Fox News - Assyrians in Iran

TRANSCRIPT: Iran's nuclear ambitions -- of course a key concern for American foreign policy -- in the presidential election we're taking a closer look at Iran in this week's America's future segment. Tonight Christian -- that predominantly Muslim country. Estimates of their population vary from 79000. Whose ties 400 doubts correspondent Amy Kellogg reports christianity. Has a long and storied tradition in Iran. It's probably."

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"At least an Islamic state. Christensen could hear -- Colonia in the northwest reaches of Iran over 100 churches dot the area. You may not believe all the legends come from here but the history of the Christian minority is well documented and deep. I think there -- Christians -- but we yet we're living and yet we're fighting here and we must stay here. Saint Mary's and Assyrian Church is the oldest existing Church in Iran and one of the oldest in the world. People in -- believe that one of the three match guy who visited the baby Jesus was buried on the site -- at this Church was built in the first century AD. Father W bush shows -- other important sites historical as well as recent. Like this shrine where locals say an image of the virgin Mary mysteriously appeared several years back. The plays -- Christians as well as Muslims who Revere Mary as the same thing. Christians are free to worship in Iran and the government helped them with the upkeep of their churches but it can't try to convert anyone. Christian evangelicals here are sometimes arrested for proselytizing. And the penalty for converting from Islam to another religion in Iran can look -- Armenians are also part of Iran's Christian community you're the archbishop of our media outlets -- chapel that is just kind of rebuild."

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"Could reach him people who -- such. Today's. As a patient. But. We are happy to say that. We all those sites that Islamic republic off -- among these -- government supports us."

"Has the government of Iran has asked -- go to make some of his church's world heritage site. This Armenian Church in a remote part of the country near the border with Turkey is one of those designated just last summer. It is dedicated and said to be built on the burial site at St. Jude who was killed for converting 3000 locals -- last -- and to christianity. In the first century AD. -- proselytizing is illegal here. This trying to want to the original Christian missionaries as a national treasure hidden in the Islamic Republic of Iran. -- father Dario bush meets prayers and Aramaic the language of Jesus Christ he says his biggest concern for shrinking community. Is that the rest of the world not forget their role. In Christian history and legacy. In Armenia Iran Amy Kellogg fox."

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[Assyrianking531]

Thats good the iran sapport the Assyrians:)

[0okm1]

God bless iran for supporting the assyrian community, maybe they could just help the ones in iraq

[mariamciklauri]

nice

[TheHayordi]

my dear assyrians,you have long history and rich culture,armenians and assyrians have been always together,we support and respect assyrians, greetings from Armenia!!!

[BoneBeast]

@peywend the majority in urmiya are azeris..

[WinkyMaeve]

@peywend Peshmerga murder Christians in their beds in Mosul.

when any Iranian army ever kills an Assyrian, then you can say that.

Okay stupid ?

[peywend]

urmiya is kurdistan only we kurd have respect 4 your relegion

[maryoassyrian2007]

@psmx7 Aramaic is spoken is Assyrian houses, neighborhoods, and villages. We don't speak Syriac, we speak ARAMAIC! What are you talking about? You make no sense.

[maryoassyrian2007]

@psmx7 Buddy, if anyone's fake here it's you. Kurds are Iranian people. They're from Iran? If Assyrians are Kurds, and Kurds are from Iran, and Assyria is in North IRAQ, than how are we Kurdish. We survived, and we will continue to survive. We speak Aramaic, not Kurdish(Iranian). We have our own culture, cusine, language, religion, and country. There's no such thing as "Kurdistan", because Kurdistan is the region where Kurds live in Iran. Assyria is mainly North IRAQ. NOT IRAN! SO SHUT UP!

[maryoassyrian2007]

@psmx7 Assyrians are Assyrians. They exist. Kurds come from everywhere. Face it, you don;t know what your talking about.

[maryoassyrian2007]

@psmx7 Kurds are Iranian. Not Assyrians.