On Aug 23, 2020, Iranian border guards at the border areas of Nawsoud in Kermanshah province shot at a group of Kurdish Border Porters – known as Kolbar-, injuring a Kolbar ‘Behrouz Moradi’.

The Kolber is from Tazehabad, Kermanshah province, and he was hit by several bullets in the back, a reliable source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN).

According to the statistics compiled by KHRN, since late July, at least 4 Kolbars ‘Vazir Mohammadi’, ‘Reza Pourasmail’, ‘Hadi Khedri’ and ‘Siraj Ahmadi’ have been shot dead by border guards in Nawsoud, Kermanshah Province, Orumiyeh and Chaldoran, West Azerbaijan Province, and Baneh, Kurdistan Province.

During this period, 14 other Kolbars were wounded by Iranian military personnel, including a child Kolbar.