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Publication: Guardian 1821-2000; Date: Mar 2, 1979; Section: None; Page: 12
LIZ T HURGOOD reports from Mahabad, once capital of the republic of Mahabad, on the Rurdish aspect of ibm Iranian revolution
The defiant Kurds with a vision of an unpromised land
JEAN'S NURDS. taking
ge U.... poiil.irat
uphearat and accompanying
wnaknnas of central govern-
aoaal, ara paahing alaegd with
a oratories aid stream:
aatoanmy.
With the local araind
narnos already neutrationa,
maintain law and ardor —
ant tire armed Inlantie gaarda
nf the Ayatollah Ochnmetni.
wire pa lrn l the sirerts and
control traffic thraughaut the
neon or Iran. Whoa Otto Knrdn
rpcah gardistas, th
rat mean iism praninre
shown on nvery cenl.rot gay-
rrnenrn I map, hat an oa,ooo
sqosro ni b chunk of terri-
tory running from Lake Sn-
reich In thr north to Slain In
the ma lta and arcane throagla
lfhnrouanotoad and lOloaiod-n-
Snininsan tot Cite tooth.
Ttrirly-nn'o yrora after
Clan short lined republic ad
Plahnhod was dnctarrd, the
Iranion Mar05 are once tgtitl
M anrts of proton-
croon to ncparaltam are
denird. dir ni k b Erao-
dinn Pfaaooint, the Moslem
tootler who hot raceotty
rmrrnrd as the spokenmon
for Itardistan, says: Salving
ttreir peohtaasa might In.
votes trot's “titter eotioeali-
nine.” Oi l per rout of
Isars'a IS million people ann
—t'enlao and already
there Inane boon sporadi C, ban
torrent rnsed, rnporns of an
rest outIng the Batarhin Ia
cant Iran and the Araha is
Ito o.
Cf the Shallots is lo be
talcea seriously, the Kurds
ace stilt kapla n, that tbr
ernntent is open to a rampna'
nina thtl would involvo a
fndoration orroogemont.
The Knata have defued
their °om”demamds in
a daelaraaiao presented lost
week In the gtvarnmeat't in.
veotigathn tram. The dactor-
alioo. drawn up hy 500
Ofsrdialarlfernasd”edu.
oroa” at 0 npeoioltp
conenao-d tfarotish OCeania-
tionorp Cnslsrotltg in
itlohahod. reragoisra ..hpatal'
lois Ifhorneini as leader of
irao'a revaistion, hot rolls
tetf-drtnrminatien” tnrt
usasnnn lien tt'-yoar.old Sheitcir
as the only 0000 snthnnirerl
to aegaltaora on Kordisnan'a
hehell.
misc a weak hoe posted
tiaaa the dontorotian woo
haodod la the Gaveranreot
and slut tire tfrsrda err wail'
leg. “We ha no dead'
line,” says the Shot lth. “ Ne
Ionvc Orleot to gal in tonnh
with the Government, hnn tha
telephone lions are atwayo
eagoated.
nn woald he faotrlrp to
Ihe government's claims of
being neaolatiaoary,” ne
added wires onhed what
action ho planned If Iho gus
dioh domonda warn lawo
n ha' Tehron. “Wn are
preporad to wait.”
The hloarda hare noted hat
repas'tneparattaaa hoer
rlireiniotrart since General
Pe 0 00hlaaar. a Olnoh appaie-
lee. wan fleas to Tohrao.
Ito general wan wounded
during nice raptort of lion
itoirahad base.
The Korrts ore not nntirelp
hopp l' the OOifOmC ot
trans Brrnlatioo. The major'
te Sons'i ntasteoraroor.
pnrotl wittr lire a-eon of iron
which io nistlty Sht'il
area of faloar, and many
Nerds prtaolely fear thai liar
tioha in Qam and
Tohrno arili purane oimitoe
ratirirs to Ihoan of the Shah,
Already. television anr t
radio broodrastlog has oar-
fared no a Ifardish hone of
rnvtenlioe. ae 00
If ard sIr orals the Roaaivir
sioo slants, she nor
sad o half hnoes of ifardint
iarfsanr radio hroa
otlnrr'rd hrfore the renotrnliuro
lroo barn dropped.
the rnhela are arching Hat tha Iranian Ofurda arts
oolrinhl roatrol of the police not jat l nrriana.
ond eoadarmeria along asiob The ano:en toh iroa-
an al ltmato soy iii their owa tiers sleotr la fa rhat as
oceoa ttc and palilitos modern day Iraq, Syeia. TarS
olfoirt. nay, and the harlot Union.
“The goverosneaat thinks Gin a the traditional Ifurdisir
ut am sinspia mindod”, sold deoarr lareastahlir
o npahmnrna. for Iha Keeda, Inst hnaret'sod, alt door far'
“We wont iho right n __ . _ arrernets will be- earefally
oar own pratlroao, wa wont wa lchang Toharorr'a hoedlion
aulanamy and frordom.” of abet is polanlially a now
The iraaias Garerameet Middle Sontoro traohle span.
opposes olord ohnat Tiso pulse of f ran's ocs'eral
whether to uoo tharorrat or mtltoos Kardo hoots
rack ogolnot thn robot Korda. hardeot tMtohod, a mottO
wneot-, a naolar govnn tswn at the larerf of Martian-
toara was neat to ioeastlgote non tar tar from ltr
and theo, accordIon So tha doy, Hera, the woraeo still
bfordt It woo the turn of the avoor their embraidnrod
S n milttor )' whirtr gent ahorta of taming red to
Phastnaa F4 inn Irright green. The rhodour.
tghtem la monaco stoles of the aadaerorioc hlorh wail of
Olurdish vitbagra sad tawna Islam, is rarely seen and
twn dab's. ffetlkrr tonal do stat ninth a word ed
approach nrems to hare oar' Persian,
needed, Ira ocrardiaton, atrr Nerds
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