Kolbars Archives – Page 5 of 46 – KHRN

March 4, 2024

Kolbar fatally shot by Iran border guards in Saqqez

Iranian border guards fatally shot Ali Zarghami, a 52-year-old kolbar, in the border area of Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, in the early hours of 3 March. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that at 02:00 local time on 3 March, the border guards opened fire on a group of kolbars in the Mishiaw border area of the Sarshiv district of Saqqez without warning and…

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February 27, 2024

Kolbar shot dead by Iran border guards in Baneh

A group of kolbars were fired upon by Iranian border guards in the border areas of Baneh, Kurdistan Province, on 26 February, resulting in the death of Jafar Faraji, a 40-year-old kolbar from Saqqez, Kurdistan Province. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the border guards opened fire on the kolbars without warning and at close range. The body of Faraji, a 40-year-old father…

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February 27, 2024

Iran border guards shoot, injure dozens of kolbars in Kermanshah

Iranian border forces targeted dozens of kolbars in the Nowsud border area of Kermanshah Province on 24 February, injuring at least 20 people. The forces used pellet guns without prior warning, according to eyewitnesses. A kolbar who witnessed the incident spoke to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) and said: “The border guards targeted dozens of kolbars with pellet guns from a short distance without…

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February 12, 2024

Iran border forces fatally shoot young kolbar in Baneh

Iranian border guards targeted a group of kolbars in the Sardab border area of Baneh, Kurdistan Province, on 11 February, killing a 26-year-old kolbar identified as Seyvan Sahihi from the village of Beleh Keh in Baneh. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the border forces opened fire on the kolbars at close range and without prior warning. Sahihi’s body was taken to Salahuddin…

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February 9, 2024

Iran border guards shoot kolbars during detention in Baneh

Iranian border guards today detained two kolbars, identified as Yousef and Farzad, in the Hangeh-ye Zhal border area of Baneh, Kurdistan Province, and after interrogating them for about half an hour, shot them with shotguns, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. The two kolbars from Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province, were shot in the legs from just a few metres away and left injured. Yousef,…

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February 7, 2024

Young kolbar succumbs to harsh winter conditions in Marivan

Farid Roubina, a young kolbar, died of frostbite in the freezing temperatures in the border region of Hanjiran in Marivan, Kurdistan province, on the evening of 6 February. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Roubina went missing in the heavy snowfall on the kolbar route in the Hanjiran border area, and after an extensive search by the local community, his lifeless body…

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February 5, 2024

Iran border guards wound at least four kolbars in Baneh

Iranian border forces targeted a group of kolbars in the Hangeh-ye Zhal border area of Baneh, Kurdistan Province, on 4 February, wounding at least four kolbars. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the kolbars, identified as Ali Aboubakri, 30, Khalegh Aboubakri, 37, Nasser Bari, 43, and Hemin (surname and age unknown), were subjected to close-range shotgun fire by the Iranian border guards…

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February 5, 2024

Iran border guards shoot kolbar without warning in Nowsud

Iranian border guards opened fire at close range on a group of kolbars without warning in the border area of Nowsud, Kermanshah Province, on 2 February, wounding kolbar Kouhsar Rostamnezhad. Kouhsar Rostamnezhad, from the village of Shamshir in Paveh, Kermanshah Province, was seriously wounded in the head and taken to Taleghani Hospital in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province, where doctors recommended further treatment at a medical centre…

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February 2, 2024

Iran forces shoot child kolbar in leg in Baneh border area

Mardin Amini, a 14-year-old child kolbar from Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, was injured by gunfire from Iranian border guards in the Hangeh-ye Zhal border area of Baneh, Kurdistan Province, on 30 January. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Amini was shot in the leg when a group of kolbars in Hangeh-ye Zhal came under close fire from Iranian border guards without warning. The…

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PUBLICATIONS

Monthly Report of October 2024

In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of…

Iran executed at least 138 Kurdish prisoners over past year

On 10 October 2024, marking the World Day against the Death Penalty, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has documented the execution of at…

Monthly Report of September 2024

In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of…

Monthly Report of August 2024

In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of…

Monthly Report of July 2024

In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of…

Monthly Report of June 2024

In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of…

Monthly Report of May 2024

In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of…

Monthly Report of April 2024

In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of…

Kurdistan Human Rights Network’s Annual Report

This report addresses the violations of the human rights of Kurdish civilians in Iran during the Iranian year 1402 (21 March 2023 – 19…

Monthly Report of March 2024

In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of…

Monthly Report of February 2024

In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of…

Monthly Report of October 2024

In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of Kurdish civilians in different regions and cities across Iran.

This report includes all cases recorded and reported by KHRN from across Iran through its own sources and verification mechanisms from 1 October to 31 October.

The restrictive environment for independent human rights organisations in Iran, coupled with the pressures faced by individuals subjected to human rights violations and their families, make it difficult to publish accurate and comprehensive reports.

It is therefore important to note that the statistics and information presented in this report do not cover all cases of human rights violations. This report is the result of examining news and reports published by the KHRN and fact-checking of reports published by other human rights organisations and news websites.

Executions

According to KHRN’s findings, Iran executed at least 12 prisoners in October.

While six of these men were executed on charges of “premeditated murder”, six others were executed for drug-related charges.

*Explanation: The KHRN, recognizing the fundamental right to life, publishes and records news and execution statistics without regard to the ethnic background of individuals and the location of the execution. All cases reported to the organisation by credible sources are published after thorough fact-checking.

Civilian killings

On 4 October, Kurdish tradesman Yousef Dashti was killed after anti-smuggling police officers opened fire on his vehicle during a pursuit on the road between Bukan and Mahabad in West Azerbaijan Province.

The police, suspecting that Dashti, 38, was carrying contraband, fired dozens of shots at the car and hit him with a bullet, causing the car to overturn and killing the tradesman.

Kolbars and tradesmen

In October, Iranian border guards killed at least four kolbars and injured two others in Nowsud, Piranshahr, Sardasht, and Baneh.

Detentions and arrests

Over the past month, Iranian forces have arrested at least 15 civilians and activists.

At least two of the detained civilians were sent to Saqqez and Qorveh prisons to serve their sentences.

Sentences

In October, Iranian courts sentenced at least nine people to punishments ranging from three months to three years in prison.

  • Executions
  • Civilian killings
  • Kolbars and tradesmen
  • Detentions and arrests
  • Sentences
NameFromCharged withExecution dateExecution locationExplanation
1 Nima Moradi IlamPremeditated murder1 OctGhezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
2 Nasrollah Mennati IlamPremeditated murder1 OctGhezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
3 Fazlollah PournasiriKuhdasht Drugs2 OctGhezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
4Mowloud KhaledianQorvehPremeditated murder2 OctGhezel Hesar Prison in KarajArrested about four years ago
5 Ashkan Yari Kermanshah Drugs5 Oct Hamadan Central prison
6 Sattar Khosravi Harsin Drugs9 OctGhezel Hesar Prison in Karaj
7Borhan AnsariOrumiyeh Drugs10 Oct Orumiyeh Central Prison
8 Asaad FarhangSaqqezPremeditated murder10 Oct Orumiyeh Central PrisonFather of 3 children, arrested 9 years ago
9 Nasser MohammadiOrumiyehPremeditated murder15 Oct Orumiyeh Central Prison
10Mehdi CheraghiQorvehPremeditated murder21 OctQorveh PrisonArrested 7 years ago
11Morovvat-Ali Karami Kermanshah Drugs29 Oct Karaj Central PenitentiaryArrested 4 years ago
12Vahed Binami Piranshahr Drugs30 OctNaqadeh Prison
NameFromDateLocationOrganisationExplanation
1Yousef DashtiBukanBukan4 OctAnti-smuggling policePolice fired dozens of shots at his car and hit him with a bullet, causing the car to overturn
NameFromIncident locationIncident dateDead/InjuredExplanation
1 Taregh Nazari Salas-e BabajaniNowsud2 OctKilledShot by border guards
2 Hossein Kamalian Piranshahr Piranshahr7 OctKilled Beaten and shot by border guards
3 Fardin Qalash Piranshahr Piranshahr7 OctInjuredShot by border guards
4 Siamand Hassanpour Sardasht Sardasht10 OctKilled Fell from height during the pursuit of border guards, died after several days in Orumiyeh hospital due to the severity of his injuries
5 Rizgar HassaniSaqqez Baneh15 OctInjuredShot by border guards
6 Ebrahim Ahmadnezhad Mahabad Sardasht25 OctKilledShot by border guards
NameFromDetention locationDetention dateActivity Location held and latest status
1 Khabat Iran-DoustBukanBukan2 OctCivilian
2 Ghaleb Hosseini Sanandaj SanandajEarly Oct Labour activistReleased on bail of 5 billion rials on 28 October
3 Goran Khoda-Moradi Sanandaj Sanandaj7 OctCivilian
4 Osman HabibollahiOshnaviehOshnavieh8 OctCivilian
5 Akam Mihan-KhahOshnaviehOshnavieh8 OctCivilian
6 Hamid ChapatiOrumiyehOrumiyeh16 Oct Civil rights activistReleased on bail few hours after being formally charged
7 Edris FathiSaqqezSaqqez16 OctCivilian
8 Abdollah SharifzadehSaqqezSaqqez20 OctMember of mountaineering groupTaken to Saqqez Prison to serve 10 months imprisonment
9Payam Fathi Sanandaj Sanandaj21 OctLabour activistSummoned by Ministry of Intelligence, released after a few hours of interrogation
10 Jamal Asadi Sanandaj Sanandaj21 Oct Environmental activistSummoned by Ministry of Intelligence, released after a few hours of interrogation
11 Haroun Salimi Sanandaj Sanandaj21 OctCivilian
12 Milad NasseriBukanBukan23 OctCivilian
13 Akam AminiBukanBukan24 OctCivilianArrested after being summoned to Ministry of Intelligence in Bukan
14 Pishko (Ali) Rouhi Marivan Marivan26 Oct Environmental activist, member of Chia the Green Organisation
15 Azad AbbasiDehgolanDehgolan31 Oct Director of Nozhin Socio-Cultural Association, Kurdish language teacherTaken to Qorveh prison to serve 2 years of imprisonment
NameFromCharged withDate sentenced Issuing courtSentenceExplanation
1Zhina Modares Gorji Sanandaj Propaganda against the state, forming an illegal group with the aim of overthrowing the regime2 Oct Branch 4 of the Court of Appeal of Kurdistan Province 2 years and 4 months imprisonmentAccording to the law on consolidation of sentences, 16 months of imprisonment is enforceable. Previously sentenced to 21 years in prison and exile to Hamadan prison
2 Edris KarsazOshnavieh Membership and collaboration with one of the opposition Kurdish parties Early Oct Islamic Revolutionary Court of Oshnavieh3 years imprisonment
3 Susan HassanzadehBukan Propaganda against the state, membership of opposition groups8 Oct Branch 101 of Bukan Criminal Court 3 months imprisonment
4Manizheh KhoshnoudBukan Propaganda against the state12 Oct Branch 101 of Bukan Criminal Court 2 10 months imprisonment 56 years old, was denied access to a lawyer and family visits during detention
5Pakhshan Azizi Mahabad Disobedience to government officials19 Oct Criminal Court of the 2nd Judiciary Complex of Quds, Tehran 6 months imprisonment
6Verisheh Moradi Sanandaj Disobedience to government officials19 Oct Criminal Court of the 2nd Judiciary Complex of Quds, Tehran 6 months imprisonment
7 Mostafa HamdiSaqqez Disturbing public order by participating in illegal gatherings19 OctBranch 105 of Saqqez Criminal Court 2 10 months imprisonment and 70 lashes Media activist and admin of Porseman Saqqez Telegram group
8 Adel Pirouzi Marivan Propaganda against the state in favor of one of the opposition Kurdish parties Late Oct Sanandaj Court of Appeal 1 year imprisonment
9 Solmaz HassanzadehBukan Propaganda against the state29 Oct Branch 101 of Bukan Criminal Court 2 1 year imprisonmentMember of justice-seeking family