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Iranwire – Border forces of the Islamic Republic shot and seriously wounded a young kolbar amid an escalation of violence against the transborder porters.
Direct fire from Iranian border forces injured a 27-year-old kolbar, identified as Ebrahim Ebrahimi, while he was transporting goods across the border heights of Sardasht city.
Ebrahimi was severely injured in the leg at the Kani Zard border area of Sardasht, according to the Hengaw human rights organization.
Due to the severity of his injuries, he was transferred to a medical center in the city for treatment.
Kolbars are porters who haul goods on their backs and feet over long distances across Iran’s borders, mainly around the impoverished, mountainous Kurdish areas adjacent to Iraq.
According to the Kolbar News website, a total of 85 kolbars lost their lives while transporting goods in the western provinces of West Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, and Kermanshah between March and September 2023.
The causes of their deaths include direct fire by military forces, blizzards, cold weather, and falls from mountains and heights.
