Workers at the Darchashan Takht Gonbad copper mine near Sirjan have launched a strike, claiming they have not been paid for three months. The protest reflects growing labor unrest amid Iran's deepening economic crisis, according to the source covering Arab-world news.
Workers at the Darchashan Takht Gonbad copper mine near Sirjan, in Iran's Kerman province, have gone on strike over unpaid wages — reportedly three months of back pay. The strike was reported Sunday afternoon by the source covering Arab-world news, which noted that the protest reflects growing anger among Iranian workers amid the country's deepening economic crisis.
As The Zioneer previously reported, economic grievances have emerged as a recurring driver of unrest in Iran. On June 28, pensioners and workers demonstrated across multiple cities over unpaid benefits and revoked rights; textile workers in Rasht protested months of unpaid wages. The new strike at the copper mine extends this pattern of labor unrest into Iran's industrial sector, linked by local reports to the broader collapse of the rial and pressure on Iran's economy from international sanctions and military strikes.
The scope of the strike and the mine's operational status remain unclear, and no response from Iranian authorities or the mine's management has been reported.
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