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*Many Armenians inhabited the area of '''Karantina (literally "Quarantine"''', a port-side district in the Lebanese capital of Beirut). Later on, a thriving Armenian community was formed in the neighbouring district of '''Bourj Hammoud.''' | *Many Armenians inhabited the area of '''Karantina (literally "Quarantine"''', a port-side district in the Lebanese capital of Beirut). Later on, a thriving Armenian community was formed in the neighbouring district of '''Bourj Hammoud.''' | ||
*In 1939, after the French ceded the Syrian territory of Alexandretta to Turkey, Armenians and other Christians from the area moved to the '''Bekaa Valley'''. The Armenians were grouped in '''Anjar''', where a community exists to this day. Some of these Armenian refugees had been settled by the French mandate authorities in camps in the South of Lebanon: El Buss and Rashidieh camps in Tyre would later make way for Palestinian refugees.<ref>"Armenians in Lebanon", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenians_in_Lebanon, accessed 15 June 2021.</ref> | *In 1939, after the French ceded the Syrian territory of Alexandretta to Turkey, Armenians and other Christians from the area moved to the '''Bekaa Valley'''. The Armenians were grouped in '''Anjar''', where a community exists to this day. Some of these Armenian refugees had been settled by the French mandate authorities in camps in the South of Lebanon: El Buss and Rashidieh camps in Tyre would later make way for Palestinian refugees.<ref>"Armenians in Lebanon", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenians_in_Lebanon, accessed 15 June 2021.</ref> | ||
===Armenians in Iran=== | |||
*Iranian-Armenians are also known as Persian-Armenians. Estimates of their number in Iran range from 70,000 to 200,000. Areas with a high concentration of them include '''Tabriz, Tehran, Salmas and Isfahan's Jolfa (Nor Jugha) quarter.''' | |||
*Armenians have lived for millennia in the territory that forms modern-day Iran. Many of the oldest Armenian churches, monasteries, and chapels are located within modern-day Iran. '''Iranian Armenia''', which includes modern-day Armenian Republic was part of Qajar Iran up to 1828. | |||
*After the Iranian Revolution, many Armenians emigrated to Armenian diasporic communities in '''North America and Western Europe'''. | |||
*Today the Armenians are Iran's largest Christian religious minority. | |||
*The ceding of what is modern-day Armenia (Eastern Armenia in general) to Russia in 1828 resulted in a large number of Armenians falling now under the rule of the Russians. Iranian Armenia was thus supplanted by Russian Armenia. | |||
*The Tsar had the right to encourage the resettling of Armenians from Iran into the newly established Russian Armenia. This resulted in a large demographic shift; many of Iran's Armenians followed the call. Some 35,000 Muslims out of more than 100,000 emigrated from the region, while some 57,000 Armenians from Iran proper and Turkey arrived after 1828. | |||
*During the Armenian genocide, about 50,000 Armenians fled the Ottoman Empire and took refuge in Persia. | |||
*Further immigrants and refugees from the Soviet Union numbering nearly 30,000 continued to increase the Armenian community until 1933. Thus by 1930 there were approximately 200,000 Armenians in Iran. By 1979, in the dawn of the Islamic Revolution, an estimated 250,000 - 300,000 Armenians were living in Iran.<ref>"Iranian Armenians", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Armenians, accessed 15 June 2021.</ref> | |||
===Armenians in Russia=== | ===Armenians in Russia=== | ||