Kurds lay siege to police unit at border outpost

          
          5/27/2011
          Article - Untitled Article
          Publication: Guardian 1821-2000; Date: Jul 21, 1979; Section: None; Page: 6
          Kurds lay siege
          iijöliCe 1111 it
          at border outpost
          From UP! Ii i Teluan
          maim authorities yesterday
          d supplies to
          nIUCCIaI pokes urits trapped
          Inside & base on the Turkish
          frontier miter three days of
          Lghttng between armed lCuTds
          end Governni tt forces.
          The State radio reported the
          siege but gave i to details of
          the fighting around the base at
          Snow 1 a smut Kvrclish town
          about 600 fl hlca WLst ot
          Tehran and about a mile east
          of the Turkish hordcr. it was
          mit clear how many troops
          were trapped. but the radio
          said that 13 civilians rad been
          taken hostage by the Xurris.
          jc rdigh sources snu Lnat the
          bodkn at seven people ktLk'd
          in Scow were brought to t hu .
          mieh. the nearest ciiy Their
          identities were not known. The
          Kurds claimed Ihat “armed
          ptabfln 14” had ireboinbed and
          damaged Iwo Iranian Army
          tanks use 1 in 3CLC 1 N . There
          was no confirmation of reports
          that the tanks were used, how.
          ever,
          The radio said that the 13
          taken hostage were members
          of the Reconstruction Cnsado
          Corçs, created recently by A .
          tolIab Jthorneinl+ Ii Maim, on
          the Iran-Turkey lorry route,
          two Rr'e4u1!ierrry Guard c were
          killed In - clasit with an “ii i-
          dentilled group of assailantjj,
          Two of the attackers aLso died
          in the fghting.
          tollah Kani. ch ef of Tenrafl's
          powerf ul Central Komitth.
          Both in ca wiLl join the cnsit-
          ive Jn1c r:or Ministry 1 respon-
          ib]e not only fur lniern.al
          seeurity but alsn for stipervi.-
          ing th elrctioii in Augus t of a
          council of vxnilin'rc to study
          the dra [ Constitulton.
          Mr Barnswlr. an Istanie
          eri-inomist will loin the M inis
          try of Finance, while two
          icssvr4no k U ciergyrii Pu wilt
          serve at the Defence and Eth-
          cation Minn'.rics. Some
          lran:zns ;iw these new
          aII , PUIUIL1 1C IttS a' siinp!y it long-
          ovenluc formaitsa lion of the
          Mosque 's role in Government
          In the past oh importani deci-
          sions had in any case to be
          routed via the holy city of
          Qom for finaL approval from
          the Ayato]iah.
          But others feared that the
          lr.clusion of Ihe clergy in sen-
          sitive govtrnment posts would
          legitimise the Mosques more
          active parlicipaton ‘ i t poiitics
          The Pririke MLnisler himself
          claimed in his address last
          night that the merger” of the
          Government with the RevoLu-
          tionary Council would end the
          duality of power In the coun-
          try. The announcement was
          n4ade amid widely circu lating
          irnOu is that he intended to
          res ign in a major Cabinet res-
          huffle.
          archive.guardian.co.uk/.../getFiles.asp?...
          1/2
        

          
          5/27/2011
          Article - Untitled Article
          Li z Tkinqnod nddc A d cci - Lookiig unusua!ly gr!nt. The
          pEon to appoint senior Ira nian Prime Minister saLd the inclu-
          religious men to key Minis. sion of these men in the Gov-
          terlal posts was widely 5e ri ernment was the host possible
          ‘here as a last-minute elTort tomsolutiori to the currect troubles
          facing the country. The
          a ternativcs would cii}icr have
          bcen t1;e ciisso]ution of alt re
          ‘volutionaty orgarusations or
          the Governnient's total sur .
          render to Vie revolulionartes.
          Both were unaccepi able so-
          lotions, he sail.
          The Pnriie Minister also sa Id
          That h;s Ueelsiuu and the Qorn
          talks on Wednesday followed
          the resignation of 11 Cabinet
          members. Mr Baa rgan gave no
          further details.
          The key new appointmenls
          are in the Interior Ministry,
          which faces strife in the
          troubled provinces of Rhuzes-
          tan and Kurdeslan. arid is also
          trying to rersuade its reluctant
          police forces in take ovu law
          enforcement from the Islamic
          guardsmen.
          holster the crumbling powCrs
          n t the central Government
          before ftnportant elections
          early next month.
          In a television address the
          Prne Minister qnnôunced that
          five members of Iran s Revolu-
          tionary Islam ic CounciL Iho
          shadowy body of clergyni a
          that effee ively wields all real
          power. had been named as
          Under-eecretaries of State (al-
          lowing marathon talks with
          Ayatollah Khomeini .arher in
          the week.
          The new appointees Include
          Ayatollah Rafsanjani, who
          escaped an assassination
          attempt in lEFn May, and Ayi.
          archive.guardiancouk/../getFiles.asp?...
          2/2