Kurds Say Ianian Leaders Agree to Cease-Fire

          
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          TE URAN. Aug. 27—iran's ruig
          IVIoslem religious leaders have agreed
          to proclaim a cease-fire on all fronts
          in the ICurdish revolt, ICurdish negoti-
          ators said here tonight.
          A spokesman for the Kurds, Rahim
          Self C'rhazi, said the agreement was
          i-cached after talks today with Ayatol-
          Lab iVlahmoucl Taleghano, the govern-
          nient's main troubleshooter on the is-
          sue of autonomy-se eking minorities.
          Gliazi said the ayatollah had prom-
          ised that a truce order would be
          broadcast by the state radio by ‘2ues
          clay morning and that formal negotia-
          lions for peace would begin.
          Jn iran's western ICnrclish region,
          however, IKurdish guerrillas appeared
          to be taking no chances as they has-
          Lily trained teenage boys and girls to
          use tanks and artiflery in preparation
          for an expected assault by- govern-
          ment foi ces on their stronghold of Ma-
          ha b r&d -
          The Iranian army, however, held
          back today from an advance on the
          iCurdish rebel capital, awaiting the
          outcome of the negotiations between
          a guerrilla-backed ICurdish peace mis-
          sion and senior government officials.
          The government force, backed by
          tanks and heavy guns, was poised less
          than 20 miles away from Mahabad
          and controlled key roads leading into
          the city, reports from the area said.
          In the ICurdish town of Saqqez,
          overrun by government forces Sunday
          after five days of fierce fighting,
          ICurdish guerrillas refused to surren-
          der their weapons in. defiance of a
          government ultimatum.
          A ICurdish firing squad in the Iraqi
          border town of Sardasht executed
          four Revolutionary Guards late Sun-
          day in retaliation for the execution of
          nine iCurdish rebels in Marivan two
          days ago, a ICurdisli spokesman said.
          Ayatollah Sadegh ICh alkhali, the
          self-proclaimed chief judge of Iran's
          revolutionary courts, sentenced nine
          more ICurds to death today on charges
          of armed rebellion and massacres in
          four predominantly ICurdish towns,
          the state radio reported.
          So far 59 ICurdish rebels have been
          executed in connection with fighting
          that erupted two weeks ago in the
          town of Paveh near the Iraqi border.
          More than 300 insurgents are awaiting
          trial inside the army barracks at
          Saqqez, an Iranian military source
          said.
          The outlawed Kurdistan Democratic
          Party, still functioning openly in Ma-
          habad, has said its guerrillas would
          execute one Revolutionary Guard for
          each J Curd sentenced to death by Is-
          lamic courts. The ICurds claim they
          are holding about 150 government
          troops, mainly revolutionary militia-
          men -
          Reports reaching Mahabad from
          other areas of ICurdistan said Iraniait
          troops were largely in control of the
          province and other cities in the region
          were quiet. Travelers said the army
          was consolidating, positions inside
          Saqqez and planned a house-to-house
          search for weapons after an ultima-
          tum for their surrender expired late
          today.
          Meanwhile, the official Pars News
          Agency reported that two Iraqi mili-
          tary officers had been captured in the
          recent fighting in Paveh and sent to
          Tehran for questioning. It was the
          first suggestion that any Iraqi mili-
          tary personnel might be involved in
          the rebellion. iranian officials previ-
          ously accused Iraq of aiding Iranian
          Arabs who also are fighting for auton-
          omy.
          The ICurds have not specified their
          proposals for a cease-fire in the cur-
          rent talks, but Ghazi, the iCurds'
          spokesman, said the team had asked
          for the removal of Ayatollah IChaI.k-
          bali, who has earned the nickname
          “Judge Blood” for his role in sending
          scores of revolutionary court defend-
          ants to firing squads in the past six
          months.
          Ghazi also said the ICurds wanted
          the army to agree not to attack Maha-
          bath
          The government has not yet con-
          firmed the ICurdish announcement of
          a planned cease-fire. Ohazi said any
          cease-fire would depend on the en-
          dorsement of Ayatollah Ituliollah
          IChomeini, who last week declared
          himself supreme ‘commander of tile
          armed forces.