Word: sulaimaniya
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...south, whose political consciousness has been further raised by the Ayatullah Khomeini's revolution. Shortly after the July executions, he announced that 1,000 Kurdish tribesmen would be allowed to return to Kurdistan from exile in the south. On a visit to the predominantly Kurdish city of Sulaimaniya, he reiterated his support for an autonomous area where the Kurds will have their own legislative council. On a visit to the Shi'ite areas of the south, he distributed hundreds of free television sets but bluntly warned that he would not tolerate collusion by the Shi'ites with...