Kurdistan Human Rights Network

A group of plain-clothes forces raided a house in the village of Boyuran in Sardasht, West Azerbaijan province, in north-western Iran, on 24 January and wounded three civilians. The forces raided the home of Azad Hamzeh, the brother of Hemin Hamzeh, a civilian killed by border forces in the village of Boyuran last November, and tried to arrest him without presenting a court order, Kurdistan...

Iranian border forces shot dead a 30-year-old man named Hemin Hamzeh in the Boyuran village of Sardasht, West Azerbaijan province, on 11 November. The forces of the Sardasht Border Regiment raided the village under the pretext of taking the goods carried by kolbars and tried to enter some houses without presenting court orders. These forces engaged in arguments with the residents of the village and shot...