Airstrike on Payard flour factory in Naqadeh kills 11 workers

Hengaw – Sunday, March 15, 2026

An airstrike carried out by the United States and Israel on the Payard flour and starch factory in the city of Naqadeh has killed 11 workers, according to information received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights.

The factory was bombed on the evening of Saturday, March 7, 2026, killing ten workers at the scene. The victims have been identified as Aziz Abbaszadeh, Vahid Talebi, Tovhid Bayramzadeh, Amirhossein Hassanzadeh, Asghar Khodayari, Hossein Mohammadi, Ali Akbar Oroujzadeh, Mehdi Gholizadeh, Mohammad Alizadeh, and Ali Najafi.

Majid Yulchi, another worker at the factory who was injured in the same bombing, died on Friday, March 13, 2026, after spending a week hospitalized, bringing the total number of workers killed in the attack to eleven.

In addition, informed sources told Hengaw that 21 other workers were injured in the bombing of the factory.