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Iranian Troops take Saqqez From Kurdish Rebels
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TEflR AN—Go ye mm cut tro øps ye-
gainecr control of Saqcjez in northwest-
ern Iran yesterday, ending five days
of fierce fighting with ICurdish rebels.
Heavy damage was reported iii the
city. -
tn Teli ran, three unidentified assai
lants shot and killed Mehdi Eraqui, fi-
nancial director of the ICayhan Group
ol publications and reportedly a mem-
ber of Ayatollah fluhollah JChomeini's
Revolutionary Council. Eracjui's 20-
year-old son, Pdohammad. also was
killed and 1-lossein Mehdian, ni an ag-
ing director of the mass circulation
iCayhan newspaper, was wounded, the
- Pars news agency said.
The three men were riding in a car
on their way to the newspaper's of-
fices when they were ambushed, the
news agency said. AlenThers of the ter-
rorist group Forqan claimed responsi-
bilit3r for the shootings, the Icayhan
newspaper sai4.
Mean-while, the national Iranian Oil
Co. said that because of “climatic con-
ditions” at the lCharg Oil Terminal, a
temporary reduction in crude oil ec-
ports of about 400,000 barrels a day
was likely.






