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Hundreds protest against Iranian attacks
26/07/2011 15:48
Erbil, July 26 (AKnews) - Hundreds of protesters have gathered at the Iranian consulate in Erbil today, in a bid to end the Iranian shelling of Iraqi Kurdistan’s borders regions.
The street where the office is located is now swarming with protesters, human right activists and intellectuals.
Blind Mustafa, an activist, told AKnews there are representatives from 70 civil society organizations on the demonstration.
The protesters will deliver a letter to the consulate calling on the Iranian state to end the shelling, increase the Alwand River flow into the Iraq, and sign a deal with the Iraqi government promising never to resume the bombing.
The protesters say they will allow 72 hours for their demands to be met or they “will have a different stance and may close down the border crossings with Iran”.
This idea is likely inspired by a group of activist from Khanaqin, Diyala province, who prevented human and tanker traffic at Parvizhkhan border crossing, after Iranian officials refused to increase the flow of the Alwand River.
It is ten days since the cross-border operations by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards have intensified, with daily shelling and reports of ground troops crossing one kilometer into Iraqi Kurdistan. Two civilians were killed this week in the shelling.
The attacks are ostensibly aimed at dislodging Kurdish separatist armed group the Party of Free Life for Kurdistan (PJAK) that carries out attacks in Iran.
Hundreds of villagers on the border have fled their homes and farms for fear of their lives.
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26/07/2011 15:48
Erbil, July 26 (AKnews) - Hundreds of protesters have gathered at the Iranian consulate in Erbil today, in a bid to end the Iranian shelling of Iraqi Kurdistan’s borders regions.
The street where the office is located is now swarming with protesters, human right activists and intellectuals.
Blind Mustafa, an activist, told AKnews there are representatives from 70 civil society organizations on the demonstration.
The protesters will deliver a letter to the consulate calling on the Iranian state to end the shelling, increase the Alwand River flow into the Iraq, and sign a deal with the Iraqi government promising never to resume the bombing.
The protesters say they will allow 72 hours for their demands to be met or they “will have a different stance and may close down the border crossings with Iran”.
This idea is likely inspired by a group of activist from Khanaqin, Diyala province, who prevented human and tanker traffic at Parvizhkhan border crossing, after Iranian officials refused to increase the flow of the Alwand River.
It is ten days since the cross-border operations by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards have intensified, with daily shelling and reports of ground troops crossing one kilometer into Iraqi Kurdistan. Two civilians were killed this week in the shelling.
The attacks are ostensibly aimed at dislodging Kurdish separatist armed group the Party of Free Life for Kurdistan (PJAK) that carries out attacks in Iran.
Hundreds of villagers on the border have fled their homes and farms for fear of their lives.
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