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1979 Kurdish Rebellion

1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran
Part of Consolidation of the Iranian Revolution and Kurdish separatism in Iran
Date March 1979–1981/1983
Location Iranian Kurdistan
Result

Iranian victory

  • Most of Iranian force diverted to the Iran–Iraq War front since late 1980
  • Pockets of PDKI resistance remain until 1983
Belligerents

Interim Government and Council of the Islamic Revolution (1979−80)
Iran Islamic Republic of Iran (1980−83)


KDP
KDP-I
Komala
PUK
PKK
IPFG
OIPFG (Minority)
Commanders and leaders

Iran Ruhollah Khomeini
Iran Mehdi Bazargan
Iran Abulhassan Banisadr
Iran Mohammad-Ali Rajai
Iran Mohammad-Javad Bahonar
Iran Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani
Iran Ali Khamenei
Iran Mir-Hossein Mousavi

Rahman Ghassemlou
Foad Soltani 
Abdullah Mohtadi
Sedigh Kamangar
Jafar Shafiyi
Jalal Talabani
Nawshirwan Mustafa
Abdullah Öcalan

Ashraf Dehghani
Units involved

IRI Army

Revolutionary Guards
Unknown
Strength
Unknown 7,000 (according to the KDPI)
A few captured tanks and light artillery pieces, recoilness guns and machine guns
Casualties and losses
3,000+ killed (Iranian Government claim) 5,000 killed (Iranian Government claim)

1,200 Kurdish political prisoners executed
12 Iranian officers executed for refusing to fight

Total: 3,000–10,000 killed

Iranian victory

Interim Government and Council of the Islamic Revolution (1979−80)
Iran Islamic Republic of Iran (1980−83)

Iran Ruhollah Khomeini
Iran Mehdi Bazargan
Iran Abulhassan Banisadr
Iran Mohammad-Ali Rajai
Iran Mohammad-Javad Bahonar
Iran Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani
Iran Ali Khamenei
Iran Mir-Hossein Mousavi


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