Kurdistan Human Rights Network

According to reports received by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), a Kolbar, Bakhtiar Hassani from Blesan village of Baneh was killed at the border area of Hangeh Jal by direct shooting of the Iranian border guards on February 17, 2019. According to another report, a kolbar called Osman Mam Hasan from Piranshahr was shot on Thursday, February 14 by the border guards near the village...

According to reports received by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), five Kolbars have been injured in the border areas of Baneh, Maku, Salmas and Piranshahr for various reasons, such as the shooting of Iranian border troops, mine explosions and the falling from the heights during the past 10 days. On January 29, a Kolbar, Sami Rashidi, was wounded due to falling from the heights in...

Two Kurdish Kolbar were wounded by landmine explosion in Hangeh Jale village of Baneh last night. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has received news that, when attempting to circumvent the border guards in Hangeh Jale of Baneh, a group of kolbars have mistakenly entered a minefield on Sunday night, January 27. This incident resulted in the injury of two kolbars, Asad Zamani, from the...

A group of Kolbars from Sardasht in the border area of Betoush was ambushed, arrested and harassed by Iranian border guards. A Kolbar from Sardasht told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that Iranian border guards in the Tatan mountains of the village of Betoush area of Sardasht ambushed a group of Kolbars on December 26 and seized their goods while harassing them for a couple...

Since late December, four kolbars have been wounded by direct shooting of Iranian frontier forces at the border areas of Sardasht and Khoy and a kolbar from Baneh has been drowned in the river while carrying cargo.  Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that on Tuesday, December 25, a kolbar, Farshad Mirzai, from the village of Balsur Sofla, was wounded by direct shooting...

In the past few days, a Kolbar was shot by the Iranian border guards at the border of Piranshahr and injured while another Kolbar passed away due to a cardiac arrest when carrying goods at the border area of Oraman of Paveh. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that Iranian border guards at Piranshahr border targeted a group of Kolbar on Sunday, December...

A group of kolbars was targeted by the Iranian border guards without any prior warning at the Hange Jale of Baneh on Friday, December 14, which resulted in the death of a kolbar and injury of another one. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that the border guards in Baneh opened fire on a caravan of the Kolbars at Hange Jale border region...

A seminar on the Economy of the Border Regions and Kolbari supposed to be held at Payam Noor University in Marivan was cancelled due to the involvement of security institutions. Students, who had gathered at the seminar hall, chanted slogans in protest to this cancellation and asked the university authorities to explain why this seminar had been cancelled. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been...

On Friday morning, the body of a Kolbar who had lost his life due to Avalanche fall at the border areas of Orumiyeh, was found by the local people. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that the body of the Kurdish Kolbar, who had gone missing when going to the border areas of Orumiyeh, was found in Somay Bradoost after a two-day search...