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Iranwirew – Border forces of the Islamic Republic shot and wounded another Kurdish kolbar, escalating the ongoing violence against the transborder porters.
The injured kolbar was identified as Jabbar Zarei from the Kurdish town of Sardasht.
He sustained severe injuries when border guards opened fire on a group of kolbars at the Qandil border, according to the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights.
Kolbars are porters who haul goods on their backs and feet over long distances across Iran’s borders, mainly in 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.
