Iranian border guards on 8 September targeted a group of unarmed border porter workers known as Kolbars, injuring at least three in the Piranshahr and Sardasht border areas.

Local sources on the same day told KHRN that the Iranian border guards in had opened fire at near the village of Kani Zard in the Sardasht area injuring 22-year old Kolbar worker Azad Nemati.

On 7 September, another Kolbar Yousef Mustafa Pour was shot and injured in Sardasht, according to the sources.

The guards opened fire and injured Kolbar Mohammad Ahmadian in the Piranshahr border area on 6 September.