Chalak Pirouzi, Kaveh Dastan, residents of Marivan, and Seifollah Khan Ghafari, a resident of Saqqez, were arrested by security forces and transferred to an unknown location. According to Kolbarnews, on Saturday, March 22, 2025, these three individuals were detained without a judicial warrant. The arrests of Kaveh Dastan and Chalak […]
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On Saturday, March 22, 2025, under the pretext of a special religious occasion, a group of Shiite Turkish-speaking residents of Urmia gathered at the invitation of a Shiite cleric. What could have been a routine and natural annual religious gathering was deliberately exploited by Pan-Turkist nationalists as a tool to […]
Ravin Motaei, a high school teacher in Dehgolan, was dismissed from his position by the Appeals Board for Administrative Violations of the Ministry of Education. According to Kolbarnews, quoting the Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Associations channel, Ravin Motaei was officially expelled from the Ministry of Education.The ruling was […]
Aram Ali, Kamal Qazani, Rahim Ghaderi, Kamran Ghazali, Osman Omarnajad, Shirzad Sheikhi, Behzad Maslahat, Behrouz Hamzepour, Mohammad Hosseinpour, Rahim Ahmadzadeh, and Mohammad Ahmadpour, along with two teenagers named Shaker Omarzadeh and Briyar Mohammadiyani, were arrested by security forces in Sardasht. These individuals were released on bail after two days in […]
Saria and Ewin Ahmadi, two teenage sisters, along with Rojbin Afsoon, residents of Urmia who were arrested on Wednesday, March 19, were released on bail from the Urmia Intelligence Office. According to Kolbarnews, Saria Ahmadi, 17, Ewin Ahmadi, 16, and Rojbin Afsoon, 22, originally from Maku and residing in Urmia, […]
With the identification of four more citizens named Belal Dadras, Mohammad Nikpay, Aram Nikpay, and Mohammad Eshtak, the number of detainees on Friday, March 21, 2025, has increased to at least five. Yesterday, the arrest of Tahsin Dadras was reported. According to Kolbarnews, on Friday, March 21, 2025, at least […]
According to the recorded data by Kolbarnews, a total of 183 Kolbars in the border regions and intercity routes of West Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, and Kermanshah provinces have been killed or injured due to various factors, including direct military gunfire, avalanches and frostbite, stepping on landmines, falling from mountains and heights, […]
Soma Mohammadzadeh, a civil activist and women’s rights advocate from Sanandaj, has been temporarily released on one billion tomans bail. According to Kolbarnews, on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, she was released on bail pending the completion of judicial proceedings. Soma Mohammadzadeh was arrested on Monday, March 10, 2025, without a […]
Arezou Jalilzadeh, a schoolteacher from Sardasht, has been temporarily released from Urmia Central Prison after posting bail. According to Kolbarnews, on Thursday, March 20, 2025, Arezou Jalilzadeh was released on bail after two weeks of detention. She was arrested on Monday, March 3, 2025, by security forces in Sardasht without […]
A Kolbar from Baneh was killed due to direct gunfire from border forces in the Surkio border area of the county. According to Kolbarnews, on Thursday, March 20, 2025, border regiment forces opened fire on a group of Kolbars in the Surkio border area, resulting in the death of one […]