Landmine explosion kills young Baloch Sukhtbar Abdolsamad Gomshadzahi in Khash

Hengaw— Monday, August 4, 2025

Abdolsamad Gomshadzahi, a 30-year-old Baloch Sukhtbar (fuel carrier) from Golshan County in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, was killed after stepping on an anti-personnel mine planted by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the border area of Khash.

According to reports received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, the incident occurred on the night of Sunday, August 3, 2025, in the Rutik border region of Khash. Gomshadzahi, a resident of Javanakan village in Golshan, died instantly as a result of the explosion.

Haalvsh news outlet, confirmed that the mine responsible for the blast was one of many scattered along the border areas by Iranian forces.