حال وش سازمان حقوق بشری حال وش (سیستان و بلوچستان)
According to Haalvsh, in the past four years, at least 48 civilians — including women, children, farmers, nomads, fuel carriers, and Afghan migrants — have been killed, injured, or suffered limb amputations in Sistan and Balochistan Province, in areas bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan, and in some cases along the boundary between Balochistan and Iran’s Kerman and South Khorasan provinces. These incidents resulted from the detonation of unmarked landmines planted by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces or from unexploded military ordnance.
These casualties, recorded in 22 separate incidents documented by Haalvsh, indicate the continued and indiscriminate use of anti-personnel mines and leftover munitions from military exercises along routes traditionally used by local residents, nomads, and passersby — routes that have for generations served as living and livelihood spaces. None of the mined areas had warning signs or markers, and the victims came from diverse social and occupational backgrounds.
The list of victims and incident dates is as follows:
۱- Fahraj, Rig-e Yalan Desert, Kerman Province – One person injured (identity unknown), a civilian off-road driver; landmine explosion without warning signs in a tourist area. 2022 January 24
۲- Routak border / Routak, Mirjaveh – At least 5 Afghan nationals killed or injured (identities unknown), including at least one woman and one child; borderland mine explosion.
۲۰۲۳ September 6
۳-Kalegan border area, Saravan – ۳ killed and 2 injured (identities unknown); anti-personnel mine explosion planted by the IRGC on a route used by fuel carriers.
Taha Raeisi (Mobin), son of Akbar, grandson of Khan Mohammad, 11 years old, from Kalegan – injured (leg amputation), fuel carrier.
۲۰۲۴ January 29
۴-Kalegan, Saravan – Colonel Seyed Morteza Hosseini, member of the Javad-al-A’emmeh Brigade of North Khorasan – killed.
۳ IRGC forces injured (identities unknown) – explosion occurred during mine-laying.
۲۰۲۴ February 9
۵- Niyatak, Zabol – Aminollah Salarzehi, son of Hassan, approximately 27 years old, married with three children, from Shandal, Hirmand – killed by a landmine explosion.
۲۰۲۴ February 9
۶- Patkuki, Kalegan, Saravan – Mehrbibi Siahani, daughter of Abdollah, approximately 70 years old – killed, nomadic woman.
۲۰۲۴ June 21
۷-Mak-Sookhteh, Saravan – Eqbal Rigi, son of Nilkhan, 21 years old, from Khash – killed, fuel carrier.
۲۰۲۴ October 13
۸- Kalegan border, Saravan – Landmine explosion on a route used by Afghan migrants; an unknown number killed, injured, or missing.
۲۰۲۴ October 17
۹- Routak border, Mirjaveh –Aref Shahnavazi, son of Nour Mohammad – injured, fuel carrier. Mobin Shahnavazi, son of Ezzat – injured, fuel carrier.
۲۰۲۴ October 18
۱۰- Routak border, Mirjaveh –Shahram Shahnavazi, son of Behnam, 17 years old – injured, teenage fuel carrier.
۲۰۲۴ October 28
Ali Shahnavazi, son of Din Mohammad, 16 years old – injured, teenage fuel carrier. Mine explosion, assault, and vehicle set on fire.
۱۱- Padagi, Mirjaveh – Omid Shirouzehi, son of Abdolrahim, approximately 22 years old – killed.
Abdolaziz Shirouzehi, son of Mohammad, father of three – killed.
Ayoub Shirouzehi, son of Abdolghaffour, 16 years old – injured.
One killed and two others injured with unknown identities – mine explosion and shooting.
۲۰۲۴ December 4
۱۲- Murtan, Rask – Sohila Askani, 32 years old – killed.
Zabed Askani, approximately 29 years old – killed.
Emadoddin Askani, approximately 20 years old – killed.
Morad Mohammad Askani – injured.
Explosion of an unexploded grenade left over from a military exercise.
۲۰۲۴ December 19
۱۳-Kalegan border, Saravan –Motiaullah, son of Molavi Abdul Hakim – killed by landmine explosion, Afghan migrant.
Mohammad Akbar, from Buryabaf Qepchaq, Herat – killed by landmine explosion, Afghan migrant.
۲۰۲۴ December 20
From the perspective of international law, the use of landmines in civilian areas without marking is a serious breach of the principles of humanitarian law and the provisions of the 1997 Ottawa Convention, which prohibits the use, stockpiling, production, and transfer of anti-personnel mines, and mandates the clearance of contaminated areas. The continued presence of mines along public routes constitutes a direct threat to the life and safety of civilians, and responsibility for this lies with the relevant institutions and state bodies exercising control over these territories.
