The Iranian border guards in the border region of Chuman Baneh targeted a group of kolbars and tradesmen. As a result, two tradesmen were wounded. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that Iranian border guards were targeted a group of kolbars and border tradesmen in the Chuman area of Baneh on Nov 19, 2018. As a result of direct shooting of guards, two…
Read moreA 15-year-old Kolbar was injured as a result of the shooting of the Sardasht border troops toward a caravan of Kolbars on Saturday morning. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that on Saturday, November 17, the border forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran opened fire at the group of Kolbars in the border area of Sardasht, which resulted in a 15-year-old…
Read moreMarivan Governor has forced the organisers of a seminar on the phenomenon of “Kolbars” in Marivan to cancel the seminar without giving any reason. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that Marivan governor has forced the organisers of a seminar focused on the Kolbars phenomenon to cancel the seminar which was scheduled to be held on Nov 15 by the Marivan cultural-artistic…
Read moreKurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) – Although the commander of NAJA Border Guards had made a statement in the media that they clearly distinguished Kolbars from some of the profiteers of smuggling goods would always support the hard labour, many kolbars and border tradesmen are stilled killed daily by the forces under the command of this high-ranking commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Following…
Read moreFollowing the systematic killing of Kolbars and tradesmen in Kurdistan border, four people were killed and seven people were wounded by the shooting of the Iranian border guards over the last three weeks, Moreover, a Kolbar has suffered from spinal cord injury by a mine blast while and another Kolbar has been frozen in the border areas of Orumiyeh as a result of frostbite. According…
Read moreFollowing the death of a Kolbar called Azim Ahmadi, who was killed at Nowsud of Kermanshah, ILNA News Agency arranged a talk with Hussein Zolfaghari (the Deputy Minister of Political and Security Affairs). “ We do not have something called Kolbar. I do not know the origin of this word which has caused problems for both the people and the authorities.’, In response to…
Read moreAli Nasiri, a tradesperson (Kasibkar) from Bukan who was shot and wounded at the Bokan-Miandoab road on suspicion of smuggling goods on Oct 12, 2018, passed away in the hospital due to the severity of injuries. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that Iranian Disciplinary Forces targeted a vehicle on the Bukan-Miandoab road on Friday, Oct 12, 2018 on the pretext of…
Read moreSeveral days after the murder of a Kollbar at the Nosoud border from Kermanshah, it has been discovered that he had been targeted by the direct shooting of the Iranian border guards although he was not carrying any illegal cargo. An eyewitness has told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that Azim Ahmadi, the kolbar, who was killed in Sufi-i-Jin by Shusmini soldiers of the Noosud…
Read moreOver the past few days, two Kolbars have been killed and one injured while crossing the border by Iranian border forces at the Orumiyeh and Nowsoud borders although they were not carrying any illegal cargo. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that on Saturday, Sept 30, 2018 , the Iranian Military Force opened fire on a Kolbar called Shafi Mohammadpour from Sulwanah of…
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