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...Kurdistan. The country's 4 million Kurds (out of a total population of 36 million) have long been agitating for more autonomy; since the revolution their demands have accelerated, causing friction with the Tehran government and occasional bloody clashes with its forces, most recently in the town of Marivan. TIME's Tehran bureau chief, Bruce van Voorst, visited Kurdistan and filed this report...