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Ekmanian: Armenia-Iran Relations in Light of Recent Developments

Iran’s human rights issues, its greater involvement in the Arab-Israeli conflict and in regional politics, and its controversial nuclear program have put the country on the most debated list in various foreign policy forums and media throughout the world.

Trade and economic sanctions have been applied to the Islamic Republic for decades from western governments, particularly the United States and the European Union. And negotiations to solve the Iranian nuclear problem by peaceful means and to lift the sanctions have failed several times.

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Harout Ekmanian

Harout Ekmanian worked as a journalist with the Arab, Armenian, and Western media for years prior to the beginning of the Syrian conflict. He studied law at the University of Aleppo and was a fellow at the Institute for the Study of Human Rights of Columbia University in 2015. Ekmanian has worked in media and development in Armenia in various capacities at the Civilitas Foundation and Investigative Journalists of Armenia (HETQ). He speaks Armenian, Arabic, English, and Turkish fluently, as well as some French and Spanish. He contributes regularly to the Armenian Weekly.

2 Comments

  1. SINCE   IRAN”S   SOVEREIGNTY  AND  TERRITORIAL   INTEGRITY  IS  SACRED  FOR ALL IRANIAN PEOPLE  (RELIGIOUS OR NON-RELIGIOUS )

    THEREFORE,
    ARMENIANS  JOB  SHOULD  BE  ONLY  IN ONE  DIRECTION  TO WORK AND  REMIND  THIS CULTURAL   NATION  OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT GEOPOLITICALLY  ARMENIA  AND INDEPENDENT  KARABAKH  WILL BE A GREAT OBSTACLE  FOR, 
    PAN TURKISM (TURANISM)  AND  “PREVIOUS SOVIET AZERBAIJAN ” PLANS  WHICH ALWAYS HAS BEEN  CESSION  OF  IRANIAN AZERBAIJAN (AZARABADEGAN) FROM  IRAN’S MOTHERLAND. WITH ANY COAST

  2. Although Iranian nation philosophy is not fully active within today’s Iranian leadership, but it is very much active within Iranian diaspora and Persian intellectuals…their presence is important in this day and age for Armenian nation built up and securities within common ancestry of Proto-Indo-Iranian..

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