Iranian regime forces have once again attacked the kolbars, cross-border porters working for daily wage, at the border between Rojhilat (East) and Bashûr (South) Kurdistan.

Local sources told ANF that the kolbars were targeted at the border of Berwaz village in Hawraman region. Three kolbars got wounded as result of the attack.

One of the kolbars who got shot in the stomach lost his life while his friends transported him to hospital. The other injured kolbars are reported to be from the villages of Bindol and Saral.

According to Kurdistan Human Rights Organization data, 96 kolbars lost their lives and 64 others got wounded as result of attacks by Iranian guards, avalanche, drowning and fall from cliff between April 2016 and April 2017.