Qarna ( fa, قارنا, also
Romanize
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d as Qārnā; also known as Karna and Qārneh) is a
Kurdish
Kurdish may refer to:
*Kurds or Kurdish people
*Kurdish languages
*Kurdish alphabets
*Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes:
**Southern Kurdistan
**Eastern Kurdistan
**Northern Kurdistan
**Western Kurdistan
See also
* Kurd (dis ...
village in
Beygom Qaleh Rural District, in the
Central District of
Naqadeh County
Naqadeh County ( fa, شهرستان نقده) is located in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Naqadeh. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 117,831, in 27,937 households. Retrieved 2 November 2022 At the 2 ...
,
West Azerbaijan Province,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
. At the 2006 census, its population was 813, in 128 families .
On 2 September 1979, Kurds of the village were reported to have been massacred by the recruits of the
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; fa, سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, Sepāh-e Pāsdārān-e Enghelāb-e Eslāmi, lit=Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution also Sepāh or Pasdaran for short) is a branch o ...
. The Qarna massacre led to a shock among the Kurdish population. In an attempt to calm the situation,
Ayatollah Khomeini announced the perpetrators of the massacre shall be brought to justice.
References
Populated places in Naqadeh County
Kurdish settlements in West Azerbaijan Province
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