Kurdish tradesman from Baneh shot dead by Iranian security forces

Hengaw: The security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran stormed the car of a local Kurdish tradesman known as “ Kasibkar” from Baneh and killed the driver.

According to a report received by Hengaw Human Rights Organization, on Wednesday,June 2, 2021, the Iranian Armed Forces shot at a tradesman near the village of "Bale" in Baneh district of Kurdistan Province and as the result the driver, identified as "Hossein Faraji" 63-year-old  lost his life.

According to an informed source, the armed forces fired on Hossein Faraji's car on suspicion of transporting smuggled goods.

The body of Hossein Faraji was buried today in the cemetery of Armardeh city of Baneh  amid strict security measures.

According to the statistics recorded in the Statistics and Data Documentation Center of Hwngaw Human Rights Organization, during May 2021, at least 17 Kolbars and Tradesmen were killed and wounded on the borders of Iranin Kurdistan, of which 82.5% were killed by direct fire from the Iranian armed forces.