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November 21, 2018

Two Kurdish Tradesmen Wounded by Shooting of Iranian Border Guards

The Iranian border guards in the border region of Chuman Baneh targeted a group of kolbars and tradesmen. As a result, two tradesmen were wounded. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that Iranian border guards were targeted a group of kolbars and border tradesmen in the Chuman area of Baneh on Nov 19, 2018. As a result of direct shooting of guards, two...

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November 19, 2018

A 15-year-old Kolbar Wounded by Shooting of Iranian Border Guards

A 15-year-old Kolbar was injured as a result of the shooting of the Sardasht border troops toward a caravan of Kolbars on Saturday morning. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that on Saturday, November 17, the border forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran opened fire at the group of Kolbars in the border area of Sardasht, which resulted in a 15-year-old...

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November 12, 2018

Continued Killing of Kolbars and Contradictory Statements of Government Officials

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...

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October 4, 2018

Two Kurdish Kolbars Killed, One Wounded at Orumiyeh and Nosoud Borders

Over the past few days, two Kolbars have been killed and one injured while crossing the border by Iranian border forces at the Orumiyeh and Nowsoud borders although they were not carrying any illegal cargo. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that on Saturday, Sept 30, 2018 , the Iranian Military Force opened fire on a Kolbar called Shafi Mohammadpour from Sulwanah of...

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March 27, 2018

A Kurdish Kolbar Wounded by Direct Shooting of Iranian Border Guards

On March 24, 2018, a Kolbar from Sardasht was wounded by direct shooting of the Iranian border guards. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that on March 24, Iranian border guards near the village of Kani Zard, from the Sardasht, targeted a caravan of the Kolbars. ِDuring this incident, a kolbar called Loghman Ahmadzadeh was wounded. The 37-year-old kolbar, a resident of Shamooleh village...

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August 30, 2017

Seven Kolbars Arrested by Iranian Border Guards in Sardasht

Iranian border guards arrested Seven Kurdish Kolbars (Kulbaran) on the borders of Sardasht (Beweran village) and transferred them to Sardasht. It should be noted that They weren't carrying any foreign goods. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, on Saturday, Aug 27, 2017, Iranian border guards of the "Barde Pan" at the border of “Kele"(in Sardasht) arrested seven Kolbars from the village of Beweran...

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June 26, 2017

Two Kurdish Kolbars were Shot Dead and Wounded by Iranian Border Guards in Orumiyeh

Two Kurdish Kolbars were shot dead and wounded after being directly shot by the border guards in Orumiyeh. An informed source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, on the evening of 22 June, a group of kurdish kolbars (Border Couriers) were attacked by the Iranian border guards and two Kurdish Kolbars were shot dead and wounded in “Wargenem” area on the border between Orumiyeh and...

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May 7, 2017

Exclusive interview with a Kolber that lost his sight due to direct shootings of the Iranian border guards

On Wednesday, February 22, 2017 Khalid Ahmadian, a young Kolber has lost his eyes due to direct shooting of the Iranian border guards without a warning shot in Delawaran's Village (in the borders of Piranshahr West Azarbaijan Province in northwest Iran). The doctor did enucleated on one of his eyes and he has lost the sight of the other eyes. Khalid Ahmadian, was born in 1989...

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