Asaad Hasanpour, a 25-year-old kolbar from from Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, who was wounded by Iranian border guards in the Hangeh-ye Zhal border area of Baneh, Kurdistan Province, on the night of 21 November, died in hospital today due to the severity of his injuries.
Hasanpour, who was shot in the stomach at close range and without prior warning, died at the Salahuddin Ayoubi Hospital in Baneh, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned.
The Hangeh-ye Zhal border area in Baneh and the border areas of Nowsod in Kermanshah Province have been the areas with the highest number of kolbars killed in recent months.
According to statistics compiled by the KHRN, between 21 October and 21 November, two kolbars were fatally shot by Iranian border forces in Baneh, and two lost their lives due to frostbite and falls from heights on the kolbar routes.
Additionally, during this period, at least 75 kolbars, including six children, were injured by gunfire or physical assault by Iranian military forces in the border areas of West Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, and Kermanshah provinces.
Two other kolbars were injured due to landmine explosions on the kolbar routes in Baneh and Marivan in Kurdistan Province.
