5/27/2011
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Publication: Guardian 1821-2000; Date: Jul 16, 1979; Section: None; Page: 5
Kurds seize border town
in renewed [ ran fighting
Frnrn Liz ‘XJiLIFgUOd
in Trhraa
/‘iujerit dc iii onsi ra inns iund
gurih;ttles a the weekend have
4 Ir;'sl. 44 peop}e dead
and approxlrn;iE c i v IOU wnunded
Ifi f lit' I /V IJ t roubleil Iranian
prt ,vnice o Ku i desUrt and
hli utrs un.
Tb :‘c' e iiiQn We it CXQCU P C i
Ia' t nij1i 1 an t!i port cily of
hJiorr nsbahr a fler hem z
l)IaIhL:d Lu ;' Rri ;ttLiu'lc on a
mosque in which s ' peupic
dierl.
rJIhe men, bciicvcd to be
i r a n i an ttralm, were tccttseU of
tl z IU JILg hornhs tOlO a fllvfll-
o;i e u cnr:i rc ;' Lion iii the
anosque. The aILicL prcnriptrd
rc'iii.s;il.c by Isleuiuie TLevolu-
t;r,nar ' Giiardc O n tflC ]in]ric r u
the AF W pn-ilua! leader, Aya-
tulbi I i El ragharti, ifl WLL [ Ch fuur
1ie' pIct rued.
rklle ‘F'TIC/V(. (1 I n: ( ‘Fl ur ca
an i: rf u I.'i ri it wa :‘n liz 's 11: at
pirift'. i rinal eu j : I eu run ‘‘ were
t I ) 111.2 lo ilest flhlM' lii i' iwo
key prov!itL'rs which border flue
j ,'j-r. frL'jntfr'i' wilh Iraq. In
‘lrhnun, meanwhile, I raif For—
c'ij ii Mtni iLcr yestC pJ4 I)c ld
tik5 w l the ILOW Iraq;n
..‘tnih,%ssador £tt wiiitt. it was
i aree LO ‘ 4 prornnie eord M atid
friendly rclationh.”
The icurdestan harder town
uf Mariv n was yeslerday said
in be under the conttol of
au (*norny se eking Ku rth after
heavy lighting on bawrd;iy hi
which at least 30 pe&plc dLCEI.
A spukesnmn for (hr Gruv-
ernar 's office in the Kurdeslain
p nn.'in rL:I1 capital of San n I a I
confirmed the report and said
109 airbone irOapN ha(t been
airitfied Into Sa::undaj
Kurdish sources sai d the
Ktrrdstrr Marrvan had (hroal-
ened to light i i the Gnvert'i
rnent tried 1D impose control
by sending i 11 1roops
‘flie flghting ill Meu i van
lwgan, acvnrding In sources at
icurdisli Demacr2 tic Party
lwddtIUdLters, atLer allvnipts by
dispossessed landlords In cole
]t'cl Ir'hutr from local I'3rrnerc
who Ilien marched on the local
1niat t Kotrntek to c%eunand
“lit' expulsion nt feudal d c i
ments.” ti le KDP alleged theut
the Is l a m ic n,jlitieuncn then
opened fire.
l-{uwrn'r, according to ofli .
ci:sl Slate radio 1 the hthintic
nuilillarnen Opened fire in self-
defence when attacked by 3M
inn, inc luding ED!' membcrs
In Meshkinshahr. close lo
the llussian border in North-
west I ran , four 1 1V111vL'$ rh t'd
yestcnlay duri ng a citspute ir-
volving /v tt c' r]gluhi. Shops dud
l 1OU (' .' cr c repuriedt - bunicch
down and glit ung cirn in Ue
unlil authonit es IU 1 DUSCU a
cii rfew.
A I ' ucJr/. : A ruv Li i ](‘ i ii
I l IT tiN g Lila ii , el Cj!— L' 10
Avatoli ah KlLQlrLt'I ni, ;iS shot
i,y t!flidcntitivd utnunt'ii ye ,Lc i -
day in an aN 4IssInat i o u ;tLt L'Iil Pt
as, L i i ' lri( a iiiO'.qLLL' Ava QlLah
Seycci Ita i Shir zi ru-
poL l etL to bt in ai njactors'
condition at a miIi ary hospi-
ta I.
fl.NOcr curhLs: Ira n tinS it'-
ducc'd deft nrc C/VtuThliILire by
60 per ecr.t as part of a Lii hit-
]iorm spending r;it en i , ,;i rrf i ii
art CntCrgqncx 1 .97fl - r 13;; (i Ci
rek'a+'ed yv,tcrd;uy. ppitnal of
lluu Rudjrt by hue UevrFIu-
I Lon ry CoUnt'i] % a”. c' / pc' tuii
wi'h n iwo wer'ks, iuic,rching Ic ,
I ht ' ltracl ol I lit' !3urli 't a id
Planning Orcm p aiiiri, ? i' Ai
Akb'' Moinln:-.
The Ruc1 t' i flxt , cl, i : 1
export u :L3 ion i .LYi'C1 .
in the INcal y ear c' ndi ny t ic ” .
I¼lar, 'li 20, Mr 2 'loinr r sairl,
Income from nil and oilier
c qiorts Wm esinnalud al ul ,oii
It o billions, slightly down n
the previous year
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