As a result of gunfire from border regiment forces in the Sardaw border area of Baneh, one Kolbar was killed and another was injured.
According to Kolbarews, on the evening of Friday, October 24, 2025, military forces of the Islamic Republic in the Sardaw border region, a district of Baneh County, opened fire without prior warning on a group of Kolbars.
Following the shooting, one Kolbar identified as Ebrahim Piranzad, a resident of Bilu village in Baneh County, was shot in the heart by live ammunition and died instantly. Another Kolbar, identified as Shaho (last name not yet known), was seriously injured.
According to the report, the body of the killed Kolbar, Ebrahim Piranzad, was transferred to Salahaddin Ayoubi Hospital in Baneh, but has not yet been handed over to his family. The injured Kolbar is currently hospitalized in the same facility for treatment.
Ebrahim Piranzad was married and the father of one child.
According to statistics recorded by Kolbarnews, in the first six months of 1404 (Iranian calendar), a total of 37 Kolbars in the border areas and intercity routes of West Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, and Kermanshah provinces were killed or injured due to factors such as direct gunfire by regime military forces, avalanches and freezing, landmines, falls from mountains and heights, and other incidents. Of this number: 17 Kolbars (46%) were killed, 20 Kolbars (54%) were injured. Out of the total 37 cases in the first half of 1404, 32 incidents (86%) resulted from direct gunfire by regime military forces. Among these victims, 1 Kolbar (3%) was a child under 18, who was killed by direct gunfire from Iraqi border guards (Haras al-Hudud).
