Kurdistan Human Rights Network

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...

During the current week, two Kolbars have been injured in the mountainous areas of Orumiyeh and Hawraman as a result of the mountain fall. According to reports received by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), on Monday, February 05, a kolbar called "Tahir Chashni Del" from the village of "Halaji" of Orumiyeh in the border region of Iran and Turkey has fallen from the Chimman Mountains...

The bodies of the two Kurdish Kolbars, who had gone missing when going to the border areas of Orumiyeh, were found by the local people after a three-day search. "On Saturday, January 27, two Kolbars called Jadih and Sabri Valinjad from Oruk village (in MarmiSho area, Orumiyeh Province) disappeared due to the falling avalanche and snow in the mountains”. An informed source confirmed the news...

After two days of searching, the body of a dead kolbar was found at the Highlands of Piranshahr where he was caught after the fall of avalanche. According to reports received by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), on Thursday night, January 11, a kolbar from Naqade (in the border area of the Kani Khoda) disappeared in the dark and his body was found two days...

During the past few days, a vehicle belonging to a Kurdish tradesman overturned near Hamedan during the chase by Iranian Law Enforcement Officers (NAJA). Moreover, a Kurdish Kolbar was injured by direct shooting of NAJA forces in the border area of Sardasht a Kolbar. Kurdistan Human Rights Network KHRN has been informed that on Thursday, Jan 3, 2018, NAJA forces chased a vehicle belonging to...

Three activists from Mahabad who were previously detained on charges of participating in a protest to the killing of Kolbars have been sentenced to several months of imprisonment by the Revolutionary Court of Mahabad. "In the past few days, three activists called Kobra Khalandi, Mostafa Abu Bakri and Pouya Adelkhani were summoned by Revolutionary Court in Mahabad (branch 1) headed by Judge Javad Gholami who...

"On Sunday night, December 17, 2017, two Kurdish tradesmen called Osman Ahmadi (20 years old, son of Abdullah) and Mohammad Bahrami (23 years old, son of Rahman, married with a child) were ambushed by Iranian Law Enforcement Forces (NAJA) in the border area of beitoush village of Sardasht. NAJA forces opened fire on these tradesmen who were severely injured as a result. The injured...

In the past few days, the Border Regiment of Nosoud and Sardasht have stormed and killed dozens of the horses and mules belonging to Kolbars. “On Saturday, Dec 9, 2017, forces of the Precautionary Border Regiment stopped the caravan of the kolbars in a region called Sarcham Shini on its way to the border and at least twenty Mules belonging to Kolbars were shot dead,”...