Border forces near the Hangeh-ye Zhal border area in Baneh, Kurdistan Province, opened fire on a group of kolbars without warning and at close range on 30 September, resulting in the death of a young kolbar, Mohammad Khaledi. The body of the deceased kolbar, from the village of Chichuran in Baneh, was taken to the Salahuddin Ayoubi Hospital in the city. According to statistics compiled by…
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Hamed Farajpour, a 38-year-old kolbar from Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, passed away today after being shot by Iranian border guards yesterday in the Hangeh-ye Zhal border area of Baneh, Kurdistan Province. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Farajpour was injured after border guards opened fire on a group of kolbars without prior warning. Despite being transferred to Salahuddin Ayubi Hospital in Baneh for urgent…
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Iranian security forces opened fire on a group of kolbars in the Hangeh-ye Zhal border area in Baneh, Kurdistan Province, on 13 August, killing kolbar Arsalan Rasouli. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the kolbars were shot at from a close range and without prior warning. The body of the 29-year-old kolbar from Nalas in Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province, was taken to Salahuddin…
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The lifeless body of a 39-year-old kolbar, Aso Karimi, was discovered in the border region of Shushami, Nowsud, Kermanshah Province, on 7 August. Karimi had sustained severe injuries the previous night during a shooting incident involving border forces targeting a group of kolbars. After being injured, he managed to reach one of the orchards in the area, but lost his life due to the severity of…
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Iranian border guards opened fire on a group of kolbars in the border area of Nowsud, Kermanshah province, on 6 August, injuring at least seven people. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the kolbars were targeted with shotguns without prior warning. The identified kolbars include Ehsan Rasouli from Paveh, Kermanshah Province; Nima Aazami, Salam Veysi, Milad Bazani and Houshiar Bazani from Javanrud, Kermanshah…
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Iranian border guards opened fire on a group of kolbars in the Nowsud border region of Kermanshah province on 4 July, resulting in severe injuries to kolbar Hemin Mahmoudi. Mahmoudi, a resident of Kani Rash village in Salas-e Babajani, Kermanshah province, sustained injuries to his eye and shoulder during the incident. He has since been transported to a medical centre in Tehran for treatment. Statistics compiled…
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Iranian border forces opened fire on a group of kolbars in the Hangeh-ye Zhal border area in Baneh, Kurdistan province, on 24 June, killing 27-year-old Wrya Sharifi. According to reports, Sharifi was shot in the head from close range and without any prior warning, resulting in his immediate death. His body was transferred to the Salahuddin Ayoubi Hospital in Baneh and has not yet been handed…
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Iranian border forces opened fire on a group of kolbars on 11 June in the Hangeh-ye Zhal border area of Baneh, Kurdistan province, wounding kolbar Rahim Feyzi. The 50-year-old kolbar from Bukan, West Azerbaijan province, was injured in both legs and taken to a hospital in Baneh. According to statistics compiled by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), Iranian border guards injured at least 11 kolbars…
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Iranian border forces opened fire on a group of kolbars in the border region of Nowsud in Kermanshah province on 5 June and injured four kolbars, including a child. The identities of the four kolbars are: Shuan (last name unknown), 35 years old from the village of Satyari; Ali Hosseini, 17 years old from the village of Balabzan; Soran Daneshi, 20 years old from the…
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The Kurdistan Human Rights Network’s (KHRN) recent investigations have revealed numerous cases of human rights violations against Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran in August 2023.
Our Documentation and Statistics Centre has compiled a comprehensive report on the various violations perpetrated against these individuals, which we present in this monthly report.
The Kurdistan Human Rights Network’s (KHRN) recent investigations have revealed numerous cases of human rights violations against Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran in August 2023.
Our Documentation and Statistics Centre has compiled a comprehensive report on the various violations perpetrated against these individuals, which we present in this monthly report.
Executions
According to these findings, Iran executed at least 13 prisoners over the past month in Sanandaj, Saqqez, Khorramabad, Karaj, Hamadan, and Dezful.
While three prisoners were executed on charges of “premeditated murder”, 10 were executed for drug-related offences.
These are the executions of which the KHRN has been informed by its sources. However, the number of those executed is likely to be higher.
Kolbars and tradesmen
In August, at least four kolbars were killed and 16 were injured in the country’s western border areas.
Of these, 18 were shot by Iranian border guards and one was killed after he was hit by a military vehicle of the border forces.
In addition, one kolbar was injured after being shot by Iraqi border forces in the Choman border of Baneh on 7 August.
Killings of civilians
On 17 August, a Kurdish soldier from Maku, West Azerbaijan Province, was shot dead at a military base in Qasr-e Shirin, Kermanshah Province.
Work accidents
Over the past month, at least six workers lost their lives in work accidents in Qasr-e Shirin, Tabriz, Saqqez, Maku, Javanrud and Ilam.
Detentions and arrests
Throughout August, Iranian forces arrested at least 60 civilians, including activists, journalists, Kurdish Sunni clerics and two children.
Two of these civilians were detained to serve prison sentences in Ilam and Naqadeh.
Prison sentences
Over the past month, Iranian courts sentenced at least 10 people to prison terms ranging from six months to a total of 16 and a half years.
Half of these sentences were handed down by Branch 101 of the Criminal Court of Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province.