Word: ullah
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Bazargan's impassioned plea for unity came at the end of the state funeral for Major General Vali Ullah Gharani, 65, who had been gunned down in the courtyard of his house by three unknown assailants. The first chief of staff of the army after the revolution, Gharani had been fired from his post in March after his harsh campaign against Kurdish rebels in Sanandaj; nonetheless, he was given full military honors. During the funeral procession, which drew a throng of 50,000 mourners, security guards seized a young man in an air force uniform who was running toward...
...reviewing the good fortunes of the year, the Prime Minister said that he was saddened by one thing: "The situation in Kurdistan." In an effort to achieve a ceasefire, Bazargan dispatched a government team to Sanandaj, including Chief of Staff Vali-Ullah Qarani and Minister of the Interior Ahmed Sadr Haj-Sayed-Javadi. Khomeini also sent Ayatullah Mahmoud Taleghani, the respected leader of Tehran's Shi'ite Muslims, to the area...