Foreigners Cautioned after Tehran Murder; Kurds seize government officialIran clergy move to tighten their grip; Kurds take gendarmes hostage

          
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          Publication: Guardian 1821-2000; Date: Oct 15, 1979; Section: None; Page: 5
          ForeignëEs
          ‘cautioned after Tehran
          murder
          From Liz Thurgaod
          in Tehran
          A West German businessman
          was shot dead by unidentified
          gunmen yesterday as he wan
          leaving hio home is a wes,ltlay
          north Tehran suburb.
          The death of Mr Hans .loa•
          chim Leib, which coincided
          wills reports at new vinlence
          over the weekend In t ie pro-
          vinees. was prentptly claimed
          by Forglaar,, a little known
          group espousing Moslem evire.
          ntiam to the eatent of opposing
          the clergy,
          A note foued eloae hi the
          • l loss.Jnoe liiee Left,: snar
          dered outside bo o ne
          dead body said Mr Leib, finan .
          dat director at the March
          Pharmaceutical Company in
          ‘rebran, had been killed
          betaaso ‘ he supported Wee.
          tern capitalism and worshipped
          many gods.” The note also
          added thraateaingty that Mr
          Leilo, aged 32, hart “belonged
          to a company which stppartod
          the Iranian revolution.
          W $ e said two young
          men fired from a motorcycle in
          a otyse reminiacent of earl lrr
          killings by Forghun. Irons
          first pont reeolutionsry chil i—se
          staff and one of Ayatollah Kh
          meinl'e clean aides were both
          gesned down lost spring.
          Mr Leib, who leavea a young
          wife and chIld, was the first
          foreigner to have been killed
          since the February revolution.
          Although it was not clear if
          his death marked the start of a
          store general campaign against
          foreigoers, the British Embassy
          promptly circulated a note
          warning the expatriate com
          anunity to lake extra care.
          “it is prudent tItan certain
          precautions be taken” reed the
          note which was distributed this
          afternoon. ‘Vary your daily
          r t ttat keep a sharp lookout
          when leaving home and im
          mediately report aespirloim
          pertone. particularly thote on
          osotorcyclea, to the police.'
          The Britiah note followed u
          cautionary circular from the
          Pretseol Department of the
          Iranian Foreign Ministry. the
          sent to all embaa iea
          an Thursday, adtised all 515 g,
          whether diplomatic or techni '
          eat to inform the Foreign Ittin '
          istry before travelling outside
          the copilot.
          ‘flee German's murder cots'
          cided with delayed reports
          from the provinces of sporadic
          violence that included the
          kidnap at a senior government
          official by Kurdiah rabels an
          flee troublef Illaleabad,
          oerth.wesl Iran.
          Mr SadogS.iEbakalam, reprc.
          seating the Prime Minister's
          office in governmeol attempts
          to negotiate with the ttitrde.
          was seIzed on Saturday a
          ing. A group of rebels.
          believed so be from the Kur'
          dinli Democratic party (K
          el red ihe local governor's
          elitce in a blaze of gunfire and
          ached for his c t keys. The
          official was driven out at towit
          in hia own car.
          Tt.e kidnap tottewed a four
          hour battle on Friday for cnn -
          irol of the toral police atation
          in whirh the petite chief end
          three other security otlictals
          were killed.
          Meanwhile. Iran's Council of
          Experts yentsr saed a cnst
          atitutional clause giving Ayetnl-
          lab Khomeini authority to name
          Armed Forcet chiefs, declare
          war, and vetci candidates for
          the Presidency.
          © Guardian News and Media Limited
          5/27/2011
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