Kurdish porter died in hospital after two months of treatment

14 November 2017 13:39
Hengaw – A Kurdish Kolbar (porter) who has been shot by Iranian security forces about two months ago and was receiving treatment in Sanandaj hospital since then, died on Monday November 13th, said Hengaw reporter.   Nezhad Mohamadi was from the Kurdish city of Baneh and has been shot by Iranian security forces two months ago while crossing the Iraq-Iran border.   Iranian Kurdish porters, known as Kolbars, are semi-legal porters who carry heavy boxes of goods on their back, most of the time traveling in-between Kurdistan region of Iraq and the Kurdish provinces of Iran.   Mohamadi was shot from four areas including his head and chest and his injuries were serious, a source inside the hospital told Hengaw reporter.  

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