The bloodiest year for kolbers... More than 300 kolbers were killed and wounded in 2023

According to the statistics of human rights organizations in Kurdistan, in 2023, more than 300 Kolbers were killed and wounded in the border areas of Iranian Kurdistan. Thus, this year has been the bloodiest year for Kolbaran. Although there are no accurate statistics about the killing and wounding of Kolbers, based on the daily and monthly reports of human rights defense organizations in Kurdistan (such as the Kurdistan Human Rights Network and Kolber News), at least 30 Kolbers have been killed since the beginning of 2023. And nearly 270 kolbers were also injured. More than 80 percent of these statistics are related to the second six months of the year, when 19 people were killed and 220 people were injured. The largest number of Kolbers were targeted in the border areas of Bane and Nosud. In 2022, at least 43 kolbers were killed and 215 kolbers were injured. During the years 2013 to 2022, at least 1,795 Kolbers were killed and injured (546 killed and 1,249 injured), including the statistics of 2023, the number of killed and injured in the last 11 years reaches 2,095 people. Before, 2019 was considered the bloodiest year for Kolbers, in that year 263 cases of killed and injured Kolbers were recorded. Despite the high number of victims, none of the members of Iran's border guard forces have been tried for firing directly at Kolbers. Unemployment, poverty, high prices, inflation and the discriminatory policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran against the Kurdish areas have caused a large number of Kurdish youths to turn to the grueling work of kolbari for a living in exchange for little money.