Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Young kolbar dies 18 months after Iran border shooting

Fardin Rostamnezhad, a young kolbar from the village of Shamshir in Paveh, Kermanshah Province, passed away on 20 September after 18 months of suffering from a spinal cord injury caused by gunfire from Iranian border guards, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Rostamnezhad had been paralysed since 27 February 2023 after being shot in the abdomen by Iranian border forces while transporting goods...

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