Iranian clergy calls Kurdish ceasefire

          
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          Publication: Guardian 1821-2000; Date: Aug 28,1979; Section: None; Page: 6
          Rebels send-peace mission to Khomeini as Tehrat punishes profiteers tO coUnter inflfl.tiOn
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          Iranian clergy calls
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          IRAN'S rsilhig Moslem clergy yesterday reached after talks with Ayatollah Mah-
          wgu'eS to proclaim a ceasefire on aU mend Taleghani Also In Tehran, three
          fronts in the Km-dish revolt, Kurdish shopkeepers were flogged, charged with
          negotiators said in ‘ flbran last nl,,U. .1 . profiteerIng, In the first public punish-
          spokesman said agreement bad been naent in the capital.
          From Lin moran-ed
          In Tehran
          An uneasy calm settled over
          Iran's troubled Western pro-
          of Kurdeatan yesterday
          amid rep . .governnient
          troops were nsaaaiasg for a two-
          pronged attack on the rebel
          stronghold or Mahabad.
          ‘The unease, daacribed as the
          calm before the storm, coin-
          cided with conflicting reports
          ef Kurdiah Intentions. Kurdish
          rebà ls ? up a fuel øbsMee
          lank it the Weet Azerbaijan
          lawn or Sumac In an attack In
          which en 9 Kurd was killed and
          two civil nta were miss-
          ing. acrording to the Govern-
          meet news agency
          The attack was followed yea-
          tea-dry by news of the arrival
          in the capita' af a tow-level
          Kurdiah leant which has since
          s,ede.e direct appeal to Ayatol-
          lah Khomeini to end the fight-
          ing. According to Iranian
          newspapers the flgtatinq—Aaa
          taken more than 500 lives dur-
          ing the past ten days,
          In a letter made public yes-
          terday, the reynl satlonary coun-
          cil er Matabad said that the
          Ayatollah waa mtotnfsrnaed
          about tite situatIon In Kurdm-
          tan. The Intlor, aipaaed—by
          Siwlul Rahina Abbanni , who I a
          now leading the learn in
          Tc'hrnn, repeated assurances of
          the Kurdiala Moslem peoplee
          selirln$a 'iih the Ayatollah
          arid “In relure hope that you
          will not pay attenlian to cer-
          tain people who want to create
          danenity and divide the
          nation.”
          But in Mahabad itself, there
          were indicattene •that the
          Irurda were preparing fec a
          uh of force. Reports from
          the emaIl town aaid aenrea ef
          young Kurda yesterday
          crowded .iM. the lace] army
          base to “register for battle - ,
          arid both men and women were
          receiving traIning on four cap-
          tured tanks and howitcera.
          Oulaide Mehabad, which in
          1046 declared itaelf an auteno-
          naeue republic, two arnaoored
          columns of the Iranian military
          had reperledly -eaSe up post-
          lien on key roade leading into
          ihe sinai ? lawn not far from
          the mountainous border with
          Iraq. Accerding to a member
          of the banned Kurdinla Demo-
          cratic Pa'ty, close-Os-we lanka
          IgANIAN Government foreca
          . ..sd two lmql military
          officer daring Isat week'e
          hatl le for the Kurdlala cl Oy of
          Pavoh aed hem to
          Tebrae, Pars eewa agency re-
          ported yeeterday Anti Wafa,
          deputy commander of Iran'e
          neveletleeney Guard eepe 5
          told Pare that the two mire
          denied beIng Iraq I aailoaate.
          hut theIr IraqI citizenship
          was proved by theIr Idenlity
          and mIlItary conscrIption
          earda, Abu Wafe eald,
          and armed peresnnel carriers
          had been eaaemblcd by the Gov-
          ernment, fogether wIth long
          range artillery ansi heavy
          trucks.
          The acttvhy in and around
          Malsabad yesterday followed a
          government victory ever the
          weekend in Saqqaa. Mere than
          100 Kurde and men leynl to
          lbs *peoe]lah are believed to
          heve died during the five daye
          of fighting which ended On
          Sunday when the gevernment
          finally took control.
          The streets of Saqqez were
          yenterday reported quid, with
          the naiittary and lelamie
          GueSs malnletntng a 24-hour
          patrol in what was seen as a
          form of martial law, Parta of
          diansenabered bodIes reportedly
          lay in the etreeta next to the
          barracks but the water supp ly
          was Intact and power had been
          partially reatored.
          Mere than 100 captured
          Xurdn were awaiting the irri-
          ft Shelkh ]Chslkhali, a
          night-wing mttilant who hnn
          been named by Khomeini is
          conduct the tCurdtah triela , The
          Sheikh, whoS n-tenced the
          Shah to death in absentia, has
          already aant 50 ICurda to their
          deaths.
          The Kurda in Saqqec ignored
          a warii ln the elate radio
          calling for the return of all
          weapons In rebel handa. Fail-
          tire to reply, enid the com-
          mender of the 28th dIvision,
          would be considered “a
          counter revntutienary aeL”
          The commander's appeal fol-
          lowed an interview pulilintied
          yesterday with Tehrsn'a public
          prnaerutar in which Ayatollah
          Aznrl-Chomt warned that all
          those pnaieaalag irma illegally
          would be cnnntdered “corrupt
          on earth” end ahot
          Router adde: The ravotu-
          tionary prneecutor of the town
          of Zanjan has ordered the
          arrest or his predecannor after
          non magannilea and atcelaol
          were found at his hems, the
          newspaper Barndad reported.
          The cache was dincovered
          when proneculor Mahnioud
          Omidi went to the home of
          Ilosaein Mojtnhedi to collect
          burt filca. lie found a harts
          Quantity of imported and
          do mestic alcohol. set maps '
          sines, opium, gsethling equip-
          mont. bank savings books
          showing large dopoalie, a
          ptaone book svith the number
          of a former Saealo cecret pollen
          torturer, Communist lenfleta,
          an IsraelI entry card, a hunt-
          ing gun and 750 bullnle and
          books of frermesonry,
          Mr Mejohedl is coder guard
          In hoapitet where he Is re-
          covering from injuries received
          in an unoueceastyl annasatha-
          lion attnoapt.
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          5/27/2011
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