Kurdistan Human Rights Network

A Kurdish kolbar named Fahim Mamadi has died of cold while carrying goods in the border heights of Salmas in West Azerbaijan province in the dawn of 25 March, sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The 32-year-old Mamadi was from Qezel Kand village of Salmas and father of two children.Kolbar is a term used in Kurdish to describe traders that carry untaxed goods...

Two kolbars have been injured in the past two days in Hawraman border area in western Iran; one has been shot by border guards and the other has fallen from border heights. Sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that a kolbar named Yousef Malian, from Marivan, was injured after falling from a border height while carrying goods on his back in the border...

A Kurdish kolbar has lost his life after falling from the border heights of Tah Tah mountain range in Hawraman region of Kurdistan province in west Iran, on 11 February, sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Kolbar named Aram Jatan fell from the border heights of Tata while carrying goods on his back across the border in the early hours of the...

Iranian border guards have killed a young kolbar in the border area near Sardasht city of West Azerbaijan province on 3 February.The border guards shot Khaled Ahmadpour, a 28-year-old kolbar, in the evening hours of the day in the Iran-Iraq border near the village of Nowkan.A source in the area confirmed the news to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network. “At 9 pm last night,...

Iranian border guards have killed a Kurdish Kolbar in the recent days in the border area of Hangezhal Baneh. The 34-year-old Hashem Hassani, who was shot by border guards, was a kolbar from Baneh. An eyewitness in Baneh confirmed the news to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) and said, "At 12 noon on Sunday, 3 February, a group of kolbars were on their way in...

"On Wednesday, November 18, a group of Kurdish border porters–known as Kolbar- were shot by the forces of the Border Regiment in the border area of Oshnavieh in West Azerbaijan province, as a result of which two Kolbars named Hakan Mohamadzadeh and Vasim Fardinzadeh were killed.", local sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Vasim Fardinzadeh was from the village of Pirutabad in Oshnoyeh and...

"On November 16, a group of Kurdish border porters–known as Kolbar- were shot by Iranian border guards in the border area of "Sohr Tahzin" in the city of Baneh in Kurdistan Province, as a result of which a Kolbar named Najmalddin Moradi was wounded. He was taken to a hospital in Baneh for treatment.", local sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Earlier on November...

On Friday, November 7, Iran Border Guards opened fire on a group of Kurdish border porters–known as Kolbar- at close range in borders of Chaldoran district of West Azerbaijan province that resulted in the death of a 41-year-old Kolbar named Hassan Dalaei. "A group of Kolbars, who were carrying cigarettes on horseback to a village in Turkish Kurdistan, were ambushed by Amoo Khanz border guards at 4...

'on the evening of Saturday, November 7, a Kurdish border porter–known as Kolbar- named ‘Saber Khezri’  was injured following a landmines Explosion In the border mountain of "Mirgeh Drijan" Piranshahr in West Azerbaijan province', a local sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The 28-year-old Kolbar, from the village of Kohnekhan in Piranshahr, was taken to a hospital in the Kurdistan Region after...