Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Following the killing of Kolbars and tradesmen in different cities of Kurdistan, Iranian Disciplinary Forces (NAJA) fired at Qandil's borderland mountains this morning and shot dead a young Kolbar. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that Iranian border guards targeted a number of border Kolbars in the Qandil's mountains of Piranshahr on Tuesday morning, August 08. An 18-year-old Kolbar called Hasel Badbarin...

The systematic shootings law enforcement and the Revolutionary Guards in various cities of Kurdistan has resulted in at least 4 death and 5 injuries among Kolbars or tradesmen since late July. According to reports to Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), these nine Kolbars and tradesmen have been targeted by the direct shooting of Iranian troops without prior notice. The names and precise details of these individuals...

A Kolbar from Mahabad lost one leg due to a mine blast in the border region of Piranshahr. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that a young Kolbar called Hiwa Khezrpour from Mahabad, was severely injured in a mine blast during work in the Haji Omran district of Piranshahr on Monday,22 June, He lost one of his legs in this incident due to...

A Kolbar who was severely injured by the mine blast was sentenced to pay a fine for illegally leaving the country and the damage caused by the mine blast. Loghman Vahid, A Kolbar from Shin Abad village of Piranshahr, who lost one leg and one eye in a mine blast during work on November last year, was ordered by the Prieshshahr court to pay a...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network- According to Iran’s Director General of Border Affairs (Interior Ministry) during a press conference on 10 June, porters will no longer be insured because they are not permanent workers and the concessions granted to border residents are temporary. According to Sharq, On Sunday, June 10,the Director General of Border Affairs (the Interior Ministry) had held a news conference on Sunday, June...

On the evening of May 28, the border guards of the Islamic Republic of Iran at the border of Shno (also known in Farsi as Oshnavieh) targeted a number of Kolbars and border businessmen. During this incident, a kolbar was killed while at least one other person was severely injured. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that Iranian border guards at Sipi Riz...

The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that on April 09, a number of Kolbars at Kani Kohda border areas were chased by military forces from the city of Piranshahr. During the chase, a kolbar fell from the mountain and injured. The injured Kolbar has been identified as Ali Golchini, from the village of Kalkin. Over the past few months, following the blockade...

The “Week in brief” by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) is a weekly review of the most important human rights news and developments from and about Iran’s Kurdish areas. Iran court sentences Kurds to several years in prison on propaganda charges The Sanandaj Appeal Court has approved a prison sentence of eight-and-a-half years for Afshin Hossein Panahi and a five-year jail sentence for his relative Ahmad...

On March 26, 2018, a Kolbar from Sardasht was killed by direct shooting of the Iranian border regiments. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that on March 26, local border guards near the village of Kani Zard, from the Sardasht, targeted a group of the Kolbars. ِDuring this incident, a kolbar called Ibrahim Soleimani was killed. He was married with 5 children. Earlier on...