3 Iranian rangers killed by poachers in 48 hours
After three Iranian rangers were killed by poachers in 48 hours, some Iranians are asking if the law is doing enough to protect them.
The news of Iranian rangers who were reportedly killed by poachers has flooded Iranian social media pages in the last few days. In a span of 48 hours, two rangers were killed in Hormozgan province in southern Iran in the Geno Biosphere Reserve, a protected area by the Iranian Department of Environment since 1976. Another ranger was killed in Bamou National Park in Fars province.
Manouchehr Shojaei, who was killed in Bamou, was reportedly shot in the chest and thrown off a cliff on June 25, according to Arman Daily newspaper. He was transferred to a hospital in Shiraz where he died. The bloodied picture of Shojaei circulated widely on Iranian websites and social media. The environmental director for Fars province said that Shojaei was not armed during the confrontation and that his killing was “nothing but wickedness.”
