Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), Two Kolbars were wounded after being shot by Iranian border forces in Baneh and Sardasht. KHRN has been informed that a group of kolbars were shot at Hangeh Jale village of Baneh on February 20, As a result, a kolbar called Qarib Taji from Nannor of Baneh was injured on the foot. On the same day, another group of kolbars...

Following the arrest of civilians in various cities of Kurdistan, four other civilians from Piranshahr were arrested by security forces on the charge of cooperating with Kurdish opposition parties over the past two weeks. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that two civilians, Mosaa Esmaili and Adel Ghaderi, from Pasveh village of Piranshahr were detained by security forces of Piranshahr and transferred to...

Over the past week, Iranian border guards have shot and injured three kolbars at the borders of Baneh, Sardasht, and Orumiyeh. Moreover, a Kolbar lost his life due to falling from the heights in the border areas of Sardasht and Piranshahr and another one died due to cardiac arrest. Hedi Feqi Mahmoudi Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that a Kolbar, 29-year-old Ahmad Azizi,...

Four civilians from the villages of Celin and Degaga of Sarvabad and four other from Piranshahr, all arrested by Intelligence Department of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) over the past two weeks, are still in the custody of this security institution and there is still no information about their fate. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that four civilians, Hamid Ahmadi, Zanyar Moradi,...

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,...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) - Although the commander of NAJA Border Guards had made a statement in the media that they clearly distinguished Kolbars from some of the profiteers of smuggling goods would always support the hard labour, many kolbars and border tradesmen are stilled killed daily by the forces under the command of this high-ranking commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Following...

The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that on April 09, a number of Kolbars at Kani Kohda border areas were chased by military forces from the city of Piranshahr. During the chase, a kolbar fell from the mountain and injured. The injured Kolbar has been identified as Ali Golchini, from the village of Kalkin. Over the past few months, following the blockade...

During the past few days, a kolbar was injured in the Sardasht border area due to Falling from the Mountain while three other kolbars were killed and wounded by the mine blast in the border area of Piranshahr. “On Tuesday, March 6, 2018, a 40-year-old Kolbar called "Rasul Mullah Wasu" from the village of "Warde" of Sardasht was injured due to falling from the mountain...

Baneh and Piranshahr shop owners were on strike for the fourth consecutive day in protest to the closure of border crossings and the high rate of unemployment. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that closure of the unofficial borders of Iran's Kurdistan with the Iraqi Kurdistan for three days has resulted in a lot of discontent among the businessmen and shop owners of...