On Wednesday night, February 07, Iranian police officers chased a vehicle belonging to a tradesman from Bukan on the Boukan-Tabriz route. This chase led to an accident in which the vehicle was hit by a truck. The driver (tradesman) lost his life in the accident and the two other passengers of the vehicle were arrested. According to reports received by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN)…
Read moreDuring the current week, two Kolbars have been injured in the mountainous areas of Orumiyeh and Hawraman as a result of the mountain fall. According to reports received by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), on Monday, February 05, a kolbar called “Tahir Chashni Del” from the village of “Halaji” of Orumiyeh in the border region of Iran and Turkey has fallen from the Chimman Mountains…
Read moreThe bodies of the two Kurdish Kolbars, who had gone missing when going to the border areas of Orumiyeh, were found by the local people after a three-day search. “On Saturday, January 27, two Kolbars called Jadih and Sabri Valinjad from Oruk village (in MarmiSho area, Orumiyeh Province) disappeared due to the falling avalanche and snow in the mountains”. An informed source confirmed the news…
Read moreEvery year in winter, with the onset of chill and snowfall, a number of kolbars in fear of being captured by border guards choose dangerous mountainous ways for carrying goods. However, such decision results in losing their life due to frost and falling from mountains. During the past couple of days, a kolbar has died in Sardasht border area due to falling off the mountain…
Read moreAfter two days of searching, the body of a dead kolbar was found at the Highlands of Piranshahr where he was caught after the fall of avalanche. According to reports received by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), on Thursday night, January 11, a kolbar from Naqade (in the border area of the Kani Khoda) disappeared in the dark and his body was found two days…
Read moreDuring the past few days, a vehicle belonging to a Kurdish tradesman overturned near Hamedan during the chase by Iranian Law Enforcement Officers (NAJA). Moreover, a Kurdish Kolbar was injured by direct shooting of NAJA forces in the border area of Sardasht a Kolbar. Kurdistan Human Rights Network KHRN has been informed that on Thursday, Jan 3, 2018, NAJA forces chased a vehicle belonging to…
Read moreOn the evening of Dec 26, 2017, Iranian Law Enforcement Forces (NAJA) targeted a Tradesman’s vehicle from Mahabad and killed him. A reliable source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network that NAJA forces in Sarmydan area on the Piranshahr-Mahabad road opened fire on the vehicle of a Kurdish Tradesman called Rahmad Soleyman Zadeh (Rahmat Golyari). The concerned tradesman, who carried Tanakura goods, lost his life…
Read moreOver the past 24 hours, three Kolbars have been injured by Iranian Law Enforcement Forces (NAJA) in Baneh. “On Dec 21, 2017, law enforcement forces in the border area of “Nanor” targeted a number of Kolbars. In this incident, a 30-year-old kolbar called Karzar Azizai, from the village of Kalileh and 27-year old “Mehdi Ahmadpour” from the village of “Broyshkani” in Baneh sustained injury in…
Read moreThree activists from Mahabad who were previously detained on charges of participating in a protest to the killing of Kolbars have been sentenced to several months of imprisonment by the Revolutionary Court of Mahabad. “In the past few days, three activists called Kobra Khalandi, Mostafa Abu Bakri and Pouya Adelkhani were summoned by Revolutionary Court in Mahabad (branch 1) headed by Judge Javad Gholami who…
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