The number of Kolbars who lost their lives following an avalanche in the Miraveh border area of Sardasht County has risen to two.
According to Kolbarnews, on Friday night, December 26, 2025, following an avalanche in the border areas of “Miraveh,” a district of Sardasht County, a group of Kolbars were caught in the incident.
Based on reports, four Kolbars were trapped in the snow in this incident, two of whom lost their lives and two others were injured.
The identity of the second deceased Kolbar has been announced as “Khosrow Hamzeh-Pour,” from the village of “Doleh-Garm,” a district of Sardasht County. Previously, the identity of the other deceased Kolbar, “Kamal Khezeri,” from Piranshahr County, married and the father of three children, had been published by Kolbarnews.
It is said that the two other Kolbars who were injured in this incident have not yet been identified.
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).
