A group of Agh-Dareh Gold mine in western Azerbaijan province, northwestern Iran protested the dismissal of 350 of their fellow workers by the management.
This gold mine is located 25 kilometers from the city of Takab and previously had 550 employees.
With start of the winter season and the cold, all miners are fearfully anticipate that their name pups up in the list of new disgorged workers, making them frustrated and always in anguish and fear of being out of work. According to labor unions, this anxiety has affected the miners’ state of mind and their productivity.