Harut Sassounian

Harut Sassounian is the publisher of The California Courier, a weekly newspaper based in Glendale, Calif. He is the president of the Armenia Artsakh Fund, a non-profit organization that has donated to Armenia and Artsakh one billion dollars of humanitarian aid, mostly medicines, since 1989 (including its predecessor, the United Armenian Fund). He has been decorated by the presidents of Armenia and Artsakh and the heads of the Armenian Apostolic and Catholic churches. He is also the recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
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Heated debate in Armenia: Which leader is more anti-genocide?

As if we didn’t already have enough disputes among Armenians, a new argument surfaced last week between Arman Babajanyan, head…

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Overwhelming majority of Turks view foreign countries as enemies

Given Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s frequent and inflammatory attacks on the United States, Europe and Israel, it is not…

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Pashinyan gives another misleading interview

Every time Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan gives an interview, he puts his foot in his mouth. One of his close…

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Prime Minister Pashinyan’s objectionable statements to Turkish journalists

I learned this week that the government of Armenia spent 7.5 million drams (approximately $19,000) for the travel, lodging and…

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Pashinyan shouldn’t have invited Turkish journalists to Yerevan for an interview

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made yet another mistake last week by inviting 10 journalists from Turkey to Yerevan for a…

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By questioning the Genocide, Pashinyan encourages Turkish and Azeri denialists

There has been much debate recently among Armenians about Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s controversial statements regarding the Armenian Genocide. Pashinyan’s…

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Pashinyan falsely claims former leaders recognized Artsakh as part of Azerbaijan

The ambassador of France to Armenia, Olivier Decottignies, who had been taking strong pro-Armenian positions, surprised everyone last week by…

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Voting against the new constitution is the best way to get rid of Pashinyan

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced last week that he has ordered the preparation of a new constitution, which will…

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Does the Armenian parliament speaker prefer that all Artsakh Armenians were killed?

Top Armenian government officials have crossed all red lines. After giving away Artsakh, they are now endangering the existence of…

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Pashinyan rejects committing crime of Armenian Genocide denial

Ever since Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s disgraceful attempt to raise unnecessary questions about the facts of the Armenian Genocide to…

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