According to the Department of Education, there are 12,500 students in Kurdistan Province who have dropped out of school. As reported by Kolbarnews, a total of 12,500 students in Kurdistan Province have been identified as out of school. Of these, about 2,000 students are from lower secondary school, 10,400 from […]
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Omid Abdouli, a resident of Naqadeh, lost his life due to electrocution while at work. According to Kolbarnews, on the evening of Wednesday, May 7, 2025, a worker from the city of Naqadeh died as a result of a workplace accident. The identity of the deceased has been confirmed as […]
Mahmoud Salehi, a prominent leader of the labor movement, was assaulted by plainclothes agents in Saqqez on International Workers’ Day. According to Kolbarnews, on Thursday, May 1, 2025, Mahmoud Salehi an influential activist and leader of the Kurdish and Iranian labor movement was attacked and beaten in Saqqez. The report […]
Twenty-eight thousand construction workers in West Azerbaijan province, including 10,000 in the city of Urmia, have been waiting for more than six years to receive social security insurance coverage. According to Kolbarnews, quoting ILNA, in July 2023, only 500 insurance quotas were allocated to construction workers in Urmia. Given the […]
Due to the lack of safety measures and poor working conditions, a construction worker in Kamiyaran County lost his life after falling from a height while on the job. According to Kolbarnews, on Sunday, April 27, 2025, a construction worker in Kamiyaran County died after falling from a height.The worker […]
The widespread strike of brick kiln workers in the Saruqamish area of Bukan over low wages and harsh working conditions is still ongoing. According to Kolbarnews, since April 7, 2025, workers from 90 brick kilns located 10 to 15 kilometers along the Miandoab–Bukan road have launched a full-scale strike. The […]
Hamid Hoseinnezhad Heydaranlou was secretly executed in Urmia Central Prison. According to Kolbarews and reports from human rights sources and official media of the Islamic Republic regime, the execution of Hamid Hoseinnezhad Heydaranlou, a Kurdish political prisoner, was carried out in secret on the evening of Monday, April 21, 2025 […]
A bakery worker in Sanandaj was injured due to unsafe working conditions and the lack of workplace safety. According to Kolbarnews, the incident occurred while the worker was on the job. The report states that the 47-year-old baker’s hand got caught in a dough mixer machine, causing serious injury. Emergency […]
Naseh Feizi, a mine worker in Bukan, lost his life due to inadequate safety measures and negligence toward workers’ conditions. According to Kolbarnews, Naseh Feizi, a 45-year-old worker from the village of Dashghol, Bukan, died while working in one of the region’s iron mines. Reports indicate that the primary cause […]
Students at an elementary school in the village of Karju, Sanandaj, were subjected to corporal punishment by their teacher. As a result of the incident, one student was severely injured and hospitalized. According to Kolbarnews, several students at an elementary school in Karju village were beaten by their teacher. The […]