Armenian Presidential Candidate Shot And Injured In An Assassination Attempt

Paruyr Hayrikyan

Armenian Presidential Candidate Injured In Assassination Attempt -- RT

An Armenian presidential candidate has been shot in the center of Yerevan, the country's capital, late Thursday. The 64-year-old Paruyr Hayrikyan of the Union for National Self-Determination party, was taken to hospital following the incident.

­Hayrikyan was taken to the Saint Gregory the Illuminator medical center with two gunshot wounds, in the shoulder and in the chest. The chest wound is considered serious, but not immediately life-threatening, medics said.

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Wikileaks: Armenia Supplied Weapons To Iran That Eventually Resulted In U.S. Soldier Deaths In Iran

WikiLeaks: Armenia Sent Iran Arms Used To Kill U.S. Troops -- Washington Times

State expressed 'deep concerns'.

U.S. diplomats concluded in late 2008 that the government of Armenia had supplied Iran with rockets and machine guns later used to kill American troops in Iraq, according to State Department cables disclosed by WikiLeaks.

John D. Negroponte, deputy secretary of state at the time, wrote a December 2008 letter to Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan expressing "deep concerns about Armenia's transfer of arms to Iran which resulted in the death and injury of U.S. soldiers in Iraq."

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My Comment: The following question still needs to be answered .... why did Armenia send weapons to Iran?