Khomeini makes no concessions in rejecting Kurdish peace bid

          
          In an lntervle that he said reflected
          the views of the Iranian leader, he said:
          “There Is no justification whatsoever for
          the systematic subversion o( minorities
          which want to Impose violence no our peo-
          ple. As soon as they stop acting In this
          manner, brotherly Islamic cooperation
          canbegin.
          “It ot up to 3 to declare a cease-
          fire.”
          An unofficial cease-fire Is In force on
          all fronts In the Kurdish region as both
          sides await the outcome of peacernoves In
          Tehran.
          The spokesman for a five-man Kurdish
          delegation told Renters Monday night that
          a Tebran religious leader, Ayatollah Mab.
          moud Ta leghanl, had given assurances a
          formal cease-fire would be announced
          yesterday.
          But the move has apparently been
          scuppered by Ayatollah Khomeini's bard
          line.
          Mr. axd-Sadr aceneed (be Kurdish
          rebels of trying to take lb. Kurdlib region
          by armed force and said the Army in-
          tended to take the rebel capital of Make-
          “We accept autonomy. Mat what yos
          want Is separatisni, otherwise you would
          not be flghtIn ”
          Re added: “Kurdlstan was already In
          the hands of the Kurds, but they Itbe Insur-
          gentzj wanted tobe the only power In Kvr
          distan. ”
          In Mahabad , a spokesman for the
          Kurdish Democratic party said all moves
          toward pece were being threatened by
          the continnid áecuticn of Kurds alleged
          to have taken part hi the fighting against
          goverflment forceL
          The official Pars news agency re t .
          that 20 people were executed Lu the X '
          Ish town of Saqqez yesterday on the orders
          of an Islamic revolutionary judge 1 Ayatol-
          )ahsadeq ha1khali ,
          Nine of the 0 were IE1 Ing ao j s,
          the first to be executed for offeones corn-
          nUtted since the Yebruary revolution.
          They were said to have aided and abetted
          tberSbSIl bflghUngitSsQ 31Utwsek
          KDP spok ints1 ) said thoasands of
          neonle yesterday bealeged the Lurdlok.
          } e1d Mal2abad garrison demanding that Is-
          lamic revolutionary guai d prisoners being
          held there sboêld be killed in retail*tlo
          for the Saqqez executions.
          The spokesman said KDP officials per.
          suaded the crowd to disperse. But he
          added: “This, definitely presents a danger
          to peace. Row can people remain Indiffer-
          ent to this fascist crime? We will react In
          evefltOfCOntlnh1lngeXecUt I0m.”
          Ayatollah KhalkIwlI baa ordered the
          executOns of at least 77 people 1 nearly all
          of them alleged Kurdish rebels, since be
          was dispatched to Kurdlstan two weeks
          ago by Ayatollah Kbomelnl-
          His removal from the Kurdish reajon
          was one of the central demands tht peace
          deIegit lonbioultsttoTehfln.
          Khomeini makes no concessions in rejecting Kurdish peace bid
          The Sun (1837-1985); Aug 29, 1979; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Baltimore Sun, The (1837-1986)
          pg. A12
          Khorneiài makes no concessions
          in rejeciing.Kurdishpeáce bid
          Tehran, (Reuter)—Iraz,'s unoffi-
          cial bead o state, Ayatollah Ituhollab
          Khomeini, has turned dOwn a Kurdish
          peace bid and refused to endorse a negoti.
          •.ated cease-fire, a senior Revolutionary
          Council member said yesterday.
          “The Irnam Ayatollah Khomeini) has
          made no concessions,” Aboihasian Bani.
          Sadr told Reuter.
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