March 08, 2011
According to reports, four employees of the Sanandaj Environmental Organization were murdered by the Revolutionary Guards Corps. In recent days, the murder of four environmentalists in Kurdistan was blamed on armed rebels and ‘the global arrogance’ in state-run media, and state-run television and radio. According to the latest reports from Sanandaj, the story of the murder of these four employees is as follows: After reports about a fire and the burning of a forest near the Kani Bukcheh Le village last week, forces of the Revolutionary Guards Corps were deployed to the region under the pretext of ambushing dissident Kurd armed groups in this region, who reportedly started the fire. In the end of last week when four employees of the Sanandaj Environmental Organization came to check the region as their responsibility dictates, they were attacked and killed by the RGC forces. After the RGC realized that they were employees of the Sanandaj Environmental Organization, they shot them in the head to make sure they were dead to prevent the incident from leaking. While returning, the Revolutionary Guards Forces threw the environmentalists’ car down into a canyon to cover their tracks. The environmentalists were identified as Massoud Alikhani, Kamal Hossein Panahi, Mamar Maghuyi and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (Rojhalat News Center – Mar. 7, 2011)