Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdish shopkeepers, Kolber workers and tradespersons in the Iranian Kurdish city of Piranshahr have jointly protested against the border closure with the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq, a reliable source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The Iranian Kurdish city of Piranshahr is situated on the Iraqi Kurdish region’s border. “The protesters gathered outside the building of the city’s governorate in Piranshahr demanding complete opening of...

Iranian government troops shot dead a 22-year-old Kurdish Kasibkar (tradesperson) on false suspicion of smuggling in a village near the city of Mariwan (Marivan) on 6 March, a Kolber worker who witnessed the incident told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Kurdish Kasibkar worker Madih Partoee, 22, was shot dead by an Iranian government troops patrol that was under the command of Colonel Parvizi at the...