Qarna
قارنا
village
Qarna is located in Iran
Qarna
Qarna
Coordinates: 36°55′31″N 45°18′34″E / 36.92528°N 45.30944°E / 36.92528; 45.30944
Country Iran
ProvinceWest Azerbaijan
CountyNaqadeh
BakhshCentral
Rural DistrictBeygom Qaleh
Population
 (2006)
  Total813
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
  Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Qarna (Persian: قارنا, also Romanized as Qārnā; also known as Karna and Qārneh)[1] is a Kurdish village in Beygom Qaleh Rural District, in the Central District of Naqadeh County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 813, in 128 families .[2]

On 2 September 1979, Kurds of the village were reported to have been massacred by Shia Azerbaijani recruits in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.[3] 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.[4]

References

  1. Qarna can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3079821" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  2. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.
  3. "Simply all the genocides". Kurdistan Human Rights Association. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  4. "Controversial Iranian Cleric Behind Qarna Massacre Loses Job". www.rudaw.net. Retrieved 2020-05-01.


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