Mr. Rajavi extended his condolences to the families of the martyrs of the demonstrations and clashes yesterday. He condemned the discriminations against religious minorities and the suppression of the adherents of Sunni faith and assassination of their leaders.
The uprising of the people of Kermanshah is but an indication of the hatred of the general public toward this illegitimate regime, Mr. Rajavi said. He called on the international community to reject the mullahs' religious, terrorist dictatorship and pressure it to free those arrested yesterday.
Following the mysterious death of Molla Mohammad Rabii, the prominent Sunni leader in Kermanshah, residents of Kermanshah, Paveh, Javanrood, Ravansar and other regions in that province poured into the streets. In protest to the mullahs' suppressive policies, they chanted anti-government slogans. Shortly afterwards, the regime's Guards Corps opened fire on the demonstrators, killing a large number and wounding many more.
People attacked and inflicted much damage on government buildings and centers of repression. Large groups of people were arrested yesterday in Kermanshah. No information is available on their fate.
According to the reports until late last night, the situation remains tense in most regions in Kermanshah. The Security Forces and Guards Corps are on full alert throughout the region and Guards Corps units patrol all the main streets in the city of Kermanshah.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran - Paris
December 5, 1996
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