The Armenian youth of Isfahan (Iran) on Tuesday held a protest to express support to the Armenians of Kessab, the Syrian border town that was targeted by Islamist militants in late March.
The crowd also condemned Turkey for provoking violence against the town’s civilians.
They voiced appeals in Persian and Armenian to awaken memories of the 1915 Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey.
“Turkey’s atrocity is condemnable,” a slogan on one of the banners read.
The militant attacks against Kessab, a north-western Syrian border town predominantly populated by Armenians, forced around 600 families to flee homes and find shelter in the port city of Latakia. Around 23 civilians were moved to Turkey by armed rebels.