A book by the famous Western Armenian writer, journalist and publicist Yervand Otyan “Cursed Years” (1914 - 1919) was published in Farsi.

The book about his memories of Armenian Genocide and deportation was published at the initiative of the Armenian Genocide Centenary Committee.

According to Araks weekly, this 416-page book was published with an edition of 1,100 copies, was translated into Farsi by talented Armenian-Iranian translator Andranik Khechumyan. The book was printed in the publishing house "Afraz" with the support of the Mirzakhanyan family.