SELMAS, East of Kurdistan, – Another Kurdish Kolber was shot dead by the IRGC (Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps).
Kolbers are those workers who ferry goods on their back across the borders to make livings.
Mehdi Badoshizade was killed by the Revolutionary Guards of Iranian regime while he was carrying goods on his shoulders as a way of making money.
The 24 year old Kurdish youth was shot on an ambush that the Revolutionary Guards had already set for a group of Kolbers in Shebiran around the city of Selmas. Along with Mr Badoshizade 2 more people were injured.
Due to the economic deprivation of Kurdistan and lack of government planning, many people have to earn their livelihood from such risky ways which has cost lives of many.