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.
Sina Mohammadi, a civil rights activist and sociology student from Bolbanabad in Dehgolan County in Kurdistan Province, has been beaten and arrested by security...
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In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of Kurdish civilians in different regions and cities across Iran. This report includes all cases recorded and reported by KHRN from across Iran through its own sources and verification mechanisms from 1 August to 31 August. The restrictive environment for independent human rights...
Asaad Espandar, a 24-year-old kolbar from Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province, has been shot dead by Iranian border guards in the Alut border area of Baneh, Kurdistan Province. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that in the late hours of 29 August, border guards opened fire on a group of kolbars at close range and without warning, critically wounding Espandar with a bullet that...
Ali Rasouli, a 32-year-old kolbar from Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province, was fatally shot by Iranian border guards in the Dopazeh border area of Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province, on 11 August. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Rasouli was shot when border guards fired at a group of kolbars at close range and without warning. Rasouli, a father of one, was originally from the...
Rizgar Khelkani, a kolbar from Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province, was severely injured on 8 August after Iranian border guards opened fire on a group of kolbars in the Hangeh-ye Zhal border area of Baneh, Kurdistan Province. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the border guards fired pellet guns at the kolbars at close range and without warning. The incident left Khelkani seriously injured,...
Kolbar Nasser Osmani died on the evening of 31 July after falling from a height while transporting goods in the Nirvan highlands in the border area of Baneh, Kurdistan Province, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Local residents discovered his body on 1 August after several hours of searching, and his remains were taken to Rabat, West Azerbaijan Province, for burial. Osmani was a...