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According to the Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch and local sources in Paveh, Hawraman, a 15-year-old teenager named Soroush Rahmani committed suicide due to poverty and a few days after several of his mules were killed. Soroush engaged in Kolberi, a form of semi-legal cross-border smuggling that takes places on the Iraqi-Iranian border.<\/p>\n

Kolberi is known for the great dangers involved in carrying heavy loads through difficult territory, risking fall from height, freezing and skirmishes with border guards.<\/p>\n

On the evening of Wednesday, November 17, Soroush Rahmani, a 15-year-old teenager from the village of Hani Garmleh in the Paveh area, committed suicide.<\/p>\n

Local sources reported that Rahmani’s family was very poor and that Soroush’s father suffers from cancer. Soroush Rahmani had seen kolberi as the only way to provide for his family.<\/p>\n

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To solve this problem and help his family, Soroush borrowed a few mules and engaged in kolberi. Earlier in the week, Iranian border guards opened fire on his mules, killing them all.<\/p>\n

Soroush, who was unable to repay his loan – as stated the mules were borrowd –\u00a0 suffered from severe mental problems, and eventually committed suicide at home.<\/p>\n

It seems that the Iranian government and its military forces are now not only firing at kolbers, but also at their animals.<\/p>\n

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