Kolbar Archives - Page 16 of 17 - KHRN

August 8, 2017

Over the past two weeks, officers of Iranian Disciplinary Force (NAJA) shot two Kurdish Kolbars and tradesmen dead and injured three others.

An informed source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network that, On Friday, July 28, Iranian border security forces opened fire on a group of Kurdish kolbars in Koneh Moshkan, of Piranshahr city.

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July 19, 2017

Interview with a Kolbar who Lost Both his Legs in a Landmine Explosion in Childhood

A photo of Younes Feizi, the young Kurdish Kolbar from Piranshahr who has lost both his legs in a landmine blast in childhood, has been widely shared on social media over the past few days. This

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July 9, 2017

A Young Kolbar Died After A Week of Hospitalisation in Mahabad

A young Kolbar ((back carrier), who had been shot in his head, lost his life after one week of hospitalisation in Mahabad Hospital due to the severity of his injuries. He was shot by the Iranian

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June 27, 2017

Iran: a Kurdish Kolbar was injured by Iranian border guards in Sardasht

Iranian border guards attacked a group of Kurdish kulbars (Border Couriers) around the village of Kani Zard of Sardasht city today morning and a Kolbar was severely injured. On Tuesday morning, June

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June 26, 2017

Two Kurdish Kolbars were Shot Dead and Wounded by Iranian Border Guards in Orumiyeh

Two Kurdish Kolbars were shot dead and wounded after being directly shot by the border guards in Orumiyeh. An informed source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, on the evening of 22 June, a

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June 25, 2017

Iran: Continued Attacks on Kolbars Takes More Lives

The murder of a Kurdish Kolbar, Sirvan Azizi, on June 14th, in the border areas of Sardasht followed a protest by civil and political activists, but in the most recent case, a Kolbar killed by a

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June 21, 2017

A Kolber wounded in a landmine explosion in Mariwan

A Kurdish Kolber (Border Couriers) from Mariwan stepped on a landmine that was left from the Iran-Iraq war in this area. According to the information received by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network,

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June 17, 2017

A Kolber shot, killed by Iranian border forces in Sardasht, +18

A Kurdish Kolber was shot, killed by the direct shoot of Iran’s military forces in the border region Sardasht, yesterday. On Wednesday, 15 June a group of Kolber (border couriers) was shot by

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February 8, 2017

Iran authorities intimidate elderly Kurdish Kolber for role in BBC TV report

The Iranian authorities have summoned and intimidated 70-year-old Kurdish Kolber worker Khazer Askarzadeh who just recently spoke to BBC Farsi journalists on the harsh working conditions of Kolber

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