Kurdistan Human Rights Network

A civilian has been severely injured in a landmine explosion in the village of Maleh Dizgeh in Sarpol-e Zahab, Kurdish Kermanshah province, on 30 January, sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN).Reportedly, the injured civilian, Saman Rezaei, was taken to a hospital in Kermanshah after the incident and one of his ankles was amputated.Every year, dozens of civilians in the border areas, especially...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): A Kurdish civilian named Qader Dalaei-Milan was seriously injured in a landmine explosion near the village of "Sheikh Salo" in Chaldoran, West Azerbaijan Province on Sunday, December 14. It is said that the mine explosion occurred while he was grazing cattle ranching. He is currently hospitalized in Mako City. According to statistics compiled by KHRN, a landmine also exploded in October, amputated...

On Saturday, Nov 21, a Kurdish civilian named Aziz Ronma died as a result of a mine explosion in one of the border areas of Oshnavieh, West Azerbaijan Province, a local source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The 42-year-old resident of the village of "Poleh" in Oshnoyeh lost his life due to sustaining serious injuries in a landmine explosion while shepherding livestock in...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that a Kurdish civilian 'Khosrow Hassani' was injured in a landmine explosion in Mariwan on Wednesday, October 7. The 38-year-old civilian is said to have been hit by a landmine while collecting iron debris and suffered serious injuries to his wrist.

A Kurdish civilian Mohammad Salehi was injured by the blast of a landmine while collecting spring plants in the mountainous areas of Hermi Dol village in Baneh of Kurdistan province. He was taken to a hospital in Saqqez for treatment. The landmines left from the Iran-Iraq war claims the life dozens of victims in Iran Kurdistan annually. The mine blast occurred in an area where Iranian authorities...

A civilian was wounded in a mine explosion in the Sufi Jane area of Shoshme village in Nusoud on 10 December, and he reportedly may have lost his right leg, local sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Osman Rostamzadeh, a resident of the Shoshame village of Paveh, is married and has three children. In recent years, landmine explosions have increased dramatically in the pathways of...

A shepherd was injured in a mine explosion on October 28, local sources told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Arastoo Nik Bin, 29 years old Kurdish citizen from the village of Ishaqabad in Saqqez, was taken to a hospital in Saqqez after a mine explosion. He has reportedly lost one leg due to serious injuries. The mines left over from the Iran-Iraq war claim the life of dozens of victims in...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): A mine has exploded in the mountainous area of Tapehsoor village of KHaroo of Saqez yesterday morning. The blast, which took place on the way of a local shepherd and flock of her sheep, led to a severe injury on a sheep's leg. During the past few days, with the onset of heavy rains in Iran, experts have warned about...

A 50 year old Kurdish Civilian, Karim Rasti from Sardosh of Marivan, was severely injured in a mine explosion at Doolebi and lost one leg. Parvin Zabihi, a civilian activist in Marivan, shared a post on her Facebook page stating that "this is a catastrophe which does not end in the border areas, and dozens of people are traumatised or lose their life as a...