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Iranian Troops take Saqqez From Kurdish Rebels

          
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          TEflR AN—Go ye mm cut tro øps ye-
          gainecr control of Saqcjez in northwest-
          ern Iran yesterday, ending five days
          of fierce fighting with ICurdish rebels.
          Heavy damage was reported iii the
          city. -
          tn Teli ran, three unidentified assai
          lants shot and killed Mehdi Eraqui, fi-
          nancial director of the ICayhan Group
          ol publications and reportedly a mem-
          ber of Ayatollah fluhollah JChomeini's
          Revolutionary Council. Eracjui's 20-
          year-old son, Pdohammad. also was
          killed and 1-lossein Mehdian, ni an ag-
          ing director of the mass circulation
          iCayhan newspaper, was wounded, the
          - Pars news agency said.
          The three men were riding in a car
          on their way to the newspaper's of-
          fices when they were ambushed, the
          news agency said. AlenThers of the ter-
          rorist group Forqan claimed responsi-
          bilit3r for the shootings, the Icayhan
          newspaper sai4.
          Mean-while, the national Iranian Oil
          Co. said that because of “climatic con-
          ditions” at the lCharg Oil Terminal, a
          temporary reduction in crude oil ec-
          ports of about 400,000 barrels a day
          was likely.
        

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