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Kurdish porters  ( kulbars ) continue to be killed and injured by regime agents  Aug 14, 2019  The Iranian regime has been targeting religious and ethnic minorities for many years. It has been reported that in the past few weeks, a number of Kurdish porters have been killed or injured by regime agents. Sources concerned with human rights have said that porters have been fired at by agents of the notorious Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). A number of porters have been killed and dozens have been injured. Reports say that state security forces killed a young man identified as Reza Ebrahimi. Another porter was injured in the same incident. On another occasion, border patrol agents in the city of Sardasht in the western part of the country shot and injured a young porter. The relatives and friends of this victim identified as Younes Pirooti took him to the hospital for medical attention. He lives in a village close to the city of Sardasht. In a near...

IRAN: FURTHER INFORMATION: JAILED CANCER PATIENT TORTURED IN PRISON: ARASH SADEGHI 13 August 2019 , Index number: MDE 13/0876/2019 Critically ill prisoner of conscience and human right defender Arash Sadeghi is being tortured through the intentional and purposeful denial of his access to cancer treatment, causing him severe pain and suffering. Serious post-operation infection has developed in his right arm due to lack of care in prison, leaving it swollen, paralyzed and without sensation. He has also been denied critical bone marrow tests to monitor if his cancer has spread. His life is being put at risk. Ninth UA: 174/13 Index: MDE 13/0876/2019 Iran Date: 13 August 2019 URGENT ACTION JAILED CA NCER P A TIENT TORTURED IN PRISON Critically ill prisoner of conscience and human right defender Arash Sadeghi is being tortured through the intentional and purposeful denial of his acce ss to cancer treatment, causing him severe pain and su...