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…
Read moreHamed 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…
Read moreIranian 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…
Read moreThe 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…
Read moreIranian 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…
Read moreIranian 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…
Read moreIranian 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…
Read moreIranian 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…
Read moreIranian 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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