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 | |||||||
Interim Government and Council of the Islamic Revolution (1979−80) KDP |
KDP-I Komala PUK PKK IPFG OIPFG (Minority) |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Ruhollah Khomeini Army
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Rahman Ghassemlou |
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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) | ||||||
1,200 Kurdish political prisoners executed |
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