Seven Kurdish porters were killed and injured by direct shooting by border forces.
Border forces opened fire on 222 porters by the end of the sixth month to the tenth of Tir month.
Human rights sources reported the killing and injuring of seven porters due to shooting by military forces.
Based on the report of Harana News Agency, the news organization of the Human Rights Activists group stated that on Tuesday, the eighteenth of Tir month, border forces shot at a group of porters in the border area of Nousud, resulting in the death of one porter and injury of six others.
Human Rights Watch said in an investigative report that Iranian authorities and military forces use excessive and deadly force against porters in border areas.
The international organization announced in a report on Tuesday, the nineteenth of Tir month, that based on interviews with porters, it concluded that these individuals have limited access to justice and Iranian authorities mistreat detained porters.
This report points out that the Iranian government’s suppression and marginalization of Iranian Kurdish communities, along with high rates of poverty and unemployment, are cited as major drivers for portering in Kurdistan.
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