A young kolbar named Arvin Showkati has been injured today in a landmine explosion in the Hangeh-ye Zhal border area in Baneh, Kurdistan province. The 18-year-old kolbar has been taken to Salahuddin Ayoubi Hospital in Baneh for treatment. Showkati is a resident of Saqqez in Kurdistan province.
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Iranian border guards shot and injured two Kurdish civilians in the border areas of Sardasht, West Azerbaijan province, on 29 October. Separately, the explosion of a landmine in the region on 28 October caused injury to another civilian. Iranian border forces shot a shepherd named Azad in the leg and his wife Shler in the arm while grazing livestock close to a military outpost near the…
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Two Kurdish civilians have been injured in recent days in separate landmine explosions in Bisotun, Kermanshah province, and the village of Jandaran in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province. Reportedly, a shepherd was injured in the right leg this morning due to a landmine explosion in an abandoned military base in the Jandaran village of Khalifan district, Mahabad. In an interview with Haje news agency, Khalifan district governor…
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The explosion of a landmine left over from the Iran-Iraq war in a military base in the Nowsud border area in Kermanshah province has injured Rasoul Rahmani, a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), on 14 October. The IRGC member was severely injured in the left leg. He was transferred to a medical centre in Kermanshah for treatment. Every year, dozens of civilians in the…
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An unexploded bomb from the Iran-Iraq war went off yesterday, killing two Kurdish civilians in Saqqez, Kurdistan province. Maghsoud Najafi and Rashid Ahmadzadeh lost their lives in the blast while grazing livestock near Bastam village of Saqqez, sources said. Reportedly, the two civilians rented a pasture in Bastam village some time ago and were engaged in animal husbandry in the area. Najafi was a resident of Marjanabad…
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Civilian Sherko Mohammadpour has lost one of his feet in a landmine explosion near the village of Beweran in Sardasht, West Azerbaijan province, on 25 May, sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). After the incident, he was taken to a hospital in Sardasht. The civilian is said to have stepped on a landmine left over from the Iran-Iraq war while grazing livestock. On 12 May,…
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A 45-year-old farmer from the village of Hasanabad in Eslamabad-e Gharb, Kermanshah province, has been severely injured due to the explosion of a landmine during work in the field in midday, on 19 May. “Hasanabad police officers have found out in their investigation that the hands and feet of a 45-year-old man were injured in the explosion of a landmine – left over from the…
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Two scrap metal vendors in Kermanshah, have lost their lives during the explosion of a landmine they found among metal scraps on 29 April, sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The civilians Mohammad Bazvand and Mohammad Rasoul Rahimi were residents of Kermanshah. Every year, large numbers of civilians in the western and southern border provinces are killed by landmines left over from the war.
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A civilian has been severely injured in a landmine explosion in the village of Maleh Dizgeh in Sarpol-e Zahab, Kurdish Kermanshah province, on 30 January, sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN).Reportedly, the injured civilian, Saman Rezaei, was taken to a hospital in Kermanshah after the incident and one of his ankles was amputated.Every year, dozens of civilians in the border areas, especially…
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The Kurdistan Human Rights Network’s (KHRN) recent investigations have revealed numerous cases of human rights violations against Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran in August 2023.
Our Documentation and Statistics Centre has compiled a comprehensive report on the various violations perpetrated against these individuals, which we present in this monthly report.
The Kurdistan Human Rights Network’s (KHRN) recent investigations have revealed numerous cases of human rights violations against Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran in August 2023.
Our Documentation and Statistics Centre has compiled a comprehensive report on the various violations perpetrated against these individuals, which we present in this monthly report.
Executions
According to these findings, Iran executed at least 13 prisoners over the past month in Sanandaj, Saqqez, Khorramabad, Karaj, Hamadan, and Dezful.
While three prisoners were executed on charges of “premeditated murder”, 10 were executed for drug-related offences.
These are the executions of which the KHRN has been informed by its sources. However, the number of those executed is likely to be higher.
Kolbars and tradesmen
In August, at least four kolbars were killed and 16 were injured in the country’s western border areas.
Of these, 18 were shot by Iranian border guards and one was killed after he was hit by a military vehicle of the border forces.
In addition, one kolbar was injured after being shot by Iraqi border forces in the Choman border of Baneh on 7 August.
Killings of civilians
On 17 August, a Kurdish soldier from Maku, West Azerbaijan Province, was shot dead at a military base in Qasr-e Shirin, Kermanshah Province.
Work accidents
Over the past month, at least six workers lost their lives in work accidents in Qasr-e Shirin, Tabriz, Saqqez, Maku, Javanrud and Ilam.
Detentions and arrests
Throughout August, Iranian forces arrested at least 60 civilians, including activists, journalists, Kurdish Sunni clerics and two children.
Two of these civilians were detained to serve prison sentences in Ilam and Naqadeh.
Prison sentences
Over the past month, Iranian courts sentenced at least 10 people to prison terms ranging from six months to a total of 16 and a half years.
Half of these sentences were handed down by Branch 101 of the Criminal Court of Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province.