Forest fires caused by the bombing of the Revolutionary Guard and the killing of four environmental activists

Hengaw : During the fire extinguishing of the forest in the Marivan borderlands, four of the environmental activists living in Marivan have lost their lives.

25 August 2018 22:31


Hengaw : During the fire extinguishing of the forest in the Marivan borderlands, four of the environmental activists living in Marivan have lost their lives.

According to report of Hengaw Organisation for Human Rights , On Saturday ,25 August , a forest area in the border Slesi and Pileh of Marivan was bombed by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC).

As a result, a large forest fire was kindled. In an attempt to extinguish the fire, four environmental activists lost their lives during the fire and mine explosion on the names of Sharif Bajaur, Omid Hosseinzadeh, Rahmat Hakimi Nia and Mohammad Pazhoohi.

The forces of the Iranian Revolutionary
Guards, in particular, have set fire to a number of wooded areas near Marivan in the past month in order to drive out the Peshmerga and made no attempt to extinguish the fire. Above all, the animals have hit hard.
 


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