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A Critical Study of Sheikh Sadeq Khalkhali's Measures While Handling the Kurdistan Crisis

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Hamid Basiratmanesh 1
Rasoul Saber damirchi 2
1 Assistant Professor, Department of History of Islamic Revolution, Research Institute of Imam Khomeini and Islamic Revolution, Tehran, Iran (Corresponding Author)
2 PhD (History of Islamic Revolution), Research Institute of Imam Khomeini and Islamic Revolution, Tehran, Iran
10.22034/matin.2023.228224.1670
Abstract
Shortly after the victory of the Islamic Revolution, the country witnessed the unfolding of many crises such as the emergence of counter-revolution and centrifugal crisis in some regions, including the Kurdish region, where, they grew rapidly and showed themselves in a violent form when the leadership of these currents fell into the hands of the Democratic and Komala parties, and, consequently due to the post-revolution conditions, significant parts of the Kurdish regions came under the control of the aforementioned parties in a short period of time. The dispatch of a goodwill delegation in August 1979 could not solve the problem peacefully. Therefore, military action was also put on the agenda. In judicial dimension, Sheikh Sadeq Khalkhali was sent to the Kurdish regions in late August 1979 as religious judge to play a role in confrontation with the counter-revolution and centrifugal forces. The main objective of this research is to study the degree of success of Khalkhali to participate in this confrontation and the extent to which he could prevent the crisis of centrifugal forces in the Kurdish regions. Descriptive-analytical method has been used and the necessary data has been collected from different sources. The findings of the research indicate that although Khalkhali's measures were a reaction to the counter-revolutionary measures, they did not have a decisive effect in preventing the crisis.
Keywords
Counter-revolution
Democratic Party
Komala Party
Kurdistan crisis
Sadeq Khalkhali

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Matin Research Journal
Volume 26, Issue 103
Summer 2024
Pages 29-57