Reports indicate that armed assailants killed dozens of Afghan citizens in a shooting at Kalagan. Kalagan is the center of Saravan in Sistan and Baluchestan.
Some eyewitnesses of the Kalagan shooting incident reported that around 50 people survived. An Iranian human rights organization confirmed this information. The group consisted of 300 Afghan migrants.
These migrants attempted to enter Iran illegally. They encountered an ambush, where attackers assaulted them with both light and heavy weapons.
Videos released from this event show the bodies of victims and the wounded lying on the ground in mountainous areas without any medical facilities.
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The Ambush at Kalagan
An eyewitness of the incident said, “Armed assailants ambushed us at the Kalagan border. Out of 300 people, assailants killed about 270 to 280. Only 50 to 60 of us survived, while assailants martyred the rest. Ten to twelve of my friends also faced martyrdom.”
The Iranian Human Rights Organization said that from the group of 300 Afghan migrants, only 50 have survived. According to this organization, Iranian border guards had set up an ambush against the Afghan migrants during the night and attacked them with light and heavy weapons, including RPG rockets.
“Iran, as a neighboring and fellow-language country, kills Afghans in this way, and it is truly unethical. All Muslims and the people of Herat condemn this incident,” Jaber, a resident of Herat, told TOLOnews.
“This is a very cruel and wrongful act against Afghans. Afghans go to Iran as laborers,” said Ramin, another resident of Herat.
Activists from civil society assert that the attack on Afghan migrants constitutes a crime against humanity, and they demand justice for the perpetrators.
“Shedding the blood of Afghan citizens, whose aim in migrating is to escape poverty and earn a piece of bread, is considered a crime against humanity and requires prosecution in international courts. A country does not have the right to treat migrants as if they are invaders and to gun them down. Certainly, this action by Iranian border guards counts as a crime against humanity,” Seyed Ashraf Sadat, a civil society activist, told TOLOnews.
This comes at a time when, in recent months, the expulsion of Afghan migrants from Iran has intensified, and there have been frequent reports of police mistreatment of migrants in that country.
This news is sourced from [Tolo News] and is for informational purposes only.
