Drowning of Afghan refugees in the Hari River

Reuters and other new agencies reported, quoting Afghan lawmakers, that Iran's border guards killed the migrants by forcing them into the river at gunpoint.

According to Abdul Ghani Nouri, the governor of Gulan in Herat Province, there are signs of torture on the bodies.

[7][8] Reuters quoted Noor Mohammad, one of the survivors of the incident, that “After being tortured, the Iranian soldiers threw all of us in the Hari River,”[9] One survivor told reporters the guards hit him with a pipe and pushed him into the river.

The forensic doctor of Herat city declared that there was no evidence of torture on the bodies.

Also, due to the muddy nature of the Helmand River, no traces of mud have been seen on the bodies.