Innocent border tradesman fatally shot by Iranian security force

Committee of Human Rights Reporters
More than 900 tradesmen murdered by security forces last year

Security forces in the Hassan Salaran Base in Saqez shot and killed 20 year old Mohammad Khoda Rahmi and severely injured Anvar Khoda Rahmi after they opened fire on their automobile. Anvar Khoda Rahmi was taken to this town’s general hospital.
According to reports from the Saqez Information Center, security forces claimed that they opened fire on these two citizens because they were carrying smuggled goods in their automobile. This is while villagers from several villages have announced that they are willing to testify in court that these two men were not smugglers and were going to Saqez from their village for automobile maintenance.
Last year, more than 900 border tradesmen and carriers were shot and killed by security forces.

کشته و زخمي شدن تو شهروند سقزي توسط نيروي انتظامي

بر اثر تيراندازي نيروهاي پاسگاه «حسن سالاران» از توابع شهر سقز جواني بيست ساله بنام «محمد خدا رحمي» کشته و «انور خدا رحمي» به شدت زخمي و به بيمارستان عمومي اين شهر منتقل شده‌ است.
به گزارش رهانا به نقل از «مرکز اطلاع رساني سقز»، نيروهاي امنيتي علت تيراندازي به سوي اين دو شهروند را حمل کالاي قاچاق در اتومبيلشان عنوان کرده‌اند.
در همان حال اهالي چندين روستاي اطراف اعلام آمادگي کرده‌اند که در دادگاه شهادت بدهند که اين دو شهروند مشغول کار قاچاق نبوده و جهت تعمير اتومبيل خود از روستايشان به سوي شهر سقز حرکت کرده‌اند.
سال گذشته بيش از ٩٠۰ کاسبکار و کولبران مرزي بر اثر تيراندازي نيروهاي انتظامي کشته شدند. (رهانا -9/6/89)