“A dirty dog, who are you to live in my country and despise my country and my people,” – said the victim. The Iranian had attacked her, and conducted an act of violence against the Armenian woman, saying, “Turks did right to slaughter you, they should have generally cut you from the roots.” In the court, the Iranians told that he had not hit the victim and had not made any offensive statements against Armenian people. Apart from the damage, the victim was claiming for a compensation of an amount equivalent to U.S. $ 20,000 as moral damage caused to her, her people and the Republic of Armenia.
Abolfazl Gholam Hassan Dolatkhahi, a Kurd by nationality, a citizen of the Islamic Republic of Iran, was charged by Article 117 of the Criminal Code. As a preventive measure against him, he was taken signature of not leaving the country. Pursuant to the court verdict of Kentron and Nork-Marash General Jurisdiction Court, Abolfazl Gholam Hassan Dolatkhahi was punished by a fine of 50 fold of the minimum wage. The court rejected the civil suit submitted by the victim, a citizen of Armenia Janna Zakaryan. The verdict was appealed at the Court of Appeal of the Republic of Armenia, where the court session has not been convened yet. The Kurd-Iranian claims to justify him.
According to the case file dated July 31, 2012, Abolfazl Gholam Hassan Dolatkhahi has quarreled with Janna Zakaryan at the Yerevan Republic Square, during which he beat her. He has bitten the hands of Janna Zakaryan. The victim received minor damages: bruise of soft tissues of the 5th finger in the right hand, scratches on dorsal surface of the left hand and on the surface of the right shoulder, hematomas on primary surface of the upper forearm.
Culprit Abolfazl Gholam Hassan Dolatkhahi did not plead guilty in the court of the First Instance. He informed that on that day he was in the Republic Square from 24:00 to 01:00 to meet the guests arrived from the Islamic Republic of Iran. When he reached the Republic Square, he saw that Janna, Gurgen and Karen were talking with his guests. The culprit says that he approached his guests, and told them get on a taxi. Right at that time, Janna Zakaryan turning Gholam Hassan, has said, “Who is he and what rights does he have to act as a broker here?” He has replied that these people are his guests.
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According to the case study evidence, “After that Janna began to make noise and said that she would not allow him to work there. At that time, he put his guests into the taxi to leave, but Janna approached the car and caught by the door. At that time, he had noticed a knife in Karen’s hand, which made him to run away, but Janna stopped the taxi, hanging from the door, and scratching on his face with the other hand. He had to bite her hand to get rid of her. Afterwards, the police officers came and took them to the police station.” The culprit
said that he did not hit Janna, as well as did not make any offensive statements against Armenian people.
The victim, Janna Zakaryan, testified during the trial that she is engaged in providing rental housing to tourists, which is why she often comes to the Republic Square. The day of the incident, according to the victim, she was in the Republic Square and was waiting for her guests. At the time, Abolfazl Dolatkhahi made very rude statements to her and the two Armenian guys standing with her, Karen and Gurgen, saying: “Get the hell out of here.”
According to the victim, she was astonished because she had no connection with him, and did not know him. J. Zakaryan was offended and said, “I did not understand, is it you to ban me or command where to stand or not.” The Iranian-Kurd blasphemed her by saying, “Turks are right to slaughter you, they should have generally cut you from the roots.” “When I heard it I fell into convulsions, because I am a freedom fighter at Artsakh war, I could not withstand and said ‘dirty dog, who are you to live in my country and despise my country and my people.”
The Iranian was attacking Janna, and the guys standing next to her interfered in the quarrel. The Iranian parallel to blows was biting both hands of the woman, which resulted in “infection.” Witnesses said that Janna’s hands were bleeding. According to the victim, the Iranian’s aggression was directed against our people and our homeland.
After the incident, the victim referred to the psychologist and received a treatment by paying an amount equivalent to U.S. $ 500.
In fact, by the decision of RA State Engineering University dated June 10, 2008, the culprit was awarded a bachelor’s degree in engineering with the specialty of “Information systems (by fields of application)”. By the decision dated June 4, 2010, Abolfazl Gholam Hassan Dolatkhahi was granted Masters Degree in engineering with the specialty of “Information technology”. Pursuant to the copy of the diploma of the Fourth International Memorial of Freestyle Wrestling named after the Soviet distinguished coach Rudolf Karapetyan and USSR master of international sports Yeghishe Karapetyan, Abolfazl Dolatkhahi was awarded as a champion trainer.
Ruzan MINASYAN
