Week in brief: Baneh protests Archives - KHRN

September 10, 2017

Week in brief: Baneh protests

Around 5,000 Kurds protest in Iran's Kurdish Baneh Some 5,000 Kurdish protesters took to the streets of Iran's Kurdish cities to protest the recent killing of two civilian unarmed Kurdish Kolbar (porter) workers. Iranian security forces cracked down on the protests, wounding at least four demonstrators, local sources told KHRN. The protesters said they wanted justice for the slain Kolbar workers and raised the demand for the...

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