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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-
