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Let's talk about a disturbing even in #Iran's history.
#OnThisDay, August 20, 1979, Iranian regime founder Ruhollah Khomeini ordered a ruthless crackdown of the Iranian Kurdish community.
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To be completely fair, here is the @WashingtonPost report.
washingtonpost.com/archive/politi…
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And the @nytimes piece.
nytimes.com/1979/08/29/arc…
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Khomeini deployed #Iran's classic army & units of the recently established Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), accompanied with a number of so-called judges to the Kurdistan region to carry out the attack & launch summary executions.
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Khomeini raised preposterous accusations against #Iran's Kurdish community, saying “opponents of Islam seek to spread atheism in the country,” giving a green light for his forces to bomb Kurdish cities & villages.
Many innocent people were executed in such scenes...
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Locals in the cities of Saqqez, Baneh, Paveh, Sanandaj & Mahabad were also targets of simultaneous bombings and massacres.
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More images of the atrocities carried out by Khomeini's forces.
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"Their activities should be stopped, their publications banned and no trace of them should be left in the country," Khomeini said on August 20, 1979, about #Iran's Kurdish community.
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The atrocities were so severe that Kurdish groups said "all moves toward peace were being threatened by the continued execution of Kurds..."
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#Iran's Kurdish community, most of whom Sunni Muslims, remain under continued discrimination and oppression as we speak.
kurdistan24.net/en/news/91d1ed…
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More on the Iranian regime's state-sponsored discrimination against the Kurdish community.
voanews.com/a/iranian-kurd…
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Human rights groups have also condemned the Iranian regime's actions against the Kurdish community.
amnesty.org/en/press-relea…
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