"The Bible gives us a compass direction here, and it is not in the direction of Turkey. Instead it points directly towards Iran,"
It does?
Where does the Bible give a compass direction?
Genesis DOES mention Mt. Ararat.
The bible doesn't say specifically "Mt Ararat", it does say "in the mountains of ararat".
Ararat used here is describing the mountain chain which really only borders Turkey and extends mostly into Iran.
The articles claim could very well be credible.
It's been extremely difficult for search expeditions to get permission from the Turkish govt and I would imagine getting one from the mad mullahs in Iran to look for a Christian artifact might get your head chopped off.
I have a book called "Noah's Ark: I Touched It" by Fernando Navarra that has some amazing photos of large beams of dark wood taken from the believed site of the ark on Ararat. There is no wood that grows that high up and he had it carbon tested which showed it is about 5000 years old. The CIA also has some still classified photos that they called the Ararat analomy and many who have seen those photos said it is a large ship. I don't know why those photos are still classified but there was a guy on coasttocoast who is trying to get them released to the public.
In response to your original question, oh so long ago.....
Genesis 11:1-2: "Now the whole earth had one language and one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there".
The "they" in Verse 1 refers to Noah and his sons, whose geneologies are recorded in Chapter 10. Check a map - If they traveled west (from the east) from where the ark landed into Shinar (which is generally recognized as the ancient name for Iraq), then they did not come from Mt. Ararat in Turkey - instead they likely came from the mountains in northern Iran.
Ref. "Lost Mountains of Noah" by Robert Cornuke and David Halbrook. The same author also wrote a book explaining why Mt. Sinai was not the traditional Mt. Sinai but rather a mountain in Saudi Arabia. It all makes sense as he explains it. The "mountains of Ararat" may have been actually been the "mountains of Urartu" which was in northern Iran.