A number of female labor activists gathered in Sanandaj on May 10, 2017, to commemorate victims of the explosion in the Yort mine of Azadshar. Their gathering began with a minute of silence. They also read out a statement in support of workers’ right.
A major explosion struck a coal mine in Golestan Province, northern Iran, on May 3, 2017, killing at least 40 miners. The blast occurred in the Zemestan Yort mine, some 14 kilometers from the town of Azadshahr, in the northern province of Golestan.
