The World - News from June 19, 1985
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Iran reported it has launched a second offensive in northern Iraq, killing or wounding scores of people, Tehran’s official news agency reported. It said Iranian troops mounted the new push near the town of Marivan, in the Kurdistan mountains. Iran said its other drive continued in the southern marshes, with advances to within 3 1/2 miles of the strategic Iraqi road linking Baghdad and Basra.
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