A Kolbar from Ravansar County, was seriously injured in a landmine explosion while transporting goods in the border highlands of Nowsud.
According to Kolbarnews, on the evening of Tuesday, August 12, 2025, a Kolbar named Payam Injured in Landmine explosion.
Incident caused severe injuries to his ankle, resulting in permanent disability.
Local sources report that after the explosion, the injured Kolbar was first taken to Hospital in Paveh and later transferred to Hospital in Kermanshah due to the severity of his injuries.
This incident occurred while the western border regions of Iran remain contaminated with landmines left over from the Iran-Iraq war, which continue to claim the lives and health of residents and kolbars in these areas every year.
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.
