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Iran revolutionary guards brutality
against Kurds backfires
4.8.2005
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Iran-Kurdistan:
On Tuesday, July 26, plainclothes agents from the
intelligence directorate of Iran’s Islamic
Revolutionary Guards Corps took 18 detained Kurdish
men from the restive towns of Baneh and Marivan to a
barren location and, after a violent rough-up,
forced them to strip naked and walk back to their
towns.
The Revolutionary Guards were trying to intimidate
young people in this restive area of western Iran
into silence after days of anti-government protests
that have spread to several towns and cities. But
the brutality and humiliation inflicted on the Kurds
have only inflamed an already tense situation.
The day after the 18 men were beaten and stranded,
angry Kurds seeking revenge attacked police patrols
in the region killing five agents of Iran’s State
Security Forces.
Tensions have increased dramatically in the area
since the events of July 26 and there have been
several other violent attacks on agents of the SSF
in recent days.
In a bid to contain the situation, the local
authorities claimed this week that the perpetrators
of the crime were Kurdish dissidents posing as
Revolutionary Guards, who wanted to “incite people
against the Islamic Republic”. As could be expected,
the belated attempt to calm down the anger of local
Kurds has not been successful and anti-government
protests are continuing in different parts of the
region.
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