The Iranian military forces shot at Kurdish Kolbars in Piranshar

22:54 - 2 September 2018
Kurdistan Press Agency: A Kurdish Kolbar (porter) was shot wound by direct shoots of the Iranian military forces in Piranshar (Piranshahr).

According to our reporters, today, Sunday, the 2nd of September, the Iranian military forces shot at a group of Kurdish Kolbars in Mashkan village in the city of Piranshar. Consequently, A Kurdish Kolbar, Ali Arab was severely injured and two others have been disappeared.

Kolbari (carrying goods on their backs from the Iraqi Kurdistan to the Iranian Kurdistan) in order to make a living is a dangerous job. Economic crisis in the Kurdish provinces of Iran especially in the border regions is one of the main causes of taking up the dangerous job by the people.

Kurdish Kolbars who have to take up this job to earn a living more often lose their lives due to different reasons such as being shot dead by the Iranian military forces, frostbite or landmine explosion.