At least three Kurdish border porters–known as Kolbar- and Tradsmen called Siamak Karimi, Behzad Mohammadi and Farzad Saaduzadeh, were shot dead by the Iranian troops in the cities of Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi Province, Sistan and Baluchestan Province and Salmas of West Azerbaijan Province, Seven other Kolbars were also injured in December.
Moreover, two Kolbars were injured due to falling from a height and a mine explosion in the border areas of Sardasht and Paveh this month.