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Iraqi Kurds rally to support Iranian brethren,
Sulaymaniyah
7.8.2005
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Sulaymaniyah,
Kurdistan-Iraq -
More than 400 Iraqi Kurds gathered Saturday to
protest recent clashes in neighbouring Iran's
northwest Kurdish region as police opened fire to
disperse the crowd, an AFP correspondent reported.
Carrying anti-Iran banners and shouting slogans
condemning the Islamic republic, the demonstrators
gathered in the centre of the northern Kurdish town
of Suleimaniyah, 330 kilometers (205 miles) north of
Baghdad.
"We condemn crimes against the innocent people of
Iranian Kurdistan" read one banner, while another
said: "Death to the Iranian Islamic Republic."
"We are appealing to liberate all political
prisoners and to end the state of emergency in
Iranian Kurdistan," said protestor Mostafa Fateh, a
Kurdish refugee who was born in Iran.
"We also appeal to human rights groups and
international organisations to stop the arrest and
oppression of Kurds by Iranian authorities."
Riots and fighting between security forces and Kurds
have plagued Iran's northwest Kurdish region of
Saghez in recent weeks.
In July, a young Kurdish man wanted by police was
shot and killed during his arrest in Iran's Kurdish
stronghold of Mahabad.
Subsequent clashes between residents and police
killed one policeman and resulted in dozens of
arrests
AFP
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