Kurdistan Human Rights Network

One Kolbar has been killed and another one injured in the border areas of Oshnavieh (Shno in Kurdish) and Orumiyeh by direct shooting of the Iranian border guards yesterday.  Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that the border guards of Kile Shin of Shno opened fire on a group of the Kolbars on Monday morning, December 06, and immediately left the area. A few hours after the...

Kolbars and border tradesmen spend deathlike days in the border areas of Kurdistan. Only in the past 48 hours, two kolbars have been shot by border guards in Piranshahr while another one has been wounded. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that the Iranian border guards of Kani Khoda in Piranshahr targeted a caravan of Kolbars on the evening of Thursday, Nov 29,...

Following the death of a Kolbar called Azim Ahmadi, who was killed at Nowsud of Kermanshah, ILNA News Agency arranged a talk with Hussein Zolfaghari (the Deputy Minister of Political and Security Affairs). “ We do not have something called Kolbar. I do not know the origin of this word which has caused problems for both the people and the authorities.', In response to...

During the past two days, two kolbars from Salmas have been killed at the border area of Orumiyeh and Oshnavieh by the Iranian border guards. An informed source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that a 23 year old kolbar from Salmas called Hashem Tahorian, (resident of Mirabad in Orumiyeh) was killed by the Iranian border guards of Orumiyeh on Monday, Aug 6, 2018 and...

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 Kulbar died of a heart attack while working at the border area of Hawraman. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that on July 04, at 23:00, a Kolbar called "Mansour Sohrabi"( from the "Nowdeshah" near the border region "Maresoor" suffered a heart attack and died. The 46-year-old Kolbar was married with three children. It should also be noted that a Kolbor from Mahabad, called...

Another Kolbar lost his life this morning, on Thursday June 1, when Iranian border forces in the Baneh border area directly shot him. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that, at 3:30 am today, the border guard forces of the "Sardab" checkpoint targeted a number of Kolbars without prior warning. As a result, a koblar died called "Kamal Mohammadi" from the village of...

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...