April 15, 2005 - 11:55 AMT
TEHERAN ARMENIAN SCHOOLS TO DEMAND THAT IRANIAN PARLIAMENT RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
The Teheran Diocese of the Armenian Church is organizing a mass demonstration with participation of pupils of Armenian schools will be organized in the Iranian capital on 19 April. The action is dedicated to the 90-th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the Yerkir newspaper reported. 90 schoolchildren, representing 21 Armenian schools of Iran, will gather in front of the parliament building. Representatives of national authorities, members of parental committees and teachers will join them. A petition demanding to officially acknowledge the Armenian Genocide of 1915 will be submitted to the Iranian Parliament Presidium. The same day candles will be lighted in front of all Armenian schools of Teheran.