“On Wednesday, November 18, a group of Kurdish border porters–known as Kolbar- were shot by the forces of the Border Regiment in the border area of Oshnavieh in West Azerbaijan province, as a result of which two Kolbars named Hakan Mohamadzadeh and Vasim Fardinzadeh were killed.”, local sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN).
Vasim Fardinzadeh was from the village of Pirutabad in Oshnoyeh and Hakan Mohamadzadeh was the father of two children from the village of Krikan Salmas.
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Hemin Ahmadi, a 45-year-old kolbar, was fatally shot by Iranian border guards in the Bastam border area of Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, on 1 May. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Ahmadi, a father of one from Saqqez, was shot when a group of kolbars were targeted by border guards at close range and without warning.
Iranian border guards opened fire on a group of kolbars in the Sardab border area of Baneh, Kurdistan Province, on 21 April, killing kolbar Shwana Ahmadpour. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the border guards targeted the group of kolbars at close range and without warning. Two other kolbars were reportedly injured in the shooting and have been taken to a medical facility...
Seyvan Dast-Afkan, a 31-year-old kolbar, was fatally shot by Iranian border guards on 17 April at the Tateh Pass in the Hawraman region of Sarvabad, Kurdistan Province. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the incident occurred when Dast-Afkan and a group of kolbars were targeted by border guards at close range and without warning. Dast-Afkan was a father of one and was from...
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