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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.
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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.
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