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At least 57 people were killed during the Corum Massacre
TURKISH state services have been accused of involvement in a massacre of Alevis in Çorum, northern Anatolia 40 years ago amid renewed demands that the perpetrators be brought to justice.
The Democratic Alevi Associations (DAD) Ankara Branch said: "What happened in Corum in 1980 was an outright massacre under the supervision of the state.
“It is a massacre that started in May 1980 and continued until July targeting the Alevi people."
The civilian toll climbs past 1,000 as women, children and families are struck in their homes, schools and public spaces – a stark illustration of the human cost of war. AZAR SEPEHR emphasises that the future of Iran is solely determinable by the people of that country and them alone
MOHAMMAD OMIDVAR, a senior figure in the Tudeh Party of Iran, tells the Morning Star that mass protests are rooted in poverty, corruption and neoliberal rule and warns against monarchist revival and US-engineered regime change
The Islamic Republic is attempting to deflect from its own failures with a scapegoating campaign against vulnerable and impoverished migrants, writes JAMSHID AHMADI
