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lining wbat appeared to be the
armed forces' lnereasin'g reluc-
tancvto.entçr, Mihabad,, said:
“if the Army ,is unable to in-
iervene because of weakness,
the.eatire nation wllLi march to
Maliabad,”: -the ICurds he
added,' were r eivüigwtt*om
“the -.- North- (the Soviet
UniigO, aa i sla m ic nation
(tbouSit' to be Iraq ), I srael
,and4bose rtrnaway. thieves “—a
teférence to the former. Shah's
.Sdes,' ho; ‘have been accused
of financing the revolt.
° Wetilthll'not ‘allow Iran to
become a playground for'4nter-
.national”trloksteit,” he -warned
thev Xurdsirwbose revolt was
-â$r-$rS ted: ‘by do-
mands for autonomy and has
ii itdened' to Include what
‘Eon&I±atliS iS as a demo-
S 4 eSt”4he Qogn
IeS erhip. . ' j: ' i ' .‘.
u QoiQAMóS& flónWnl
threatened on - Thursday' to
“bury '..ths.X*ud&unIe€s they.
suirendered. ‘T ) ie Küidis
Democratic Party wanted L u Jar
DOSO ‘Communism ‘on the pray-.
rn6e he - saick ‘repeating ‘Ifs
orders for- Kurdish religious
leaders-to - k '4 .6 Lract down.
the' KDP leaders, Sheith Las-,
rudin- Rosseini and .Dr Abdur
Ralünan Ghassemt'u,
•Thé rebel stronghold of
Mahabad was reportei quiet
yesterday. ‘ The armyls not as
close,as It .clalm.C' * iKurdish
spohesmansaid the,.. L1 . . t3Ll :
radio reported 7 that. -armOurecF
units wert . -less .tban qtlrree
miles'fnin the town. -
• The execution of 12 iranian
Left-wing. disiid!nts has . . en
deiayed pending ‘ a tot i laL
acustding..to an ad:boc,cmnniit-
the -formed. to ,-defeit.iranian
SocialIsts. - Mr.-; tjhq A l l, &
member bf the. .coinmitte e, said
in• -London: -yesterday that
Tehran had agreed to a retrial
ConsUtndon..shock, page. 4
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Publication: Guardian 1821-2000; Date: Sep 1,1979; Section: Front page; Page: 1
ich ineii* ‘v.dU “b'ti y1 ', Kurci - rebels
Front Liz?thurgood The firlpg as- followed yes'
in ?ehran' :- .-.- teSt Y by an unprecedented
The crisis In the. troublet attiik.on the Ku*.by Ayatol-
western province of ‘ Kurdestab TaP . W!hw0ud . i ni. who
appeared to deterloraLc LilIJC . threateled tO,.orgamse ,-a m ss.
yesterday with a barrage of marçl to crus1i the., rebels.
hardline statements from Iran's DestribIflt :tht, .revolt,as a
relitous leaden who LL C L - black marx on the face of The
onea to “bury” the rebels as Kui'dlsh peop!e,” ‘the,Ayatah
the'Kurdsilred on. Government - amid 114 “Iran would not sur-
belicopter:gunships with renderjo a-tndful of selfish
‘aircraft guns, people. . . - . ., -
-According to renorts reach- The AyatolLah's attaft, made
trig Tehrtt,Y rebeb - fired . ut'Ing:. Fny psayes,-, lat
three ‘-‘pvernment helicopters, ze inn U,n1ve 3 $t . came..as a
ofle- 0f: whfcfr.' carried lire reamrmMiop; of, the.: recent
rvep*.c'prlie'.:Mitjster;( Mes. stand taken by Ihe. Moslem
wt:ch m 1-a who -ilso -‘do w leaderS i. oa- ,.the -Kurdlsh
‘bles ar head ot.:tbe' sünWs crisit. . al fl.a.nu,, a
nbtlonal' securit) ppsja tjs, children; arj )bIhqvS still
.Thë4eticopts”*e '; ort j a eIp!. e w underground
to hpve hee rJ flyjiag over ojep4Ø4 Jj Jq guerç la
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*h l&cpt Ma1 hady ” jqei .Wpq 1 utC. C
rr wcstin 45w
doWn- their jrujø snd - 3ur t Ay tsilal ,based In. Q° 'r-
n°der. :, ‘ ‘ -:‘L : : ‘: - - .-$yitoIIaltt.Taleflenfr nder.
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