Mousa Zibapour, a kolbar from Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, has been shot dead by Iranian border guards in the border areas of Baneh, Kurdistan Province.

The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that border guards opened fire on Zibapour, a father of three, at noon on Thursday, 13 August.

His body has reportedly not yet been returned to his family.

Over the past 40 days, Iranian border guards have shot dead at least seven kolbars in the border areas of Nowsud, Marivan, Baneh and Sarvabad.

At least three other kolbars have been injured by landmine explosions and military gunfire in the Hangeh-ye Zhal border area during the same period.