Iran: Protest & Clash

Iran, Asalouyah: Hundreds of workers of "Azmoon Metal" Company protest

Hundreds of workers of 'Azmoon Metal' Company in Asalouyah, Southern Iran, protested agaisnt unpaid salaries for 4 months, after closing the entrance gates to the personnel lounge. One of the employees said the workers do not allow personnel-minibuses to enter the company and the gathering would continue.

Iran, Tafresh University: classrooms closed in protest to forced signing a petition

Dozens of Tafresh University students protested against forced signing of a petition condemning the killing of 2 American Moslems in the United States. They refrained from signing that petition and left the classrooms. The protest started when the Basij militia commander with two of his deputies and a couple of basij cameramen suddenly entered the classrooms asking the students to fill the petition given to them which meant to condemn the American police shooting and killing two Moslem youth in recent months. But the students refrained from signing the petition and left their classes in protest to the Basij interfering with their daily lives saying they wouldn’t be bullied in to what the Basij is dictating to them.

Ardebil: protest and strike of the workers of the twin towers

Workers at the twin towers project in Koasar town, Ardebil, western Iran, stopped working in protest to their unpaid and delayed salaries. The project manager has told the workers that they do not have enough money to pay their salaries. The twin towers project has been left half-finished for more than a year now, because of poor management and extortions by the regime’s authorities. 

Isfahan: A gathering of dozens of school Teachers, Masters

A large number of school masters and teachers gathered on Monday Feb. 23rd in front of the Education and Culture ministry office, located in Hasht Behesht Street, Isfahan, central Iran, to protest their unpaid salaries and delayed bonuses.  It is notable that those who have participated in this gathering, were the representatives of their coworkers and were pursuing their problems. 

Bushehr: Protest gathering of teachers against the dismissal of the province director general

Dozens of Bushehr teachers gathered on Tuesday to protest the dismissal of the province’s director general of the education department. 
Local dailies report that the gathering took place in front of the local Education Ministry building in Bushehr. The protesters also rallied towards the governor’s office after a large number of them converged in front of the ministry. 
It appeared that the governor had accepted the draft proposal from two MPs to dismiss the director general of Bushehr which prompted teachers to protest to this decision. The two MP also asked for the impeachment of the minister of education himself following the dismissal of his deputy in the city o Bushehr.

Tehran: City Workers demonstrate in front of the Parliament

number of activists from Iran’s Free Labor Union took part in a protest gathering in front of the Parliament on Tuesday to protest their poor living condition and government inaction in solving their problems. They say the minimum cost of living in Iran is more than 3million tomans, but their wages are only 608 million tomans, almost one fifth of the minimum cost of living. They demanded that their salaries would be increase proportional to increase in cost of living.