Three Kolbars including a teenager directly shot and wounded by the Iranian armed forces in Baneh

Hengaw; Sunday, November 19, 2023

Mahan (last name unknown), aged 16, and another kolbar named Shahram Moradwaisi, both residents of Saqqez and Kamal Khezri, a kolbar from Bukan at the border of Baneh, sustained severe injuries due to direct gunfire from the armed forces of the Iranian government.

According to reports obtain by the Hengaw organization for Human Rights, on the evening Saturday, November 18th, 2023, Shahram Moradwaisi, a 22-year-old kolbar from Saqqez, was shot and critically wounded in the limbs by the border patrol at the Baneh border.

On Friday, November 17th, another kolbar named Mahan, aged 16, and a resident of Saqqez, was injured by direct shooting from the border guards at the "Hangazhal" border.

Previously, on the evening of Thursday the 16th of November another kolbar named Kamal Khezri, from Bukan, at the "Hangazhal" border in Baneh, was shot and wounded by the border guards forces.

Following their injuries by the Iranian Islamic Republic border guards, these three kolbars were transferred to medical centers for treatment and medical attention due to the severity of their injuries.

According to statistics recorded by the Hengaw organization for Human Rights, in the past 16 days (following Ebrahim Raisi's visit to Baneh), at least three kolbars have deliberately been shot and killed directly by the border guards at the Baneh borders, and considering recent cases, at least 43 kolbars have been wounded.