Kurdistan Human Rights Network

A 25-year-old Kolbar “Fakher Abdollahi” was killed by direct shooting of Iranian border guards in the border area of Piranshahr on August 07. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that, more than 10 horses were also killed during the shooting. Earlier, on July 30, 2019, Iranian border guards in the border area of “Shakge Rokhav” of Piranshahr also targeted a group of Kolbars at the…

Iranian Anti-Smuggling officers chased a vehicle belonging to a tradesman “Hassan Rasoulzadeh” in Saqqez route to Sanandaj on Friday. This chase led to an accident with another vehicle in which both drivers were killed. “On Friday, July 12, 2019, Anti-Smuggling forces chased a Peugeot vehicle owned by an artist “Hassan Rasoulzadeh” carrying Air-conditioning units in Saqqez route to Sanandaj (around the village of Hossein Abad)….

A Kolbar was killed in Sardasht while another one was wounded at the border of Khoy after being shot by military forces during the past few days. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has obtained information that law enforcement forces have targeted a group of Kolbars in “Dolebi” border area of Sardasht on July 14, 2019. As a result, a kolbar “Bryaji (Mohammad) Ibrahimzadeh“ has been…

“Mansour Gerje”, a Kolbar from Sardasht, was killed by direct shooting of Iranian border guards in the border area of Sardasht while two other kolbars “ Gharib Azizadeh and Saman (Family name Unknown) were injured on Monday evening during the shooting of border guards in the border area of Shno. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that Iranian border guards around “Kani Zard”…

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Over the recent days, the border guards and the anti-smuggling unit of Islamic Republic of Iran in Baneh, Sardasht and Paveh have targeted a number of Kurdish Kolbars and Tradesmen under the pretext of fighting with smuggling. As a result, two kolbars and businessmen have lost their life while five others have been injured only during the past 10…

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Over the past week, at least three Kolbars in Sardasht and Piranshahr were wounded by direct shooting of military forces in Iran. Meanwhile, a Kolbar has also lost his leg in the Sardasht border area due to the mine blast. KHRN has obtained information that Sardasht Security forces targeted a vehicle of a tradesman “Sirvan Azizzadeh” from Sardasht on…

Kurdish Human Rights Network (KHRN): Following the closure of official Kolbari crossings, increasing inflation and unemployment rates in Kurdistan, more Kurdish citizens have turned into Kolbari. Meanwhile, a large number of kolbars have lost their life due to the direct shootings of Iranian forces, frostbite and falling from mountains. Since mid-April, two Kolbars and two tradesmen have been shot dead by Iranian forces while…

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Two Kurdish Tradesmen were killed by direct shootings of law enforcement forces in Oshnavieh (Shno in Kurdish). A Tradesman from Saqqez passed away due to the cardiac arrest during the chase by police forces. “On Apr 18, 2019, a Kurdish Tradesmen, Afshin Lotfi, was chased by police in the Bijar district of Zanjan, and he ran away until the police…

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): The dead body of a Kolbar was found by the local people after three months at the frontier hights of the village of Bruishkhani of Baneh. “Two shepherds from the village of Brushkhani of Baneh at the border of Hojra Faghihan found a dead body yesterday. The local people have identified the dead person as Abbas Qaderzadeh, who went missing…