Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Aziz Morad Shams, a worker who was injured in the explosion of the remnants of the Iran-Iraq war in Salas-e Babajani, Kermanshah province, on 8 May, died today in Kermanshah’s Taleghani Hospital due to the severity of his injuries. Shams, 43, who worked as a guard at the Changaran Dam in the Ezgeleh district of Salas-e Babajani, was severely injured in the stomach and face…

A landmine explosion severely injured an employee of Iran’s demining department in the border areas of Qasr-e-Shirin, Kermanshah province, on 10 April. The civilian, whose identity is not known yet, suffered severe injuries on his hands and face. He was transferred to a medical centre in Kermanshah for treatment. Every year, dozens of civilians in Iran’s border areas, especially in the provinces of West Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, Kermanshah,…

Civilian Abdol-Hossein Ghadimi died as a result of a landmine explosion in the Mimak border area of Ilam, western Iran, on 20 February. The 60-year-old civilian, who comes from the village of Kolkol-e Asemanabad in Ilam province, was engaged in animal husbandry.

A landmine blast in Hangeh-ye Zhal border area of Baneh, Kurdistan province, severely injured a kolbar identified as Mahmoud Osmani Jang-e Sar on 18 August. The kolbar who comes from the Jang-e Sar village of Salmas, West Azerbaijan province, has lost one of his legs and his both eyes. Osmani’s family is not able to transfer him to medical centres in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan province, due…

A child kolbar identified as Amanj Azarpour was severely injured by a landmine explosion in the Hangeh-ye Zhal border area of Baneh, Kurdistan province, on 17 August. The 17-year-old kolbar was reportedly taken to a medical centre in Tehran due to the severity of his injuries. Azarpour comes from Saheb in Kurdistan province, northwestern Iran.

A civilian from the Kuran village of Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan province, named Maryam Azizvand, who was injured in a landmine explosion in the past few days, has been taken to a hospital in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan province, due to the severity of her injuries. Azizvand’s child Ronahi Khodaei was also injured during the explosion. On 12 July, the 10-year-old Khodaei found a landmine while playing near…

A landmine explosion has severely injured a Kurdish young man named Belal Didehvar while he was returning from Sheikh Salleh border market in Salas-e Babajani, Kermanshah province, on 27 June. The civilian was severely injured in the left ankle. He was taken to one of the medical centres in Kermanshah for treatment. Every year, dozens of civilians in the border areas, especially in the provinces of…

Explosions of landmines in Iran’s northwestern border areas have injured four young kolbars in the late hours of 21 February. Kolbars Kianoush Raufi, 24, Foad Bitoushi, and Amanj (last name unknown) were injured on their way to the border areas of Hangeh-ye Zhal in Baneh, Kurdistan province. The three kolbars were taken to one of the surrounding villages with the help of a group of kolbars…

Landmine explosions in Iran’s western Ilam province and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq killed a child and a 39-year-old man on 26 December. “A 10-year-old nomadic child was grazing livestock in the border area near Abu Ghoveyr village in the city of Dehloran. After the animals stepped on the landmine, the shrapnel from the explosion hit the child in the chest”, said the city police chief…