During the past few days, two Kurdish border porters –known as Kolbar- ‘Kamal Mirzaei’ and ‘Asad Nodshehi’ have been injured after being shot by the border guards in the border areas of Hewraman in Kermanshah province.Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has obtained information that a kolbar ‘Kamal Mirzaei from Thalas Babajani was wounded in a shooting by border guards in Nawsoud on October 9.Moreover,…
Read moreTwo Kurdish border porters –known as Kolbar- ‘Ebrahim Rasoulian’ and ‘Rahim Iraji’, were wounded at the border areas by Iranian border guards. On September 27, a Kolbar named ‘Ebrahim Rasoulian’ was wounded by the Iranian border guards at the Alan Sardasht border area. The 22-year-old Kolbar has been transferred to a medical centre in Kurdistan for treatment. On the morning of Monday, Sept 28, 2020, the…
Read moreAccording to the statistics of the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, at least seven Kurdish border porters –known as Kolbar- and tradesmen -Zanko Ahmadi, Zanest Hassannejad, Soroush Makari, Jalal Khezri, Shahram Mohammadi, Salahuddin Osmanzadeh and Hassan Khandehpour were shot dead by Iranian and Turkish border guards since late August in the Sardasht border area, Chaldoran and Piranshahr in West Azerbaijan province while 11 Kolbars and tradesmen…
Read moreZanko Ahmadi, Zanest Hassannejad, and Soroush Makari were three Kurdish Kolbars killed by the Iranian border guards in the Bajar area of Sardasht, On Monday morning, September 14,2020. Two days later, in an interview with the Iranian state media, the West Azarbaijan border commander described the killed Kolbars as a “border trespasser and supported the killing of these individuals by forces under his…
Read moreOn Saturday, September 12, Turkish military forces directly opened fire on a group of Kurdish border porters – known as Kolbar- from close range, killing a young Kolbar ‘Shahram Mohammadi’ instantly and seriously wounding another Kolbar ‘Jafar Rahbari’. Jafar Rahbari is currently being treated at a medical centre in Van, but Shahram Mohammadi’s body has not yet been returned to his family. Since the beginning of September,…
Read moreAt least four Kolbars have been shot dead by Iranian border guards who opened fire on a group of Kurdish Border Porters – known as Kolbar- and traders in the border areas of Sardasht and Piranshahr in West Azerbaijan Province. On Wednesday, September 2, 2020, a group of Kolbars and border traders near the village of “Gholharsheh” were shot in Sardasht in a place called…
Read moreOn Aug 23, 2020, Iranian border guards at the border areas of Nawsoud in Kermanshah province shot at a group of Kurdish Border Porters – known as Kolbar-, injuring a Kolbar ‘Behrouz Moradi’. The Kolber is from Tazehabad, Kermanshah province, and he was hit by several bullets in the back, a reliable source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). According to the statistics compiled…
Read moreOn Tuesday, August 11, the Iranian border guards in Nawsoud, Kermanshah province, tortured a middle-aged Kurdish Border Porter –known as Kolbar- Reza Abdollahi during his temporary detention, a local source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The Kolbar has suffered serious head injuries from a gunshot wound to the head. He is from the village of “Tavgozi” in the city of Salas Babajani in Kermanshah province….
Read more“On Thursday, August 13, Iranian border guards at Hangejal area of Baneh County, Kurdistan Province, opened fire on a group of Kurdish Border Porters –known as Kolbar-, killing a young Kolbar Hadi Khedri”, a reliable source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The Kolbar was 23 years old, single and from the village of “Zivieh” in Baneh, the source added. According to statistics compiled by KHRN, since…
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