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In a string of devastating incidents, eight hardworking laborers lost their lives within a single week, highlighting the silent deaths of workers in Iran. On the morning of Friday, April 19, a crane collapsed at Dock<\/a> No. 6 of Razi Petrochemicals, which was under maintenance, claiming the lives of two workers and injuring four others.<\/p>\n Just a day earlier, on Thursday, April 18, six Afghan workers were killed<\/a> in a gas cylinder explosion in a rest area at the East Terminal in Tehran. Another worker suffered severe burns in the incident. According to Tehran Fire Department reports, the rest area, intended for worker breaks, was only 10 to 12 meters in size, yet seven workers were present or likely residing there at the time of the explosion.<\/p>\n The way these two incidents are depicted in state-controlled media vividly illustrates the systemic and discriminatory tendencies within Iran’s regime. In the first incident, the Public Relations of the Special Economic Zone of Petrochemicals minimized the impact<\/a>, attributing it to a mere crane malfunction highlighting that \u201cthere was no disruption to Razi Petrochemicals’ operations.\u201d Conversely, in the second incident, emphasis was placed on the nationality of the victims<\/a> by firefighting officials, seemingly to highlight that they were not Iranian.<\/p>\n According to the Forensic Medicine Organization’s report, during the first half of the year 1402 on the Iranian calendar (March 2023-September 2023), over 1,070 workers lost their lives while on duty. This tragic toll is attributed to systemic negligence, exacerbated by corruption within the Ministry of Labor and the involvement of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in privatization projects.<\/p>\n Did you know that in 2022 alone, 1900 workers lost their lives in work accidents in Iran?#WorkerSafety<\/a> #IranLaborRights<\/a>https:\/\/t.co\/Vm0HTrvZEl<\/a><\/p>\n — NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) May 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n