Tebran (ReUter)—Iranlan. authorities
yesterday announced plans to take the
war against Kurdish guerrillas out of the
towns and lntothe countryside after rebel
ambushers killed up to 60 revolutIonary
guards onarural highway ,.. -
Interior Minister Hasbem Sahaghian
told the Tehrin daily BamdUd: “We must
spread the f1g t to the mountains and.
roads. After Investigation, we will Sd
forces to the area because at the moment
we are stationed In towns.”
A revolutionary :guardipokeomanJn
the former rebel capital of Mahabad said
that as many a 60 guards were believed
to have been killed In Sunday night's at-
tack on the roid.frosn Sardasht, on.the.
Ira qi bdrderj, toflaneh.
Thes okesmaAllPalah,salt ” znthe
next two or three days, the rebels will be
severely crushed With the use of bombs,
mortars, he l icopters and fighters This
decision has been made by the revolu-
tionary guards corps; We have already
identified their positlonsand hideout”
According toMr. Sabaghian, only S out.
of 72 revolutlonary.guards escaped from
Sunday night's. ambush;' But he said as
many as 28 may havebeen taken hostage
bytheKurds.
Kurdlak rebels took to the hills last .
moBth after government forces captured
strongholds of the banned Kurdish Demo-
cratle party(KDP)ln a number of ton,::
Including MaSk d, Sardasbt and Banet:
But the authorities banacknowledged the -
guerfillas still control roads In the regions
In the provincial capital of Urumlyeh,:
officials announced that revolUtlonar
guards, the prime targetof the guerrilla'.
campaign, would startwearlng unlforn*
similar to those of the Army ratherthan
their distinctive camouflage fatigues.
The official news agency Pars reported
yesterday that in thelatest bomh1ngInS ,
dent In the southern Persian Gulf province.
of Khäxestän, guerrillas last ulghtplanted
a bomb Bear the Kartuifilverin Kborram-
shabr, the country's main cargo port lb.
explosion caused no casualties and little
damags, the agency said.
It added that sbfar, 35 persons i s
been arrested In connection with the;
week-old bombing campaign that hast
killed 13 persons.
Kurdish rebels kill 60; Iran vows to take war to countryside
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