Iran bows to Kurd demands

          
          5/27/2011 Article - Untitled Article
          Publication: Guardian 1821-2000; Date: Mar 26, 1979; Section: None; Page: 4
          Iran bows
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          From Reuter
          in Tehran
          Iranian religious and Govern-
          me2st Itaders yes t e rd ay
          announced a plan to give mere
          self ruie to the country's
          minority Kurds , who staged a
          violent thrt t •ddj uprising last
          week in the western town of
          Sanandaj.
          The plan includes The
          appointment of a Kurd as Gov
          ernor General of ICUL Jstan for
          the first tine. It al ti piuniLsed
          the Kurds a say in a new
          Iraflid lJ Cunstitution, free&otn
          t o ndinue their own culture,
          and participation in decisions
          concerning Iran as a whole.
          The new Gay-c- mar General is
          Ibrahim Yuinesi, who was orce
          sentenced to death, then re-
          prieved by the Shah.
          The plan was aimed at cool-
          ing tempers in the Icurdith
          areas after the Sanandaj Lat1I
          between besieged Army troops
          and Kurds , most of whom were
          demanJk 1 g autonomy.
          Iran radio said the plan had
          been — accepted by Iturdish
          leaders after four Clay a if
          negotiations with the Tetiran re-
          ligious leader, Ayatollah Mah.-
          moud Taléghani, and -the
          Interior Minister, Mr tbmad
          Sacir EaJ Seyed Javadi.
          But there was sane doubt as
          to whether the plan would be
          accepted by all the Kurcis , who
          are split into factioH s. - - - -
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          5/27/2011 Article - Untitled Article
          Mó?e than 100 Kurdish prt-
          soners, captured by troops
          around the garrison, have been
          freed, and installations cap-
          tured by guerrillas, including
          the airport, local radio and
          television station, and the
          Army administration offices,
          will be handed back to their
          original authorities.
          Ayatollah Khomeini yester .
          day appealed to voters to
          endorse his plan for an Islanic
          Republic to replace the over-
          thrown Government cf the
          exiled Shah.
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