Kurdistan Human Rights Network

A group of kolbars in the border area of Kileh in Baneh, Kurdistan province, were shot at close range by Iranian border guards without prior warning on 8 August, as a result of which a kolbar named Keyvan Alipour was injured. The 38-year-old kolbar, whose condition was reported to be critical, was taken to Salahuddin Ayoubi Hospital in Baneh for treatment. Last week, during a visit...

Iranian border guard forces killed a 29-year-old kolbar identified as Hazhar Faraji in the border area of Sard Ab in Baneh, Kurdistan province, on 7 August. The kolbar was targeted from close range and without prior warning. The killing of the kolbar comes a few days after the commander of Iran's Border Guard Command threatened to "deal harshly" with kolbars in Baneh. A few days ago, during...

Iranian border forces and a landmine explosion have injured two Kurdish kolbars in the border areas of Baneh, Kurdistan province, and Nowsud, Kermanshah province, in the past few days. On 31 July, a kolbar identified as Ata Hassanzadeh stepped on a landmine while running from border guard forces shooting at him in the Hangeh-ye Zhal border area. The kolbar was severely injured due to the...

Civil rights activists in Baneh, Kurdistan province, called for demonstrations to protest the Iranian border forces targeting kolbars after border guards killed a kolbar and injured four in the border areas of the city on July 27. A group of kolbars was targeted by Iranian border guards from a close range in the border areas of Baneh, Kurdistan province, on 27 July, as a result...

Forces of Iran's Border Guard Command shot a group of kolbars from a close range with shotguns in the Nowsud border area of Kermanshah province on 26 July and wounded a kolbar identified as Jalil Karimi. The kolbar, who was injured in the leg by more than 20 shots, was taken to Qods Hospital in Paveh, Kermanshah province. Karimi who comes from the Shorkan village of...

Iranian border guards opened fire on a group of kolbars in the Malateh border area in Baneh, Kurdistan province, on 23 July, severely injuring two brothers. The wounded brothers, whose names are Saadollah Younesi and Ali Younesi, were taken to Salahuddin Ayoubi Hospital in Baneh. Saadollah Younesi died in the hospital due to the severity of his injuries. Ali Younesi's health condition is also reported to...

Iranian border forces shot and wounded two kolbars in the past week in the border areas of Baneh, Kurdistan province, and Nowsud, Kermanshah province. On 12 July, border forces shot a kolbar named Bahram Shah-Mohammadi in the Kileh border areas of Baneh. The 40-year-old kolbar, is the father of two and comes from the Doreh Ghala village of Baneh. On 15 July, a young kolbar named Hemin...

At least four kolbars were injured in the past few days due to either being shot by Iranian border guards or falling from mountain heights as a result of being chased by the border forces in Baneh, Kurdistan province. On 10 July, border guards in the Kileh border areas of Baneh shot and wounded a kolbar named Ako Talaei, who comes from the Markhoz village...

Border guards have shot and wounded a kolbar named Iraj Mehdi in the border areas of Kermanshah province, western Iran, on 5 July. The kolbar, who comes from the village of Kalash Lulem in Javanrud, Kermanshah province, was taken to a hospital in Paveh, in Kermanshah province, for treatment. According to statistics collected by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), at least 13 kolbars were injured...