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 […]
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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, […]
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), the world’s largest labor organization, representing over 200 million workers across 163 countries, has strongly condemned the Iranian Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the death sentence of imprisoned labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi. In its statement, the ITUC highlighted that:Sharifeh Mohammadi has been falsely accused […]
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, […]
Today, on Vali-Asr Street in Tehran, two Afghan migrant workers were involved in a workplace accident, resulting in the death of one and severe injury of the other. According to Kolbarnews, the incident occurred at Kian Tower, located above Zafar Street.The two workers, who were brothers identified as Ali Nazari […]
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 […]
A 24-year-old Baloch worker lost his life after falling from the seventh floor of a building in Zahedan due to unsafe working conditions. According to Kolbarnews, Yaser Gorgij, a 24-year-old Baloch laborer residing in Zahedan, tragically died on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. He was working as a facade worker on […]