rrehrail, Iran (Reuter)—Kurdish huur-
genii vowed yeeterd o continue fight-
ing, rejecting a calUOi surrender from
Ayatollah Ruboliah lChomelnL
We have decided t O defend ourselves,
and we wil t,” a senior member of the
outlawed dish Democratic party
(KDP) said In a telephone Interview from
the rebel capital of M haha4 which the
government has promised to recapture.
Earlier yesterday, Ayatollah Khomeini
set stiff cendlt lom for ending the 2-week-
old Kiudlak conflict on Iran's noëtbweut.
em border, hututing that the twergeeta
put down their arme and saying the KDP
leaders would bepun lsbedastra ltors.
A fragile mseff lá lal truce between thou.
made of Kurdith guerrillas and a beeleg .
lag Arm7 ferrous broken last night
after Ayatollah Khomeini rejected a
K u rd peace blt.
:Jaenh l d Rn pi, the'governoiot the
border pcetlace.o( Waut Aserbuijas, maid
a't.lspb' 'e Interview that .Xor
ilas attacked an anny be.. seethed
a N v
1 D,whIth is leading thi Ká 'dI
uprIs flg , saic guerriuas nit e Jaician
base outside the town of Naghadeh with
incendiary bombs, and isioke still could
beseenr ls lngfromthebarrack a. S
L column of army tanks has been
parked outside Naghadek for the last five
lays,, ready to strike at the mountain
,trcboldofMababat;
The, guerrillas, who are dug In along
the psa.. leading to Mahabad, say they
ire equipped with tanks, antiaircraft bat-
Lerles, antitank weapoce and artillery.
eakthgfrom'the provincial capital of
Jrumkb,W.Haqgu said the Kurde med
irtilleq and mortars In last night's at-
ack. There was some fighting In the area
esterday but it was not serious, he added.
.in anothe rebel strOnghold, Baneb,
ear the Iraqi border south of Mahabad,
• s*ld : half the Iowa's
romesaadebildrà were sent to thófziEa-
ler Ores as a iwecauUon:ln Cam goVeru.
sent f o rc . attacked
As hopes fOded torn iigoUatOd eWe .
m Wreports ocltláin
war
1*as newepepses quoted Ayatollah
sadegli lthalkhall, the religious judge sent
to punish the Insurgents, as saying the
rebels cut the genitals of captured Islamic
revolutionary guards In the border town of
Paveh two weeksago.
At least 77 persons, most of them a!-
leged rebels, have been executed In the
Kurdish region since Ayatollah KbalhaII's
arrival.
Revolutionary guard headquarters In
Tehrau Issued a statement saying counter-
revolutionaries dresSed Inguard uniforms
abused women and children In the Eurdish
areas. A spokesman said some men who
probably stole the uniforms of dead
guardsmen raped women am! young girls
in the Kurdish moq ta1n town of Saqqex,
which fell to government forces iastweek-
end.
Pour more alleged Kárdlsh rebels were
execUted Ii two western Iranian towM
yesterday the official Pars flees agenq
said, Pars said foor ,h*agmsWcut.dby
theKurdi àrller this weekth theborder
town of Sandubtweretescbeisof the
KorsU and had not even borne arms, but
Kurdish sources said the four had killed
Kurde..
Kurdish rebels vow to continue fighting, reject call to surrender
The Sun (1837-1985); Aug 30, 1979; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Baltimore Sun, The (1837-1986)
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Kurdish rebels vow to ëontinue
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