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10 minutes of Armenia coverage in Transcaucasian Telegraph’s Sep/6/2024 edition.
Azerbaijani army killed an 82-year-old ethnic Armenian teacher who was fleeing his village in Nagorno-Karabakh during the September 2023 invasion
Artyusha Mikayelyan spent 42 years teaching Russian in his village of Nerkin Sznek. He was murdered by the Azerbaijani army with the silent permission of the Russian peacekeeping force.
Azerbaijan attacked Nerkin Sznek on September 19. The residents began to evacuate. Since the main road was blocked by the Azerbaijani army, they had to trek several kilometers through the woods to reach the nearby village.
Artyusha’s family reached the destination but he fell behind to help his 92-year-old sister. Eventually they all reached the nearby village safely. However, there was not enough room in the car caravan headed to the capital Stepanakert, so Artyusha and several others stayed behind and spent the night there, waiting for the next opportunity.
The following day the Azerbaijani army reached the village where the 6 remaining evacuees spent the night. They were forced to flee on foot. The 6 split into two groups: Artyusha went with his friend, while 4 others went on a different path.
From that 4-member group, 2 are still missing, 2 were captured and tortured by Azerbaijan before being released with the help of the Red Cross. One person is still imprisoned in Azerbaijan.
Artyusha’s body was found in the woods on September 27. There was a cut on the back of his head.
International Association of Genocide Scholars concludes that Azerbaijan committed “genocidal” acts in Nagorno-Karabakh
The document lists several events and evidence. The International Association of Genocide Scholars:
• Declares the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh from December 2022 to September 2023, including the closure of the Lachin Corridor, was characteristic of actions considered imposing conditions of life designed to bring about the physical destruction of the ethnic Armenians in the territory and caused serious mental and bodily harm to the Armenians in the territory, which are recognized as genocidal crimes under the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide;
• Declares the forced removal of ethnic Armenians in September and October 2023 through siege and bombing as ethnic cleansing and the crime against humanity of deportation or forcible transfer of population (forced displacement);
• Declares the bombing of civilian areas to be a violation of international humanitarian law;
• Declares the torture and killing of ethnic Armenian prisoners of war and civilians to be a violation of international humanitarian law;
• Calls upon the government of Azerbaijan to free all ethnic Armenians in Azerbaijani detention in unlawful circumstances;
• Urges Azerbaijan to comply with orders and judgments of the International Court of Justice, and other obligations of international law including international human rights law and international humanitarian law;
• Calls upon the government of Azerbaijan to prevent future violations of human rights and international law being perpetrated against the Armenians of the South Caucasus;
• Calls upon Azerbaijan to prevent further displacement of Armenians from their homeland by respecting the Republic of Armenia’s territorial sovereignty;
• Call upon Azerbaijan to respect, protect and prevent the destruction of any Armenian cultural property in Nagorno-Karabakh;
• Calls upon the international community to protect Nagorno-Karabakh’s right to self-determination;
• Calls upon the international community to take appropriate measures to guarantee the right to return and security of Armenians forcibly displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh, as confirmed by the International Court of Justice in its 17 November 2023 Provisional Measures Order;
• Calls upon the international community, including national governments and international organisations, to recognise the atrocities perpetrated against the ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh as constituting gross violations of human rights, war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity, as applicable, and to take appropriate measures in response to prevent further violations and crimes.
• Recommends appropriate transitional justice measures including but not limited to: sanctions against those who are responsible; referral of the situation to the International Criminal Court to ensure justice for victims; commencement of proceedings against Azerbaijan in the International Court of Justice under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the Convention Against Torture; the creation of an international fact-finding mission to gather evidence of human rights abuses and crimes; the creation of a missing persons search process; and the use by state courts of universal jurisdiction to commence proceedings against individuals involved in the crimes.
• Calls upon the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to use Armenian ratification of the Rome Statute to investigate and prosecute the transboundary crime against humanity of deportation from Nagorno-Karabakh into Armenian territory.
• Calls upon Azerbaijan to remove its soldiers from the territory of the Armenian Republic and to respect the right of self-determination of the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh as guaranteed under the United Nations Charter (Chapter I, Article 2).
Iran takes a direct shot at Russia and Azerbaijan despite Kremlin’s efforts to foment discord between Armenia and Iran
As a regular reader of Transcaucasian Telegraph, you recall from September 3 report that Iran invited the Russian ambassador to warn against the creation of an extraterritorial corridor through Armenia. Context: Russia and Azerbaijan want a corridor through Armenia without the presence of Armenian customs and security agents, while Armenia agrees to provide a route co-managed by an international company as long as Armenian customs and security agents are also present.
Iran’s Ambassador to Armenia again reiterated Iran’s stance against a “corridor” on Friday:
AMB. SOBHANI: The road connecting Azerbaijan to Nakhijevan cannot be controlled by other countries. Any control should be carried out within the framework of Armenia’s sovereignty. We are not in favor of other countries coming here and trying to establish any kind of security and control. All dreams and illusions regarding the Zangezur corridor will never become reality. This is not the 19th century, this is the 21st century, and countries have independence and exercise their independence. // [Ooo00of what was that last part about? That “19th century” was oddly specific. Was he referring to Russian colonialism?]*
FOREIGN MINISTER of IRAN, ARAGHCHI: Any threat from North, South, East, or West to the territorial integrity of our neighbors or redrawing of boundaries is totally unacceptable and a red line for Iran. //
Meanwhile, Russian Ambassador Kopyrkin recently attempted to stoke divisions between Armenia, West, and Iran again, by repeating the unsubstantiated claim that EU’s border monitoring mission on the AM-AZ border is “spying on Iran”, a claim denied by Armenia and EU. Nevertheless, Iran has not openly spoken against the presence of EU observers in Armenia. A ranking member of Armenia’s ruling party criticized the Russian ambassador’s statement earlier this week.
source, source, source, [source,](https://www.azatutyun.am/a/harevanneri-taratskayin-amboghjakanoutyany-tsankatsat…
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