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β€œThe graveyard of English Christians is one of the historical places in Bushehr, Iran which was also used by Armenian community of Bushehr for the same purpose. However, today, all the crosses on graves are broken, the cemetery is in an inappropriate condition and is becoming a ruin,” Mohabat News reports.
2/19/2012 Iran (Mohabat News) – The graveyard of English Christians is one of the historical places in Bushehr, Iran which was also used by Armenian community of Bushehr for the same purpose. However, today, all the crosses on graves are broken, the cemetery is in an inappropriate condition and is becoming a ruin.
The burial place of English commanders and soldiers who were killed after the English army entered Iran in 1856 and WW1 had become a graveyard, however this place has been turned into a residential area. Now only a small corner of it has survived and can be seen.
The photos received indicate that all the crosses in the graveyard have been removed and have an improper situation. These gravesites are being destroyed as days go by. The efforts of some culturally sensitive citizens for informing authorities have born no result.
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