Iranian FM faces tough question on ties with aggressor
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has faced a tough
question from an Azerbaijani student at a local university.
During Mottaki's address at Tehran's Elm Va Sanat technical university on Sunday, he was asked why his country maintained warm relations with Armenia, which occupies part of Azerbaijan's territory. The minister dodged the answer and immediately sought journalists present at the event to remove that part from their recordings.
According to the university's Gunesh website run by Azerbaijani students, Mottaki's rejecting the question and openly demanding to censor it out outraged them. Those rose up, uttering "Garabagh is an inseparable part of the Muslim world", voicing objections against the foreign policy pursued by the Islamic republic. The Azerbaijani students further left the premises chanting slogans, the website said.
Upper Garabagh, which is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, was occupied by Armenia in early 1990s, along with seven other Azerbaijani districts, after large-scale hostilities that killed up to 30,000 people.
On the same day, the students staged a protest outside the Armenian embassy in Tehran over the anniversary of the Khojaly massacre perpetrated in 1992.
During Mottaki's address at Tehran's Elm Va Sanat technical university on Sunday, he was asked why his country maintained warm relations with Armenia, which occupies part of Azerbaijan's territory. The minister dodged the answer and immediately sought journalists present at the event to remove that part from their recordings.
According to the university's Gunesh website run by Azerbaijani students, Mottaki's rejecting the question and openly demanding to censor it out outraged them. Those rose up, uttering "Garabagh is an inseparable part of the Muslim world", voicing objections against the foreign policy pursued by the Islamic republic. The Azerbaijani students further left the premises chanting slogans, the website said.
Upper Garabagh, which is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, was occupied by Armenia in early 1990s, along with seven other Azerbaijani districts, after large-scale hostilities that killed up to 30,000 people.
On the same day, the students staged a protest outside the Armenian embassy in Tehran over the anniversary of the Khojaly massacre perpetrated in 1992.
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