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 […]
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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 […]
May 1st, International Workers’ Day, is not merely a symbolic date, it is a moment to echo the accumulated rage and silenced struggles of the oppressed, whose voices are heard not through official media, but in the reverberation of bullets and the wreckage left by bourgeois civilization. Under the rule […]
On the verge of International Workers’ Day, pressure on labor activists in Iran has intensified. According to Kolbarnews, on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, Zanyar Dabbaghian, a labor activist and former political prisoner, was summoned to the Intelligence Office in Sanandaj.Reports indicate that the summons came through a phone call from […]
Two young kolbars, were severely injured by border guard gunfire at the HangeJal border area of Baneh. According to Kolbarnews, on the evening of Sunday, April 27, 2025, in the HangeJal border region of Baneh, two kolbars were seriously wounded after direct fire by border forces. The incident occurred when […]
Ako Lotfi, a tradesman (“Shouti”) from the city of Divandarreh, was severely injured by direct gunfire from military forces on the Saveh-Tehran highway. According to Kolbarnews, on the evening of Saturday, April 26, 2025, a tradesman (“Shouti”) from Divandarreh County was seriously wounded by direct shooting from military forces on […]
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 […]
A citizen from Maku County, was arrested by security forces and transferred to an unknown location. According to Kolbarnews, on Sunday, April 27, 2025, a citizen was arrested in Maku County.His identity has been confirmed as Hassan Ahmadi, a resident of Maku. According to the report, Mr. Ahmadi was arrested […]
The conviction of Bayan Salehian, an internal medicine specialist from Saqqez and resident of Urmia, was fully upheld by Branch 9 of the West Azerbaijan Court of Appeals. Previously, she had been sentenced by Branch 111 of the Urmia Criminal Court to five months in prison and a fine of […]
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 […]