Kurdistan Human Rights Network

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...

Asaad Afranjeh, a 25-year-old kolbar, was shot and killed by Iranian border guards in Marivan, Kurdistan province, late on 31 July. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that border guards opened fire at close range and without warning on a group of kolbars near the village of Askol in Marivan, resulting in the death of the young kolbar. Afranjah, from the village of Sianav...