Official Name: | Qarna |
Native Name: | قارنا |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | Iran |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | West Azerbaijan |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Naqadeh |
Subdivision Type3: | Bakhsh |
Subdivision Name3: | Central |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural District |
Subdivision Name4: | Beygom Qaleh |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Total: | 813 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | IRST |
Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Timezone Dst: | IRDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | +4:30 |
Coordinates: | 36.9253°N 45.3094°W |
Qarna (Persian: قارنا, also Romanized as Qārnā; also known as Karna and Qārneh) 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 .
On 2 September 1979, Kurds of the village were reported to have been massacred by the recruits of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.[1] 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.[2]