Sargsyan made the remarks in Tehran on the sidelines of a ceremony to pay tribute to the late Imam in his mausoleum.
Sargsyan said, The late Imam was a great character and I knew him, when I was young.'
Sargsyan arrived in Tehran on Monday evening at the invitation of Iran’s Defense Minister, Hossein Dehqan, for a three-day visit.
Simultaneously with historical day of arrival of the late Imam Khomeini to Iran, the Armenian minister laid wreath on his grave and paid tribute to the late Imam.
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