Tebran (AP)—Kurdish rebels overwhelmed govern-
ment revolutionary guards in the western town of Paveb
during house-to-house fighting yesterday and shot down an
F-4 Phantom jet and two helicopters trying to aid the
guards.
State television reported at least 40 guards killed and
saId Mebdi ‘Charnran, a deputy prime minister, was
trapped with a handful of defenders in the small military
garrison on the outskirts of Pavek. It said the garrison was
surrounded and “all hope” was lost.
‘The broadcast accused he Km-ds of invadlng.the Paveb
hospital's morgue and slittint the throats of 18 revolu-
tionary guards who hadbeen slain In the fighting.
‘Tebran radio issued an urgent announcement ordering
all revolutionary guards In Ta i wan to report$mmediately
to their headquarters. It gave no reason for the directive.
in Tehrän, hundreds of thousands of pro-Palestinian
;upporten of Ayatollah Ruhollab Khomeini and his funda-
mentalist Muslim government converged on Tebran Uni-
versity. They shouted approval of theayatoliab's declara
Uon to observe yesterday as Palestlni s'Solidarity Day
md chanted, “Israelis dead, Palestlne'is victorious.”
Two wounded guards, evacuated by helicopter from
Paveb to a hospital In Kermanshah told Pars, the Iranian
iews agency, there were 200 guards in'Paveh when more
than 2,000 K king autonorny for their regi S In
sorthwestern surrounded the town three days aEo
md then attacked.
Pars also quoted the guards as saying fraqi Kurds had
rossed the border, only'25 miles :west'of Paveb,'to help
the rebels.
Abdol Ithaman Qassemlu, leader 61 the Kurdish Demo-'
cratic Party, denied the gàvernthint ‘ctainiof rebels
maiming the bodies of slain guards. Reached by telephone
at his party beadquarters'in Mahabad,lme said the govern-
went's allegation of atrocities was.ariattempt to turn pub-
be opmion agatnst the Kurds and their demand for self
n ate
Mr Chamran deputy prime minister for revolutionary
affairs, had flown by helicopter to Pikeh”300à)flSiorth.
west of Tehran to try to negotiate with thenaurgen(s
Pars said there were man3(:wpupdect:.renluuonary
guards.ln Paveb, but the governmçñtTcould not get Mi -
copters Int o the garrisons deliyer medJOslteaIng oy'
evacuate the victims
The army, command failed for' w'thlrdd ag to send'in
troops to aid the r#volutionary militlas.'Kurdlsh fdrchs
controlled roads and passes in.the'niountaa' ‘réglonie-'
tween Paveh and a garrison' in KériUáñsttah,.j'mjjes 10%
thesouth
Members of Trans tour-million member Kurdash mm
nority also are Muslims, bat they hav.e.$enstrvgglie for.
‘years to winsome degree of autonomy from the central'
government. . - - - - . ‘ “
Iranian rebels said to kill at least 40 guards
The Sun (183 7-1985); Aug 18, 1979; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Baltimore Sun, The (1837-1986)
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Iranian rebels said: to kiIi,at least 40, guards
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