in Armenia, which deals with sale of Iran’s gas to Georgia. Touching upon the cultural side of the relations, Vardan Voskanyan notes that we are under influence of Raffi’s works, in which Iranians are considered to be undeveloped people, and a part of Iran’s provincial population doesn’t realize that Armenia is an independent state, isn’t a province of Iran and it is normal that Armenians don’t know Persian.
