Kurdistan Human Rights Network

On Saturday morning February 24, businessmen and marketers in Baneh and Piranshahr closed their shops in protest to the blockade of border crossing. Anti-riot and special guard forces have been present at these cities to confront any possible gatherings in this regard. An informed source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that three weeks of closing the unofficial borders of Iran's Kurdistan with the Iraqi...

A Kolbar lost his life on his way back from the border areas due to severe snow and blizzards at the highlands of Oshnavieh border. "On Dec 6, 2017, a Kolbar called" Idris Bayazidi ", 25 years old from the village of" Sangan (Osnouyeh) and married with a son, died because of the snow and the blizzard at the ‘Shatre heights’ on his way back...

Yesterday, Iranian Regiment Forces shot and wounded a Kolbar in the head at Piranshahr border area. “On Tuesday, October 10th, 2017, the Iranian border guards opened fire on a group of border Kolbars and tradesmen in Kani Khoa border area. In this incident, a 37-year-old kolbar called Ali T, married and resident of Piranshahr, was shot in the head,” an informed source told Kurdistan Human...