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 […]
Mine workers
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 […]
Workers at the Kahnuj Titanium Mine have launched a protest against the widespread dismissal of local employees, demanding the reinstatement of the laid-off workers. According to Kolbarnews, on Saturday, April 26, 2025, dozens of local workers from the Kahnuj Titanium Mine in Kerman Province gathered to protest the firing of […]
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 […]
On Sunday, April 6, 2025, a tragic incident occurred at Barite Mine No. 4 near the village of Abdollahabad, resulting in the death of a worker and injury of another. According to Kolbarnews, Hassan Fallah, a 50-year-old worker from Abdollahabad village, lost his life after a section of the mine […]
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 […]
A 63-year-old worker at the “Tel Gah” stone mine in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province was injured after falling from a height. According to Kolbarnews, on Monday, February 17, 2025, the worker was injured while breaking a piece of stone when falling rocks from above caused him to lose balance and […]
A mine collapse in Gilan-e Gharb, located in Kermanshah Province, has injured six miners. According to Kolbarnews, on Saturday, February 15, 2025, a mine collapse in Gilan-e Gharb resulted in injuries to six workers.Further details regarding the cause of the accident and the condition of the injured workers will be […]