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Iran deploys troops and closes border with Azerbaijan
In Baku crowds gathered at Freedom Square to mourn dead with coffins and 119 graves noted at Kirov Park. Reports cite 43 detentions for curfew violations as Soviet troops maintain control amid calls to withdraw forces and lift the emergency. Nagorno Karabakh tensions frame the violence with 29,000 Soviet forces in the region.
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Baku
Lenin Square
Freedom Square
Leila Yunusov
Social Democratic Group
Kirov Park
British Broadcasting Corp
London
Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences
Jahan Mulazade
Interior Ministry
Armenia
Viliyad Mamedov
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Azerbaijan
Mamedov
Moscow
Nagorno-Karabakh
Southern
Caucasus