August 19, 1979 was the day that Khomeini announced Jihad against Kurdish people in Rojhelat (eastern Kurdistan). Two weeks later on 2nd September 1979 the village of Qarna (Gharna) 5km from Nexede (Naghada) experienced a genocide which will never be forgotten in the history.

August 19, 1979 when Kurdish people were struggling for freedom, the Jihad announcement made by Khomeini (former Supreme Leader of Iran). The true face of the government was revealed by the invasion of Iranian military against Kurdish people.

September 2, 1979 Iranian military killed 49 villagers in Qarna and they attacked other villages and killed hundreds of civilian people.

Among the villages that were attacked by Iranian military we can name Qarna, Qelatan, Sofiyan, Sewzî, Indirqaş, Helebê, Kuykan, Kerêz Şikak, Çeqel Mistefa, Xelîfiyan, Gurxane, Dîlan Çerx, Wisukend, Qere Gwêl, Dîme Sûr, Ceferawa, Mercanawa, Bayzawa, Cebreîlawa, Gunde Wêle, Dûawan, Kurexaney Sarûqamîş, Helequş û Gêce.

Totally from 1979 to 1982, the Sepah (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, IRGC) made at least 14 massacres in Kurdish villages and killed hundreds of civilian people which only 242 of them have been recognized.

About 105 people of that amount were Nexede villagers. Nexede was one of the areas with the most damages and highest number of victims. About 72 people were from Mahabad villages and the rest were from Şino, Pîranşar, Bokan and Ûrmiye.

Source: FIRAT NEWS AGENCY

Translated by Rojhelat.info