Due to unsafe working conditions and lack of proper safety measures, two workers lost their lives in separate workplace accidents in Saqqez. According to Kolbarnews, on Monday, October 6, 2025, a welder in Saqqez died in a workplace accident.Reports indicate that the worker, identified as Rasoul Darabpour, 40 years old, […]
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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 […]
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, […]
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 […]