9 Reported flead, 6 Injared
In Iranian Clashes, Bombings
TEl - IRAN. Oct. 7 (Ufl)—At least
nine people died and 26 were injured
in widespread clashes and bombings
1n western Iran, and demolition ex-
perts dug up 27 mines planted on the
I ran-aurop e railroad, press reports
said today.
The explosives were found yester-
day by children playing near the tractc
close to Saveh, west of I'ehran, the
ICayhan newspaper reported.
The track connects Iran to Turkey
and Europe and is used by passenger
and freight trains. A train blast in the
southern Arab province of IChuzestan
last Wednesday killed eight passen-
gers.
• This weekend, three children who
were playing with a grenade in the
southern town of IChorra mabad died
• when it exploded. The mother of one
of the children repDrtedly died of
shock she saw the bodies.
• Security forces mounted a discreet
alert in the West Azerbaijan, [ Curdis-
tan and EChuzestan provinces bor-
d em g Iraq, informed sources said, but
the measure was not announced. The
alert was in response to eight days of
violence that included Arab guerrilla
sabotage of an oil pipeline.
Among the latest incidents:
• A land mine blew up a ear yester-
day on a highway near Ahwaz, provin-
cial capital of [ Chuzestan where most
of the violence had been concentrated
during the past week. One of the two
occupants was killed.
• Two government guardsmen died
In a ICurdish ambush in the western
city of ]!Vlahabad yesterday, reports
said. About 1,500 students staged a
protest rally in Sanandaj, capital of
[ Curdistan Province, yesterday to
mark the 40th day of mourning for
nine [ Curds executed as rebels.
Today, a firing squad executed a
former officer of the Iranian national
police convicted of murder and tor-
ture, the official news agency Pars re-
ported.
