Eight Armenians Running for Two Seats in Iranian Parliament

 

 

The 8 Armenian candidiates running for the Iranian parliamentary positions. (Source: Horizon Weekly)

The 8 Armenian candidiates running for the Iranian parliamentary positions. (Source: Horizon Weekly)

TEHRAN (Public Radio of Armenia) — Eight Armenians will be running for two seats on the Iranian Parliament in the upcoming elections. Iran is set to hold parliamentary elections on February 26. The main rivalry is expected between the conservatives and the reformists.

Expert of Iranian studies Rudik Yaralyan expects no surprises. According to him, the Armenian community has always been conservative. Besides, the candidates previously represented in Majlis are more influential, he told reporters today.

Some of the candidates have the support of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. However, they fail to follow the ARF policy line. In particular, they could be more active on issues related to Nagorno Karabakh and Armenian Genocide.

“In my opinion, the time has not come for Iran to recognize the Armenian Genocide. Guided by this logic, they [Armenian MPs] refrain from submitting a bill. They see that the Russian-Iranian ‘alliance’ is doing its best to resist Turkey’s growing influence in the region. Therefore, it’s not ruled out that the issue of recognition of the Armenian Genocide may be brought into agenda,â€

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