Iran Claims Agreement on Entry Into Kurd Stronghold

          
          TEHRAN, Iran ( . Interior Min
          ister Hashem Sabaghian claimed
          Wednesday that the government and
          a Kurdish delegation here had agreed
          on terms for the army's entry into the
          r h ihng minOrity a tmngh&d city of
          Mahabad But a Kurdish spokesman
          in Mahabad said he was certain that
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          The Kurdish spokesman said the
          state radio, which had broadcast Sa
          baghian's announcement was “dis
          tortmg reports of the negotiations.”
          The key issue appeared to be
          whether the Kurds who now control
          Majiabad, would allow Iianian army
          forces to enter the city of 100,000 in
          western Iran.
          The Kurds, fighting in their pro
          vinces for autonomy and withdrawal
          of government forces, have said the
          government cannot take Mahabad
          But after a costly fight 50 miles to the
          south lest week, they are now trying
          to reach a negotiated settlement.
          Last weekend, the government
          broke a Kurdmih siege of the military
          garrison at Saqqez, and Islamic revo
          luttonary guards and army troops
          backed by columns of tanks marched
          to within 9 miles of Mahabad.
          On Sunday, an unofficial cease fire
          went into effect and a delegation from
          the Mahabad city council was sent to
          the Iranian capital to explore the pos
          sibility of a negotiated settlement
          Sabaghian said in a radio interview
          Wednesday that the delegation “had
          agreed that the army has to enter
          Mahabad and take hold of the city's
          security He pledged that the army
          would leave the garrison within a
          reasonable period, base itself outside
          the city and convert the garrison Into
          a university,
          However, so official of t..e banned
          Kurdlsh Democratic Party, reached
          by telephone in Mahabad, salds “I am
          certain the goodwill delegation has
          not agreed to the army entering Ma
          habad; not one person in Mahabad is
          willing to agree t the army entering
          the city,”
          Kurdish sources said the truce was
          holding around Mahabad Wednesday,
          despite maneuvers by government
          forces Tuesday night. But state radio
          reported that the military garrison in
          the mountain town of Jaldian 31 miles
          west of Maliabad was attacked by
          heavily armed Kurds Tuesday night
          in a smihour attack that killed one
          sergeant
          In Mababad, a Kurdish party offi
          eta! said “We do not held much hope
          for the negotiations in Tehran,” in
          view of hard hne statements by the
          Ayatollah Ruhollah Ithomaini, Iran's
          revolutionary and spiritual leader,
          Two Kurds were among 16 persons
          executed Wednesday, according to
          the official radio, A revolutionary
          court in ZaRan, about 125 miles east
          of Mahabad, found the pair guilty of
          “having entered into battle with God
          and his emissaries on earth The
          other 14 were prisoners who tried to
          escape in the northwestern city of
          Tabrmz the radio said
          On Tuesday, Khomamnl sent a per
          sonat envoy, Moslem cleric Hosielni
          Kermani, to the Kurdish areas with
          orders to “crush the outlaws if need
          be.” Two weeks ago, Ithomaint sent
          revo utionary prosecutor Ayatollah
          Sadegh Khalkhall into the region, and
          Kurdish sources have said that more
          than 100 Kurds have since been exw
          outed,
          Also on Wednesday, the Ayatollah
          Kazem Shsriaunadari, a Moslem cler
          ic who is considered a moderate and
          has differed with Khomam;, called for
          a formal cease fire and negotiations
          between the Kurdish rebels and the
          government
          “I have no doubt that this war is
          imposed on them (the Kurds),” he
          said, adding that if they accept nego
          tiations, I personally guarantee that
          they will not be shortchanged”
          The interview was held privately in
          a Tehran vil1a Shartatmadari refused
          to see reporters from state radio and
          television, charging that their organ;
          rations had engaged in censorship
          and failed o cover his activities.
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