Iran closes 22 papers, calls in guns

          
          From Wire Services
          Taiwan, Iran—iran 's ruling clergy shut
          down 22 opposition newspapers yesterday
          and ordered political organizations oppos-
          ing the rule of Islam to hand over their
          by official reports of a Kurdisl
          rebellion in the west, crowds of demon-
          strators attended the -Tebran funeral of
          revolutionary guards killed in weekend
          fighting in the region and called for the
          execution of Kurdish leaders.
          The Army said new unit were moving
          into Kurdistan , where Army posts and the
          city of Paveh have been hit by rebel at-
          tacks Reports from Zanjan, 180 miles
          northwest of Tehran, saId about 70 revolu-
          tionary guardsmen heading for ICurdistan
          were harassed by armed rebels. -
          “The Kurdish Democratic party is the
          party of the devil, and it Is In collusion
          with the United States and international
          Z ionism, ” Ayatollah Ruhollab Khomeini
          said in a message broadcast on state
          radio.
          “it is your religious duty to abstain
          from joining or assisting the Kurdish
          Democratic party and it is also your reli-
          gious duty to support the armed forces of
          the country,” he added.
          “It is your divine duty to show the hid-
          ing places of the K!)? to the authorities.”
          In Kermansbah, the nearest major
          town .to Paveb,. the commander of the
          state police said that at least 500 of the
          2,000 rebels who attacked Paveb were
          killed or woundet “Tb. mountains near.
          the town of Pateb are littered with the
          bodies of Kurdish rebels who have been
          shot down by government forces,” Col(
          RaSan Akhyanl said.
          Be saIdSunday night that $ group of
          Kurds attackeda state police — about
          *7 m Iles south of Paveb, but- eight were
          killed and the rest were beaten back, ac-
          cording to the Tehran newspaper Kay-
          h a L
          • Arnong the newspapers silenced on the
          ordersof the Tehran revolutionary prose-
          cutor, Ayatollah Abmad Anti Qomi, were
          tbe official. outlets. of. Tudeb
          (Communist) party, the Marxist Piople's
          Fedayeen guerrilla coup and the centrist
          National Democratic front
          A Turkish-language paper, illeged to
          have Suited the AyatOllah Khomeini, the
          unofficial bead of state, In * cartoon,wu
          also shut down.
          In a separate order, Ayatollah QomI or-
          dered alt political parties and groups,
          “especially those whose policies go
          against the wishes of the iranian nation,”
          to surrender arms taken from military
          arsenals during the February revolution.
          The reference to the Iranian nation was
          a familiar pbrase to describe the over-
          whelining majority of the electorate who
          voted for an Islamic republic in March's
          referendum. The order was apparently
          aimed mainly at opposition party militias.
          The order did not affect the revolu-
          tionary ‘guards and local armed Islamic
          committees who control law and order in
          the name of Ayatollah Khomeini.
          • Forthethirddaylnarow,theradiore-
          ported that civilians had volunteered to go
          and fight in the Kurdish region, Ayatollah
          Khomeini yesterday. ordered a general
          military mobilization to crush an alleged
          I urdlsh rebellion, which he said was cen-
          tered In the city of Sanandaj.
          Independent witneeses, who telephoned
          reporters from Sanafldaj yesterday, said
          the city was peaceful. They said 0 tanks
          and 100 revolutIonary guards were at the
          airport and that troops held hilltop —
          lions, but there was no Indication that
          fighting had taken place. /
          Iran closes 22 papers, calls in guns
          The Sun (183 7-1985); Aug 21, 1979; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Baltimore Sun, The (1837-1986)
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