A citizen of Urmia was killed after being directly shot by security forces.
According to Kolbarews, on Saturday, March 29, 2025, security forces in the Tarzilo neighborhood of Urmia opened fire on Mohammad Hosseinzadeh, son of Sadegh, without prior warning. Reports suggest that officers suspected him of transporting smuggled goods and shot at his vehicle.
Mohammad Hosseinzadeh was a resident of Qeshlaq Tarzilo, a village near Urmia.
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.
