A Center for Armenian studies will be opened in the State University
of Tehran in 2011, Armenian Minister of Education and Science Armen
Ashotyan said today, News Armenia reports.
The agreement to open the center was achieved within the framework of
an Armenian delegation's visit to Iran on May 21-25. Representatives
from ministries of education and science, diasporas, the National
Academy of Sciences and higher education centers of Armenia were part
of the delegation.
According to Ashotyan, the center will teach Armenian language,
literature and history.
The minister noted that there are already centers of Armenian studies
in Iran but there is no such center in the State University of Tehran,
the country's main higher education center.
He said that Iran will issue 10 scholarships to help Armenian students
continue studies as post-graduates and masters in 2010.
The minister noted that the scholarships will be issued for students
in the sphere of technology, Islamic studies, Iranian studies and
Oriental studies, in other words, all spheres of mutual interest.
