Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Iranian border forces shot dead a 30-year-old man named Hemin Hamzeh in the Boyuran village of Sardasht, West Azerbaijan province, on 11 November. The forces of the Sardasht Border Regiment raided the village under the pretext of taking the goods carried by kolbars and tried to enter some houses without presenting court orders. These forces engaged in arguments with the residents of the village and shot...

At least four Kolbars have been shot dead by Iranian border guards who opened fire on a group of Kurdish Border Porters - known as Kolbar- and traders in the border areas of Sardasht and Piranshahr in West Azerbaijan Province. On Wednesday, September 2, 2020, a group of Kolbars and border traders near the village of "Gholharsheh" were shot in Sardasht in a place called...

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...

A Kolbar was killed in Sardasht while another one was wounded at the border of Khoy after being shot by military forces during the past few days. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has obtained information that law enforcement forces have targeted a group of Kolbars in “Dolebi” border area of Sardasht on July 14, 2019. As a result, a kolbar “Bryaji (Mohammad) Ibrahimzadeh“ has been...

“Mansour Gerje”, a Kolbar from Sardasht, was killed by direct shooting of Iranian border guards in the border area of Sardasht while two other kolbars “ Gharib Azizadeh and Saman (Family name Unknown) were injured on Monday evening during the shooting of border guards in the border area of Shno. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that Iranian border guards around "Kani Zard”...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Over the past week, at least three Kolbars in Sardasht and Piranshahr were wounded by direct shooting of military forces in Iran. Meanwhile, a Kolbar has also lost his leg in the Sardasht border area due to the mine blast. KHRN has obtained information that Sardasht Security forces targeted a vehicle of a tradesman "Sirvan Azizzadeh" from Sardasht on...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): As a result of a series of direct shooting of Iranian border guards, a Kolbar was killed while two others were wounded. Moreover, three Kolbars from Sardasht and Piranshahr died of frostbite at the borderlands of Piranshahr last nigiht. KHRN has been informed that a group of Kolbars in the frontier elevations of the Kani Khoda of Piranshahr have suffered...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Two Kolbars from Baneh and Sardasht have been injured by shooting of Iranian border forces. KHRN has been informed that the border forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran opened fire at the caravan of Kolbars in the border area of Genav of Sardasht on March 31, 2019. This incident resulted in a 30-year-old Kolbar, Raouf Soleimani being wounded in...

Two Kurdish kolbars have been injured at the borders of Sardasht and Hewraman. Moreover, a Kolbar injured due to falling from the heights and another one wounded after being shot by the border guards. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that a 27-year-old kolbar, Rahim Mardani, fell off the cliffs in Hewraman while carrying cargo on January 24 and he was seriously injured....