In a tragic incident near the Iran-Iraq border, one Kolbar was killed and another seriously injured due to direct gunfire by Iranian military forces.
According to Kolbarnews, in the early hours of Saturday, June 28, 2025, Iranian military forces opened fire directly on a group of kolbars in the “Awpar” border region, located in Baneh County. As a result of the attack, Saiwan Abdollahzadeh, son of Saleh and a resident of the village of Haftash, lost his life, while another Kolbar named Hossein sustained serious injuries.
The report states that the incident occurred between 2 and 3 a.m., when the two Kolbars were caught in a military ambush. Additionally, ten pack animals belonging to the kolbars were shot and killed, and their cargo was confiscated by the military forces.
This incident is the latest in a long series of violent actions by Iranian border forces against Kurdish Kolbars, who are often driven to this dangerous work due to poverty and lack of employment opportunities in the border provinces.
According to statistics recorded by Kolbarnews, in the year 1403, a total of 183 Kolbars were killed or injured in the border areas and inter-road routes of West Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, and Kermanshah provinces due to factors such as direct shooting by regime military forces, avalanches and hypothermia, landmine explosions, falls from mountains and heights, and other incidents.Out of this total, 52 Kolbars (28%) were killed, and 131 Kolbars (72%) were injured. Among the 183 Kolbars who were killed or injured in 1403, 143 cases (78%) resulted from direct shootings by regime military forces.Additionally, among the 183 kulbars affected, 11 (6%) were child Kolbars under the age of 18. One of these cases resulted in the death of a child Kolbar due to hypothermia.
