Iran President Meets Armenian Families

From his words alone, you could conclude that he's a leader who cares about the many communities in his country, especially non-Muslims. But can we really take his words at face value?

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met last Saturday evening with a group of families of the martyrs from Iran's Armenian community who fell victims to Iran-Iraqi war in 1980-1988. An Armenian-language Alik newspaper published in Tehran said the president wanted to learn what kind of problems these families face promising to help settle them.

"We are all like members of a single family heading for common goals" the president was quoted as saying in a reference to integration of the Christians in the entire nation. He said mothers of all Iranian martyrs, who have, so far, met him, speak in similar way regardless of being Muslim, Christian, Jewish or Zoroastrian.

After all, it seems he makes direct threats to certain neighboring countries with no shame. Is Armenia right in being friends with Iran? Does it have a choice?

Source: ArmenPress