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CBS Evening News for Wednesday, Mar 21, 1979
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(Studio) Fighting in Sanandaj, Iran, between army and Kurdish tribesmen reported continuing Persian new year said beginning.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

(Sanandaj, Kurdistan) Fighting in Sanandaj detailed; film shown. Background on conflict given. Kurd's anti-Shah stance and demands for autonomy examined; casualties cited. Difference in religious sects of Kurds and Ayatollah Khomeini supporters noted as possible cause for historic discrimination against Kurds. Kurdish lifestyle cited.
REPORTER: Bill Plante

Reporter(s):
Cronkite, Walter;
Plante, Bill
Duration:
00:02:30

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