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 […]
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An explosion at the “Avanar Parsian Meymeh” fireworks manufacturing factory in Shahin Shahr County resulted in the deaths of two workers and serious injury to a third. According to Kolbarnews, the incident occurred on the morning of Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at around 10:30 AM. One worker died at the […]
Eight Afghan migrant workers lost their lives and four others were injured following the overturning of a passenger vehicle transporting them on the Baghin to Bardsir route. According to Kolbarnews, the incident occurred in recent days, involving a vehicle carrying 12 migrant workers aged between 30 and 35, entering Iran. […]
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 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 […]
Protest gatherings, strikes, and demonstrations by workers, farmers, unveiled women, justice-seeking mothers, and other justice-seeking and resistant social groups continued in April as part of a growing and more forceful power dynamic against the regime. The grand Nowruz celebrations had already vividly illustrated a shift in conditions in favor of […]
A Baloch worker lost his life after falling from a 9-story building in Bandar Abbas due to unsafe working conditions. According to Kolbarews, on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, a Baloch construction worker named Abdolghafour Deliri fell from the ninth floor of an unfinished building in Bandar Abbas and died instantly. […]
Promises made by officials to improve wages and working conditions for mine workers following the Tabas mining disaster have yet to be fulfilled, leaving the workers’ livelihoods unchanged. According to Kolbarews, after the deadly Tabas coal mine incident in September 2024, which claimed the lives of 53 miners, media attention […]
Employers at the Kahnooj Titanium Mine have fired 29 workers, prompting other employees to go on strike in protest. According to Kolbarews, on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, 29 workers were dismissed from the Kahnooj Titanium Mine. The layoffs followed the end of the contracting company’s agreement with Yazdan Soren and […]