Two Kurdish citizens from Sanandaj, Khabat Dehdar, a labor activist and former political prisoner, and Afshin Hossein-Panahi, a civil activist and former political prisoner, were arrested by security forces and transferred to an unknown location. According to Kolbarnews, on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, Khabat Dehdar was arrested at his workplace […]
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The collapse of an iron ore mine about 80 kilometers from the city of Bafq in Yazd Province resulted in 24 workers being trapped under debris. According to Kolbarnews, on Wednesday morning, December 31, 2025, the collapse of an iron ore mine approximately 80 kilometers from the city of Bafq […]
On the eighth day of the strike by workers of the Middle East Sugar Company in the city of Shush, at least five protesting workers were summoned and arrested by the security police. According to Kolbarnews, on the eighth day of the strike by workers of the Middle East Sugar […]
Continuing incidents caused by the absence of safety and unsuitable working conditions, two workers lost their lives while working in the cities of Ilam and Masal. According to Kolbarnews, on Friday, December 19, 2025, in the city of Ilam, strong winds caused a guard cabin to fall from a height […]
Aboubakr Baraei, a mine worker from Mahabad, lost his life after several days of hospitalization due to the severity of injuries sustained in a workplace accident. According to Kolbarnews, Aboubakr Baraei, 52 years old, married and the father of two children, was a resident of the village of Gok-Tappeh in […]
Amid the continued occurrence of deadly workplace accidents caused by the absence of proper safety measures, at least 10 workers lost their lives in the cities of Mashhad and Borkhar due to falls from height and gas inhalation. According to Kolbarnews, a construction worker in the southern part of Mashhad […]
The Director General of the Legal Medicine Organization of Mazandaran Province announced that the deaths and injuries of 651 workers due to workplace accidents have been recorded in the province over the past eight months. According to Kolbarnews, over the past eight months, 78 people have lost their lives as […]
A worker employed at the Takht coal mine in Golestan Province lost his life following a workplace accident. According to Kolbarnews, on Saturday, December 13, 2025, a worker named Hamidreza Qezel-Soufloo, a resident of the village of Darouk in Minoodasht County, died following an accident while working at the Takht […]
Iran is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for workers. According to the latest officially released statistics, 1,900 workers lost their lives last year alone due to work-related accidents, a figure that, even by the Islamic Republic’s distorted and censored statistical standards, lays bare the scale of […]
A worker from Khargoosh village in Somay-e Bradost, Urmia, lost his life after falling from a height while working on a construction project. According to Kolbarnews, on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, a worker named Seyed Fahim Dastbardahan, from Khargoosh village in Somay-e Bradost, Urmia, fell from a height while working […]