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Iran Kurds stage new protest as unrest
continues
30.7.2005
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Mahabad-Kurdistan,
Iran, Jul. 30 – Some 300 Kurdish activists gathered
on Saturday at a sit-in outside the governor’s
office in Iran’s western province of Kurdistan
following two weeks of unrest that had brought
several Kurdish towns and cities to a complete
stand-still.
The activists gathered to protest against a
government crackdown on demonstrations which were
sparked by the brutal torture and killing of a young
Kurd in the town of Mahabad, West Azerbaijan
province, at the hands of Iran’s State Security
Forces.
They condemned the crackdown on protesters in
Mahabad, Oshnavieh, Sardasht, and other Kurdish
towns.
Participants issued a joint statement during the
sit-in in which they called for the release of those
detained by police during the clashes and all
political prisoners. They also demanded an inquiry
to identify officials responsible for the crackdown
that left several people dead.
At least three people, including a woman, were
gunned down by police in the town of Oshnavieh.
Earlier this week, Rasoul Pourzaman, the Majlis
deputy for Oshnavieh, said in the Iranian
parliament, “The clashes in Oshnavieh are the
continuation of a trend which some time ago started
in Mahabad and has now reached Oshnavieh”.
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