Khomeini Rejects Kurdish Peace Bid

          
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          TEHRAN, Aug. 28—Iran's unofficial
          head of state, Ayatollah Ruhollah
          Khomeini, today turned down a Kurd-
          ish peace bid and refused to endorse a
          negotiated cease-fire as Islamic firing
          aquads executed 20 persons accused
          of involvement in last week's [ Curdish
          revolt.
          A senior aide to Khomeini said the
          ayatollah “made no concessions” to
          the [ Curds on their proposals for an
          end to fighting between rebels and
          government forces in the turbulent
          ICurdistan Province of western Iran.
          Abolhassan Bani-Sadr, in remarks
          that lie said reflected Khomeini's
          views, said, “There is no justification
          whatsoever for the systematic subver-
          sion of minorities which want to im-
          pose violence on our people. As soon
          as they stop acting in this manner,
          brotherly Islamic cooperation can be-
          gin.
          “It is not up to us to declare a
          cease-fire,” he said.
          gotiate wIth the criminal leaders.
          They mnstb erushed”
          Nevertheless, in apparent disregard
          of Khomeini's hard line, an unofficial
          cease-fire remained in force on all
          fronts in the ICurdish region for the
          second day as both si4es awaited the
          outcome of peace moves in Tehran.
          The spokesman for a five-nian
          ICurdish delegation said last hight
          that Ayatollah ahmoud Taleghani,
          the govern ment's main troubleshooter
          on minority issues, had given assur-
          ances that a formal cease-fire - would
          be announced today. But Khomeini's
          attitude has apparently scuttled those
          plans..
          In the ICurdish stronghold of lYtaha-
          bad, meanwhile, a spokesman for the
          [ Curdistan Democratic Party said
          peace moves were being threatened
          by the continued execution of [ Curds
          alleged to have participated in the
          fightingagainst government forces.
          The official Pars news agency re-
          ported.ttrat 20 more persons were ex-
          ecuted in the. ICurdish town of Saqqez
          today on -the or ders Of Iran's chief Is-
          larnic revolutionary judge, Ayatollah
          Nine of those executed were sol-
          diers, the firstto be shot for offenses
          committed since the February revolu-
          tion. They werte said -to have deserted
          the army and aided the rebels in the
          Saqqez fighting last week.
          The Kurdish spokesman -in Maha-
          bad said thousands of townspeople to-
          day demanded that Islamic Revolu-
          tionary Guards in custody at the city's
          military garrison be killed in retalia-
          tion for the Saqqez executions. - - -
          Ayatollah [ Chalkhali li s ordered
          the executions of at least -77 persons,
          nearly all of thê fn . alleged Kurdish -
          rebels, since he was dispatched to•
          [ Curdistan two weeks ago by Kho-
          meini. His recall from the ICurdish re-
          gion was one of the main demands
          presented to Iranian authorities in
          Tehran yesterday by Kurdish negotia-
          tors.
          Other demands in a three-point
          ECurdish peace plan were an immedi-
          ate cease-fire declaration and the con-
          vening of -ä conference “to solve the-
          Kurdlsh problem . throught peaceful
          means.” . —
          In other developments:
          • Trkish Interior Minister Hasan
          Fehmi Gunes, touring Kurd lsh areas
          of eastern Turkey near th - Iranian
          border to investigate reports of sepa-
          ratist. activity, said -there was, no
          threat to the integrity of the Turkish
          state in the area.
          o The Iranian Foreign Ministry said
          a Soviet delegation. will yisit Tehf an
          to liquidate the assets of the Soviet-
          owned Ru s so-Iran bank followih Iran's
          bank nationalization in June.
          Sadegh IChalkhali. Sacjqez was over-
          run Sunday by governnent forces af-
          ter fiVe days of heavy fighting with
          Kurdish rebels.
          According to the
          meini said of the
          talk: ‘The purpose
          state radio, ECho-
          [ Curdish offer to
          is not that you ne-