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ruins of three others ... So he demanded autonomy for
Iranian Kurdlstan, not Independenceforthe Kurds. But
his opponents In Tehran assumed that this was only a
hypocritical tactic, crudely disguising a separatism
wh Ich dared not speak Its name. the first step towards
a ..Greater Kurdlstan» uniting the Kurds of Iran, Iraq,
Turkey, even Syria and the USSR.
On this point, -laymen» such as Banl-Sadrwere In full
agreement w~h the fundamentalist mullahs.
Ghassemlou's death warrant was signed as early as
1979, when he was elected as the only se~-confessed
secularist In Iran's ..constituent .. assembly. Forsecurlty
reasons he refused to go to Tehran. Ayatollah
Khomelny publlcally regretted his absence In a televised
speech, adding: "What a shame. We could have
arrested him and had him shot at once." July 13th
1989, the day when Muslims celebrated the Id al-Kabir
or "feast of pardon», was also observed by Shiites as
the 40th day of mourning for the Imam. Was that only
a coincidence? Or did the murderers, disguised as
peace envoys with an ottical mandate from Hashemi-
Rafsanjani and passports signed by Velayatl, come
from Tehran deliberately to carry out the sentence on
that ritual day?
ABDULLAH
GHADERI-AZAR
Born into a modest family in 1952 in Naghadeh In
Kurdistan of Iran, Abdullah GHADEIR grew up the
eldest of many brothers and sisters.
After primary studies in Naghadeh, he went to high
school in Ourmiah and graduated with a technical
baccalauriat. Fortwo years he did his military service In
the «Legions of Knowledge» as a teacher in the villages
of the Alamoutdistrict (Ghazvin region). Then he attended
the Institut des Beaux-Arts of Tehran. His studies
finished, he became a high school teacher in vanous
establishments in his native town.
Althe time ofthe revolutionary events in 1978, he linked
up with the PDKI where he was very active nght up to
his death; first, under cover, until the ousting of the
Shah, then openly in the Naghadeh Committee, assuning
numerous responsibilities with an exceptional
talent.
At the Vlllth congress of the PDKI, he was electedtothe
Central Committee. The Political Bureau then designated
him as the European representative, a responslbl-
IIty he assumed as of 1985. Atthe last Congress (1988),
he continued In his functions.
All those who knew him, whatever nationality they
might be, noted his modesty, his listening capacity and
his great kindness.
DR. FADEL RASSOUL
Rassoul was born In Sulalmanlyeh In 1948, into a
patriotic family. He finished his secondary studies in
this town. In 1963, at the age of 15, he was Imprisoned
andtorturedforhls political acltlvltles.ln 1968-1969, he
was the Secretary of the Student's Union of Iraqi
Kurdlstan. At the same time as he was carrying on his
studies in law and political science at the University of
Bagdad, he began to write journalistically.
At the beg Inning of the year 1970 he founded the
Workers' Association of Iraqi Kurdistan, with the help of
Chehabi Cheikh Nouri, another martyr of the Kurdish
cause, and others. Right until the end of his studies in
1978, he clandestinely carried on his militant political
actiVities
In 1978, because of internal struggles among the
Kurdish political parties, he left Iraqi Kurdlstan for
Beirout, which, at the time was an important political
thorough fare In the Middle East. For a time he worl