Last week, ILNA, the labor news agency of the Islamic Republic, published a report on workplace accidents in 2024. Even with the usual cover-ups by state media, the report contained shocking figures. Every number in these statistics reflects a lost life and a shattered family deprived of its breadwinner. According […]
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Nasrin Javadi (Azam Khezri Javadi), a labor activist and member of the Free Union of Iranian Workers, has been released from Qarchak Prison in Varamin. According to Kolbarnews, quoting the Free Union of Iranian Workers, on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, Nasrin Javadi (Azam Khezri Javadi) was released from Qarchak Prison. […]
Local sources in Damavand County have reported ongoing security pressures and an increasing trend of dismissals of seasonal workers in the region. According to Kolbarnews, about a month ago, security forces launched a coordinated raid on the homes of several seasonal workers. According to relatives of these workers, the operation […]
A series of workplace accidents caused by unsafe working conditions in the cities of Mashhad, Shush, Fariman, and Tehran resulted in the deaths of three workers, including a firefighter, and injuries to ten others. According to Kolbarnews, in Mashhad, a fire at an auto body shop on Mofatteh Sharqi Street […]
Taleb Boromandi, a construction worker from Nowsud, Kermanshah Province, lost his life after falling from a building in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region. According to Kolbarnews, on Friday, August 29, 2025, a worker lost his life after falling from a building while carrying out construction work in Erbil, […]
According to official statistics from the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization, in the year 1403 (March 2024 – March 2025), 1,986 people lost their lives due to workplace accidents across Iran. Additionally, 26,548 workers were injured in work-related incidents during the same period. Among the fatalities, 957 deaths (42%) were caused […]
Branch 39 of the Supreme Court has once again upheld the death sentence of labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi, despite the fact that the ruling had previously been overturned due to multiple legal flaws. According to Kolbarnews, her defense lawyer, Amir Raeesian, stated: “None of the previous deficiencies have been addressed, […]
A 25-year-old Baloch worker at Makran Steel lost his life in Chabahar due to electrocution and a subsequent fall caused by the lack of workplace safety measures. According to Kolbarnews, on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, Parviz Raeisi, 25, from the village of Shagim Bala in Nikshahr County, died while working […]
Shafigh Alizadeh, a 45-year-old worker from Urmia, lost his life after falling from a height at a construction site due to inadequate safety measures. According to Kolbarnews, on Friday, August 1, 2025, a construction worker died while working on a building project on 8 Shahrivar Street in Urmia, following a […]
A 68-year-old security guard in Kermanshah lost his life after being struck by objects thrown by municipal enforcement officers. According to Kolbarnews, on the morning of Friday, July 20, 2025, during the presence of municipal enforcement (Building Police) officers from District 5 of Kermanshah municipality at a local building, a […]