Iran: report on continuing strikes and protests across the country

                  

Iran: communications company workers rally in Shahr-e Kord

Workers of the communications company in Chahar Mahal & Bakhtiari Province held a rally on Sunday, June 15th, outside of the company number 2office building in the city of Shahr-e Kord  near Isfahan. The protesting workers are demanding their unpaid insurance pensions for the past 3 months.

Iran: metal workers in the city of Sove hold protest rally

Workers of the Sove Metal Company first launched a strike protesting not receiving their wages for 7 months, and after not receiving any answers they marched towards the regime’s governor office.
The protesting workers were outside the regime’s governor office until 10 pm and they had ended their strike and rallies with the regime promising they would receive their salaries by the end of this month and the next.

Iran: expelled workers of Kuhrang Dairy Company hold protest rally in Shahr-e Kord

Expelled workers of the Kuhrang Dair Company in Shahr-e Kord near Isfahan held a rally on Sunday, June 15th, protesting their demands not being responded to. This rally was held outside the office of Saeed Zamanian, the Majlis (parliament) member of this city.

Iran: bazaar strike surpasses one month

Stores remain closed. From May 15th when a strike was launched in the gold bazaar of Isfahan, Urumieh and Tabriz, along with Tehran’s metal bazaar, it is now exactly one month from that day. Textile retailers, stone cutters and many other main bazaars in various cities across the country have joined this strike against the Rouhani government’s tax extortion. Some gold bazaar merchants have been on strike periodically, and some others, like in Tabriz, Urumieh and Isfahan have been on strike continuously during the past month. Time and again during the past month the bazaar merchants have been threatened by Ministry of Intelligence agents to stop their protests and strikes, such as the bazaar retailers in Isfahan. However none of these threats have been able to break the bazaar strike. In fact, during the past few days bazaar merchants in the city of Mariwan and gold workshops in Kurdistan have also joined the strike. The mullahs so desperately need tax extortions under the pretext of “taxes on added values” that it is even ridiculously collecting taxes from the deceased!