The Responsibilities of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Labor in the Tabas Mine Tragedy/ Mousa Barzin

The Tabas mine disaster, which resulted in the deaths and injuries of dozens of workers, was not the first such incident and, unfortunately, is unlikely to be the last. It is clear that the safety of the country’s mines is not a priority for either employers or relevant government bodies. Determining which safety standards should […]...

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Has Society’s Response to the Tabas Mine Disaster Been Adequate?/ Ahmad Alavi

According to official reports, Iran experiences dozens of fatal mining accidents annually. The exact number of victims is unclear due to underreporting of incidents, but some estimates suggest that more than 100 serious accidents occur in Iran’s mines each year, many of which result in the death of workers (see Table 1). The International Labour […]...

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Workers Who Stayed, Worked, and Died/ Fereshteh Goli

Who could have known that day, and its sunset, would be the last for 52 workers at the Tabas coal mine? Who could have predicted that an explosion would turn the Tabas mine disaster into one of the deadliest mining accidents in Iranian history? You might say no one, but many lived in fear of […]...

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The Tabas Mine Resumes Operations Without Changes/ Morteza Hamounian

In 2010, the San Jose mine in Chile collapsed. Thirty-three miners were trapped 700 meters underground and five kilometers from the main entrance. As in most mining accidents around the world, the employer’s failure to reinforce the mine’s ceiling was the main cause. Rescue teams arrived on site from the early hours. Alongside the miners’ […]...

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“Tabas” in a Grief That Went Unseen/ Hormoz Sharifian

It seems that the painful events stemming from inefficiency, lack of modernization, negligence, and irresponsibility will not release the long-suffering people of Iran from their grip. It feels like we are condemned to witness devastating disasters every few years, events that inflict deep wounds on the soul and psyche of Iranians, leaving scars that remain […]...

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For Tabas miners/ A work by Motahareh Jafari

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