Rahman Rasoulzadeh, a 45-year-old kolbar, was shot dead by Iranian border forces in the Hangeh-ye Zhal border area of Baneh, Kurdistan Province, in the early hours of 17 August.

According to information obtained by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), border forces opened fire at close range and without warning on a group of kolbars, fatally striking Rasoulzadeh in the chest.

Rasoulzadeh, who was from Baneh, was the father of one child.

Rasoulzadeh’s body being taken to Salahaddin Ayoubi hospital in Baneh