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Tens killed or wounded in the northwestern City of Saghez

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By SMCCDI (Information Service)
Aug 3, 2005, 06:25

http://www.daneshjoo.org/publishers/currentnews/article_2155.shtml


Tens of Saghezi residents have been killed or wounded following the bloody terrestrial and aerial attacks carried, today, by the Islamic Republic's Guardians of Revolution known as the Pasdaran Corp.

The attacks started as a peaceful crowd had gathered in order to condemn the persistent repression in Iran and shouting slogans hostile to the theocratic political frame and its leadership. Some of the slogans were targeting the newly appointed Islamic President who's known for his involvement in the repression of the Kurdish and other Iranian groups in the early 80s.

A Pasdaran helicopter was seen opening fire on the demonstrators who had gathered in front of the Governor's Office. Militiamen were seen shooting on demonstrators in several area of the city and even throwing down some who had taken refuge in some of the buildings.

In retaliation, tens of masked individuals were seen setting banks and public buildings ablaze or using of guns in order to shoot back on militiamen.

The situation of the city is very tense and it's looking like a occupied zone due to the increasing presence of security forces.




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8/4/05
Kurds: Iranian Police Clash with Protesters
By VOA News
Kurdish witnesses in northwestern Iran say security forces killed at least 11 Kurdish demonstrators in a clash Wednesday in the city of Saqiz.

Witnesses tell VOA that government buildings in the town were damaged in the clash. They say police are heavily deployed across Saqiz.

The Iranian government has not commented on the reports.

The protest and clash are the latest in a wave of violence across Kurdish areas of Iran following last month's killing of a Kurdish activist by Iranian security forces.
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Fresh clashes erupt in Kurdish region of Iran
Thu Aug 4, 3:15 PM ET

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050804/wl_mideast_afp/irankurdsunrestmedia_050804191505

TEHRAN (AFP) - Fresh clashes erupted in Iran's northwest Kurdish region as rioters ravaged public buildings amid unconfirmed reports that several people had been killed.

The Iranian judiciary also closed down two Kurdish newspapers.

"Disturbances took place in Saghez," some 400 kilometres (250 miles) west of Tehran, a Kurdish official told AFP on Thursday.

"According to my information public buildings and stores were attacked," he said, adding he was not aware of any casualties.

However, the conservative Internet site Baztab reported that a ceremonial gathering place for religious Shiites had been torched and "several people were wounded or killed."

A security official quoted by Iran's official news agency IRNA said "rioters attacked and damaged public buildings, banks and stores."

But he added that security forces had restored calm to the area.

The conservative daily Joumhouri Eslami said the perpetrators were "a group called the Organisation of Fighting Students that attacked stores, banks and official buildings.

"They threw rocks and other objects at banks and even attacked the Saghez prefecture," it said.

"Security forces fired on them when two troublemakers tried to take soldiers' weapons," the newspaper said.

The judiciary in the nearby city of Sanandaj closed down two Kurdish newspapers. The daily Achti and the weekly Assou were forbidden from operating, the student-run news agency ISNA said.

Iran's population is 90 percent Shiite, whereas Kurds are mainly Sunni Muslims and make up about seven percent of the Islamic republic's population.

Kurdish regions in Iran have seen unrest and agitation in recent months.

Following the inauguration of former rebel leader Massoud Barzani in June as the first president of neighbouring Iraqi Kurdistan, hundreds of jubilant Kurdish demonstrators clashed with police on the streets.

In July, a young Kurdish man who was wanted by police was shot and killed during his arrest in the Kurdish stronghold of Mahabad.

Subsequent clashes between residents and police killed one policeman and resulted in dozens of arrests.