CHN Foreign Desk- 3 December 2007- Hassan Zohouri- Discovery of an Armenian written gravestone within the sphere of Soltanieh dome lead to the discovery of a graveyard of Armenians from the Mongolian era by experts of CHTO and Armenian archeologists.

 

"Mohammad Reza Ghorban Zadeh" operational manager of CHTO station at the Soltanieh dome explained: following the discovery of an Armenian written gravestone two years ago within this area, we asked for the help of Armenian archeologists and experts to read the script.

 

The result of researches revealed the fact that this gravestone is related to Mongolian time, and there is a strong existence possibility of a graveyard near the mentioned sphere.

 

According to Ghorban Zadeh, discovery of this Armenian graveyard near Abbas Abaad can help to discover the true history of Soltanieh dome.

 

The history has got the record of Armenian migration from Tabriz to Soltanieh.

 

Soltanieh dome is the 7^th registered national heritage of Iran in UNESCO, which is regarded as the tallest brick-made monument of the world.

 

 

Mandana Javidinejad

m.javidnejad@chnpress.com