Rajanews Website: Iranian Territories In Caucasus Will Be Returned To Iran

Iranian expert on southern Caucasus affairs Aref Mohammadzadeh posted, on the Rajanews website, an article on "The Turkmenchai Agreement and the National Catastrophe in the History of Iran," to mark the 180th anniversary of the agreement.

Mohammadzadeh wrote that because of this "disgraceful and shameful" agreement that it forced on Iran, Russia took over the Caucasus – including 17 Caucasus provinces and millions of Muslims that belonged to Iran.

Mohammadzadeh added that just as the USSR fell, so too would the U.S. and Israel collapse, and a "new chapter" would begin, in which the Iranian lands in the Caucasus would be liberated.

Rajanews is identified with supporters of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Source: Rajanews, Iran, March 5, 2008

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