Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Two Kurdish border couriers (known as Kolbar) were shot and injured by the Iranian border guards in Baneh and Piranshahr border areas. Yadegar Ismaili, a Kolbar, was shot injured in the border village of Zaleh on 9 December, a local source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Ismaili, from the village of Zaleh, is married and has two children behind. He is currently undergoing treatment at Salaheddine Ayobi...

A Kurdish border porter –known as Kolbar- lost his life at the border area of Hange Jal in Baneh when the Iranian Border Guards opened fire at a group of Kolbars in the morning of 13 November, a source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) According to eyewitnesses, Taher Hosseini from the village of Sadbar in Baneh was shot from a close range “even though he...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): The dead body of a Kolbar was found by the local people after three months at the frontier hights of the village of Bruishkhani of Baneh. "Two shepherds from the village of Brushkhani of Baneh at the border of Hojra Faghihan found a dead body yesterday. The local people have identified the dead person as Abbas Qaderzadeh, who went missing...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Two Kolbars from Baneh and Sardasht have been injured by shooting of Iranian border forces. KHRN has been informed that the border forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran opened fire at the caravan of Kolbars in the border area of Genav of Sardasht on March 31, 2019. This incident resulted in a 30-year-old Kolbar, Raouf Soleimani being wounded in...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), Two Kolbars were wounded after being shot by Iranian border forces in Baneh and Sardasht. KHRN has been informed that a group of kolbars were shot at Hangeh Jale village of Baneh on February 20, As a result, a kolbar called Qarib Taji from Nannor of Baneh was injured on the foot. On the same day, another group of kolbars...

Following the news release about the arrest of the arrest of a missing Kolbar, Abbas Qaderzadeh in the mountains of Hojra Faghihan of Baneh, a relative of this Kolbar denied the news in a conversation with the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). According to the source, the family of Abbas Qaderzadeh Kolbar has received a telephone call last night from an unknown person who has...

Over the past week, Iranian border guards have shot and injured three kolbars at the borders of Baneh, Sardasht, and Orumiyeh. Moreover, a Kolbar lost his life due to falling from the heights in the border areas of Sardasht and Piranshahr and another one died due to cardiac arrest. Hedi Feqi Mahmoudi Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that a Kolbar, 29-year-old Ahmad Azizi,...

Over the past few days, Iranian border guards shot dead a kolbar from Orumiyeh and injured another one from Baneh. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that the border guards of Broodak opened fire on the 19-year-old Yaghoob (Kamiyan) Niksirat from Joojhi village of Orumiyeh on January 03. The incident resulted in the death of the afore-mentioned kolbar who was not carrying any...

During the past week, two Kolbars were have been injured by direct shooting of Iranian frontier forces at the borders of Baneh and Orumiyeh. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that Iranian border guards of Mergor in Orumiyeh have targeted a group of Kolbars on Thursday, December 27. As a result, a kolbar, Zabir Rahimi was injured. At the same time, another kolbar, Hamid...