SELMAS, East Kurdistan, — The Iranian soldiers opened fires on a group of Kurdish workers and killed one and injured another, report said today.
The New Year began with the killing of a Kurdish worker at the hand of Iranian soldiers.
According to the latest news, the Iranian soldiers opened fires on the group of Kurdish workers crossing the region of Shpirani in the district of Selmas.
A worker known as Irec Mohammadi died on the spot, and another one known as Sami Mahmoudzade was seriously wounded as a result of the shooting.
According to Firat News Agency over 52 Kurdish workers were killed by the Iranian soldiers in 2010.
On the one hand the Iranian Regime forces Kurdish people into unemployment and the consequent poverty, on the other hand it will offer them jobs as collaborates and in mercenary positions. Those who refuse to undertake these jobs are deemed to suffer poverty or forced to work as what the Iranian Regime calls smugglers on the border.
“I refused to work in Military Corps, I refused to work as a collaborator or in mercenary positions, I could not stand up taking up arms against my people, I could not stand up committing treason against my people, and thus I forcefully decided working on the borders to make the livings since I have 4 children. But the Iranian Military Forces label us as smugglers and they shoot us as soon as they spot us on the borders. I’d rather to be killed than to commit treason and take up arms against my people,” Ako a Kurdish worker said.