Khomeini's 1979 Fatwa: A Turning Point in the Conflict Between Iran and Its Kurdish Minority

The tensions escalated into armed clashes in the summer of 1979. The central government sent troops into Kurdistan, and the Kurdish Peshmerga (fighters) resisted. The conflict was brutal and widespread, with both sides suffering casualties. The situation reached a boiling point in the city of Paveh, near the Iraqi border, where government forces were reportedly surrounded and under siege by Kurdish fighters.