Ako Salehi, a Kolbar from Baneh County, was seriously injured after being shot directly by border regiment forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Siranband border area of Baneh and was transferred to a hospital.
According to Kolbarnews on the evening of Tuesday, June 16, 2026, Ako Salehi, a Kolbar from the village of Khoryawa in Baneh County, was targeted by gunfire from border regiment forces while engaged in kolbari.
According to available information, border regiment forces opened fire on this kolbar without prior warning, without the existence of any immediate threat, and without observing the legal regulations governing the use of firearms.
As a result of the shooting, he was seriously wounded in the hand and was transferred to a hospital in Tabriz for medical treatment.
Ako Salehi, son of Kamal, is married and the father of two children.
Ako Salehi, a Kolbar from Baneh County, was seriously injured after being shot directly by border regiment forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Siranband border area of Baneh and was transferred to a hospital.
According to Kolbarnews on the evening of Tuesday, June 16, 2026, Ako Salehi, a Kolbar from the village of Khoryawa in Baneh County, was targeted by gunfire from border regiment forces while engaged in kolbari.
According to available information, border regiment forces opened fire on this kolbar without prior warning, without the existence of any immediate threat, and without observing the legal regulations governing the use of firearms.
As a result of the shooting, he was seriously wounded in the hand and was transferred to a hospital in Tabriz for medical treatment.
Ako Salehi, son of Kamal, is married and the father of two children.
According to statistics recorded by Kolbarnews, in the year 2025, a total of 57 Kolbars in the border regions and intercity routes of the provinces of West Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, and Kermanshah were killed or injured due to factors such as direct shootings by the regime’s military forces, avalanches and hypothermia, landmine explosions, falls from mountains and heights, and other incidents. Of this number, 26 Kolbars, equivalent to (46%), were killed and 31 Kolbars, equivalent to (54%), were injured. Of the total 57 Kolbars who were killed or injured in 2025, a total of 44 cases, equivalent to (77%), resulted from direct shootings by the regime’s military forces. Of the total 57 Kolbars who were killed or injured in 2025, a total of 2 Kolbars, equivalent to (4%), were child kolbars under the age of 18, one of whom was killed as a result of direct gunfire by Iraqi border guards (Haras al-Hudud).Despite a 69 percent decrease in the total number of killed and injured kolbars in 2025 compared to 2024, the proportion of deaths relative to total casualties increased from 28 percent to 46 percent. This change indicates a significant increase in the share of deaths among total casualties and reflects the increasingly deadly nature of incidents in 2025.
