Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Law enforcement forces in the village of Savan in Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province, today opened fire on a private car, resulting in the death of Kurdish tradesman Kavan Amjadi-Nia. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that law enforcement forces stationed at a checkpoint in the village pursued and cornered Amjadi-Nia's car, firing at it despite the absence of any foreign goods in the...

Two Kurdish Border Porters –known as Kolbar- and a tradesmen were killed as a result of shooting by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and drowning in the river at the border areas of Sardasht and Paveh, informed sources have told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). On July 6, 2020, IRGC shot dead a group of tradesmen in the border area of Dasht-e-Vazneh, Sardasht, killing a tradesmen...

The Iranian Border Guards shot dead tradesmen Nasser Moradpour and Semko Qadarnia in the border areas of Oshnavieh (Shno in Kurdish) as they were returning to Iran's border without carrying any goods, and the Guards “dumped the bodies of of the dead tradesmen into a river,” local soruces told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). “The two tradesmen had left with a group of tradesmen on the border...

The Iranian checkpoints forces in Bengin Khan of Piranshahr opened fire at a group of Kurdish border porters –known as Kolbar- and tradesmen crossing the border at the border highlands where one of the tradesmen was killed, local sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Kamran Bianak, from the village of Kohne Khaneh of Piranshar, was a 26- year old young man. According to the statistics compiled...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Two Kurdish Tradesmen were killed by direct shootings of law enforcement forces in Oshnavieh (Shno in Kurdish). A Tradesman from Saqqez passed away due to the cardiac arrest during the chase by police forces. "On Apr 18, 2019, a Kurdish Tradesmen, Afshin Lotfi, was chased by police in the Bijar district of Zanjan, and he ran away until the police...

"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...

Iranian police officers chased a vehicle belonging to a tradesman and his wife. This chase led to an accident in which both the driver (tradesman) and his wife were killed. "On Saturday, Nov 25, 2017, police chased a car belonging to a Kurdish Tradesman carrying satellite receivers on the road from Divandareh to Bijar. During this chase, both the passengers of the vehicle were killed...

Iranian Disciplinary Force (NAJA) opened fire on a van belonging to a Kurdish tradesman in Salas Babajani and killed him. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, on Saturday, Aug 7, 2017, Iranian Disciplinary Force opened fire on a vehicle (Van) carrying fabric cargo near “Kani Danial” located in Salas Babajani. During this attack, a Kurdish tradesman called Bagher Gheytouli was seriously injured. Bagher Gheytouli was...