The director of the Tehran Municipality’s Organization for Social Services and Partnerships has reported the identification of 3,600 child workers in the city over the past year. According to Kolbarnews, Seyed Mohammad Naghib, the organization’s director, announced this figure and stated that centers called “Pouyashahr” have been established to organize […]
Child labor
The secretary of the Monitoring, Observation, and Management Center for Social Issues in Tehran has announced the identification of 3,000 child workers in the city. According to Kolbarnews, Abdolmajid Rahmani, the secretary of the center, stated that over the past nine months, this number of child workers has been identified […]
On Friday, November 8, 2024, the UN Human Rights Office released a detailed investigation on the mass killing of children in Gaza by the Israeli army. This shocking 32-page report provides specific and precise breakdowns of the casualties. The report confirms that 70% of recorded victims thus far are women […]
In late September, Arman Melli newspaper published an article titled “The Dark Shadow of Child Abuse,” prompted by the beating of a street child in a welfare center. The article highlighted the plight of children subjected to abuse in such centers. One case involved children being beaten for bed-wetting at […]
A Baloch child laborer was severely injured following a stabbing and beating by thugs in Yazd. According to Kolbarnews, on the evening of Monday, September 9, 2024, a Baloch child laborer was attacked and severely injured by violent individuals in Yazd while returning from his workplace. The identity of the […]
Five child laborers were arrested and severely beaten by the police forces of Zahedan’s 16th precinct after a chase. According to Kolbarnews, in the early hours of Tuesday, August 27, 2024, police forces from the 16th precinct of Zahedan arrested five child laborers after a pursuit. These children, all under […]
In 1997, UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, designated August 23 as the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. The UN General Assembly had previously added “International Day for the Abolition of Slavery” to the calendar in 1949, and UNESCO set […]
A 14-year-old child laborer lost his arm in an accident at the Shah Sang Arjin mine in Soltaniyeh, Zanjan. According to Kolbarnews, a young worker, identified as Kamil Bahrami, was involved in an accident on July 9, 2024, while working at the mine. The accident resulted in the complete severing […]
In a shocking incident, three child laborers in the city of Marivan were severely abused and tortured by their employer. According to Kolbarnews, three child laborers in the city of Marivan who were working in a sewing workshop, suffered severe injuries on parts of their bodies due to torture and […]