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Tehran, Iran, Sep. 03 – The Islamic
Revolutionary Prosecutor in the western province of
West Azerbaijan said 48 Kurds have been indicted for
taking part in recent anti-government demonstrations
and clashes, state-run dailies reported on Saturday.
The prosecutor, Muslim cleric Hojjatoleslam Akbar
Feiz, said that of 50 Kurdish demonstrators that
have been arrested in the province during the
clashes 48 had been indicted.
Feiz said that in all 190 Kurds had been arrested
for taking part in the violence in West Azerbaijan,
but opposition groups claim that the figure is
considerably higher.
West Azerbaijan has a sizeable Kurdish population
and, together with neighbouring Kurdistan Province,
has been the site of daily protests and unrest
against the ruling theocracy.
Feiz also said that 120 agents of the State Security
Forces have been killed in clashes in the province
since March 2005, and 62 others have been injured.
The prosecutor said all judges in the province had
been armed with handguns “to defend themselves”.
The head of the Tehran Criminal Court on Sunday
announced that all judges in the country would be
allowed to carry arms and shoot at will anyone whom
they feel threatened by.
Unrest in Kurdish towns erupted in July, after
paramilitary policemen shot and tortured to death a
young Kurd.
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