AZERBAIJANI SCHOLARS’ LETTER TO ETHNOLOGUE
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. | 1) It is a well-known fact that in Iran’s entire history, no kind of census has taken place that would account for the country’s population makeup based on ethnicity, nationality, and more importantly, language. All existing figures and numbers in this area are estimations based on unsubstantiated sources and literature. As such, care must be taken that in estimating the number of each ethnic community, the views of local community leaders, scholars, and human rights activists are taken into full account. In particular, an objective researcher
Note: With respect to the action of undersigners of this letter, and having said that there is no proper evidence in Iran to show the correct population of different nationalities existed in the region, accepting a false assumption which is made up many years ago could not be acceptable. |
