{"id":230747,"date":"2020-12-08T15:43:06","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T15:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=230747"},"modified":"2023-02-01T05:31:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:31:09","slug":"irgc-forces-kill-kolbars-another-sign-of-iran-regimes-systematic-oppression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/irgc-forces-kill-kolbars-another-sign-of-iran-regimes-systematic-oppression\/","title":{"rendered":"IRGC Forces Kill Kolbars: Another Sign of Iran Regime\u2019s Systematic Oppression"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"kolbar\"<\/a>Reports from Iran indicate the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) forces have shot and killed two border porters, or kolbars, in the northwest and southeast Iran. The regime targets these poor porters, while the IRGC dominates Iran\u2019s smuggling network.<\/p>\n

The IRGC<\/a> forces shot and killed Farzad Saaduzadeh, 41, in Salmas, northwest Iran, on December 6. On December 3, the IRGC forces killed an Iranian Kurdish man transferring fuel in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, southeastern Iran. He was identified as Behzad Mohammadi.<\/p>\n

Since border provinces in Iran have the highest rate of unemployment, many locals turn to port goods or becoming kolbars. The regime\u2019s inappropriate division of wealth in these provinces, its lack of attention to the provinces\u2019 economic potential, and the mullahs\u2019 ineffective management are among factor which prompt deprived locals to become porters.<\/p>\n

These kolbars have to carry heavy loads, many times on their shoulders, for hundreds of kilometers. Besides the dangers, they endure during their journey in mountains in the northwest, or hot deserts in the southeast, IRGC forces target them regularly without any warning. In other words, IRGC forces hunt these poor porters.<\/p>\n

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