Revolutionary Guards Set Fire To Piranshahr’s Forest in Clashes With Local People
Revolutionary Guards Set Fire To Piranshahr’s Forest in Clashes With Local People
11 November 1998
published by www.iran-e-azad.org
Iran — In the course of clashes with the people of Piranshahr (westernIran), on Monday, November 9, the Revolutionary Guards fired mortar shells andset fire to large parts of the Piranshahr forest. Fire began when RevolutionaryGuards followed dissidents into the forest of the Jabr Hussein region to kill orarrest them.
In the course of this fire which continued until the next morning, large partsof this forest and 120 acres of pasture were completely destroyed.
The clashes followed a demonstration in Piranshahr two weeks ago, when theGuards Corps opened fire on people killing a 7-year-old child and wounding alarge number of people.
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