A young kolbar named Arvin Showkati has been injured today in a landmine explosion in the Hangeh-ye Zhal border area in Baneh, Kurdistan province.
The 18-year-old kolbar has been taken to Salahuddin Ayoubi Hospital in Baneh for treatment.
Showkati is a resident of Saqqez in Kurdistan province.
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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.
Kurdish civilian Akhtar Khanom Moradi died on 21 April as a result of injuries sustained from the detonation of unexploded ordnance from the Iran-Iraq war in the village of Gur-e Sefid in Gilan-e Gharb, Kermanshah Province. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Moradi was injured on 20 April while collecting scrap iron and died the following day at Al-Zahra Hospital in Gilan-e...
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...
Two kolbars were killed by gunfire from Iranian border guards in separate incidents in the border areas of Bitush in Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province, and Bastam in Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, on 13 April. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that a group of kolbars in the mountainous areas of Bitush village in Sardasht were targeted by border guards, resulting in the death of...