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November 12, 2019

Two Border Porters Wounded in Sardasht Border Area

A group of Kurdish border porters –known as Kolbar- and tradesmen were shot dead near the Kani Zard village of Sardasht on 9 November, local media reported. According to the reports, two Kolbars from the Savan village of Sardasht, Siamand Mohammad Abdullah, 19, and Sirwan Hassan Abdullah, 25, were injured during the shooting. The two injured Kolbars were reportedly taken to the Shahidan Hospital in Qaladzeh, the Iraqi Kurdistan, for medical treatment. According to...

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November 8, 2019

Kurdish Border Porter Lost Leg in Mine Blast

A Kurdish border porter -known as Kolbar- was injured in a mine explosion at the Shushami border crossing in Paveh district on 5 November, local sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Ashkan Fattahi was transferred to Ayatollah Taleghani Hospital in Kermanshah due to suffering from serious injuries who lost 50% of his left leg ability. Fattahi had also been targeted by the Iranian border guards in the Nusud...

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November 6, 2019

Five Border Porters, Tradesmen Killed by Iranian Forces in October

A Kurdish border porter –known as Kolbar- from Sardasht, who had been injured by the Iranian border guards on 12 October lost his life after a month of hospitalisation in Orumiyeh, a local source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Peyman Yousefi, 29-years Kurdish civilian from the village of Darman Abad in Sardasht, was married and had two children. Peyman Yousefi A group of Kolbars, who were moving towards the border from a...

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October 29, 2019

Kurdish Border Porter Wounded in Shooting of Baneh Border Guards

Direct shooting of border guards of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Zali border area of Baneh wounded a Kurdish border porter (known as Kolbar), local sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Amir Amirzadeh, from Balesen village of Baneh, who wounded in the leg, is under treatment at a hospital in Baneh. According to statistics compiled by the KHRN, at least five Kolbars...

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October 27, 2019

Kurdish Border Porter Dies in Falling from Heights in Nosood

A Kurdish border porter died in falling from heights while carrying goods at the Kaly Soony border of Nosood, local sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Javad Rostamnejad was 33 years old from the village of Shamshir of Paveh. An eyewitness told KHRN that on 24/25 October night, a group of border porters Kolbars –known as Kolbar- escaped an Iranian border guards ambush while returning from the border of...

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October 26, 2019

Iranian Border Guards Kill Kurdish Border Porter

Border guards of the Islamic Republic of Iran at the border village of Kani Zard of Sardasht targeted a group of Kurdish border porters, known as Kolbar, on 23 October where a Kolbar was killed, local sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The victim has been identified as Logman Rashidzadeh, father of a young child. On October 20, a Kolbar called Sattar Rahimnejad...

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October 23, 2019

Kolbars, Tradesmen Wounded in Direct Shooting of Iranian Border Guards

Iranian border guards directly shot a group of Kurdish border porters, known as Kolbar, and tradesmen in Kani Khoda area of Piranshahr on October 19, 2019 of which two Kolbars got injured, local sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Bahman Chrik from Mahabad and Khalid (Family name Unknown) from Piranshahr were “severely” injured in the shooting, the source added.  The ...

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October 21, 2019

Iranian Border Guards Target Kurdish Border Porters, Two Injured

Iranian border guards targeted a group of Kurdish border porters, known as Kolbar, in Alan border area of Sardasht on October 18, 2019, which led to the injury of a Kolbar, local sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Eskandar Hamzezdeh, a Kolbar from Dinaran of Sardasht and father of two children who was shot by the Iranian border guards, is currently under medical care at one of...

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October 15, 2019

Two Border Porters Killed, Two Injured in Piranshahr, Paveh

Iranian border guards have shot dead two Kurdish border porters, known as Kolbar, and wounded two other Kolbars in Kotran Ghandil on October 14, local sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The KHRN has identified the Kolbars who lost their life as Abdolrahman Moradi and Sadegh Moradi from Ghabr Hossein village of Piranshahr. Likewise, another Kolbar Diako Sharifi was also wounded near the...

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