Iranian border guards have shot and “severely” injured Peyman Yousefi from the village of Darman Awa in Sardasht, a Kurdish border port –known as Kolbar-, in the border areas of Beitoush in Sardasht on October 4, 2019, a source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN).
According to statistics compiled by the KHRN, at least one tradesperson has been killed and four others have got wounded in the border crossings since late September.
Iranian Forces Shot Border Porter
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