Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend corr. S.Ilhamgizi / The World Azerbaijani Congress (WAC) is against the destruction of the apartment where the public man and one of the leaders of the national movement. Lived in Sattarkhan,
The Iranian Information Agency ' Fars' reported that a private company acquired the historical building and construction work will be started in the area.
The 'Cultural heritage' organization is responsible for protection of historical monuments in Iran. The organization stated that the tsar troops fired at historical monuments and buildings of Tabriz revolutionists, as well as the apartment of Sattarkhan, who was the one of the leaders of the revolution, after the Constitutional revolution in Iran in 1905-1911.
WAC stated that destroying South Azerbaijani historical monuments by Iran contradicts UNESCO's Charter.
The World Azerbaijani Congress is the biggest Diaspora organization and was founded in the US in 1997. The organization protects Azerbaijanis human rights and struggle for independence for South Azerbaijan ( North Iran).
Akbar Alami and Mammadrza Tajaddin, MPs from Tabriz stated their dissatisfaction at Sattarkhan's house not being registered as a historical monument yet. The Azerbaijani MPs also protested against the sale of Sattarkhan's house.
About 35mnl Azerbaijanis reside in Iran. The Constitutional movement took place in 1906. The aim of the movement was to pass power to the people. As a result of the movement the first Parliament and Constitution was achieved in Iran. The Iranian Parliament was destroyed by the Russian army in 1908, and the chairman of the Dashnak party of Iran, Yapramkhan Mashrut, Armenian by origin, ordered the arrest and execution of most of the activists of the revolution.