1979 Kurdish Rebellion
| 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran | |||||||
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| Part of Consolidation of the Iranian Revolution and Kurdish separatism in Iran | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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 KDP
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 KDP-I Komala PUK PKK IPFG OIPFG (Minority)
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Army
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Ashraf Dehghani
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| Units involved | |||||||
| Revolutionary Guards | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | 7,000 (according to the KDPI) A few captured tanks and light artillery pieces, recoilness guns and machine guns |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 3,000+ killed (Iranian Government claim) | 5,000 killed (Iranian Government claim) | ||||||
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1,200 Kurdish political prisoners executed |
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Iranian victory
Interim Government and Council of the Islamic Revolution (1979−80)
Islamic Republic of Iran (1980−83)
Ruhollah Khomeini Mehdi Bazargan Abulhassan Banisadr Mohammad-Ali Rajai Mohammad-Javad Bahonar Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani Ali Khamenei Mir-Hossein Mousavi
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