5/27/2011 Article - Untitled Article
Publication: Guardian 1821-2000; Date: Mar 26, 1979; Section: None; Page: 4
Iran bows
déñiaiiI I
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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