Iran: Strike & protest

Andimeshk:Strike of Railway Workers in Andimeshk and Doroud Cities

A number of workers and administrative personnel of the technical line of Traverse Co. (related to Railway Company) protested by walking out of their jobs and calling a strike at the start of the shifts. This happened on Thursday Feb. 26 in Andimeshk and Doroud cities in Lorestan province. 
The protesters converged in front of the Railroad company office saying the protest and strike is to demand two months of unpaid salaries especially on the eve of theIranian New Year which the money earned would mean a lot to the public. 
The workers have announced that they will continue their strike until they are paid.

Plain cloth Basij agent chastised by passersby in Jamshidiyeh Garden

On Friday, Feb. 27th, a group of people, young and old, male and female were exercising and jogging in Tehran’s Jamshidia Park when they were stopped by a number of Basij militants ordering the men to exercise separately with the women. When the Basijis start to harass and intimidate the group, especially the women, a couple of young girls resisted the harassment and attacked the annoying Basijis pushing them back. Their brave action prompted other people in the group to get bolden and rush to the aid of the courageous young women giving the Basijis a lesson not to forget.
Following the ratification of a bill in the parliament to give the Basij militants legal authority to intimidate and harass women under the guise of 'enjoining of virtue and prohibiting vice' the Basij agents have become bolder in bullying young men and women for the implementation of the strict Islamic dress code and male and female social mixing in the society. This has also provoked a backlash in the country emboldening youth especially women to react and resist the mullahs’ repressive rule in Iran.

JUST IN: brave Iranian teachers chanted "Let go the nuclear issue and think about the society"

Reports of the Sunday March 1st nationwide demonstration by teachers throughout the country still keeps coming. According to a new report just in, more than 2,000 teachers in Isfahan rallied on Sunday in front of the City’s branch of the ministry of education. They were chanting a new slogan calling on the regime to stop playing with the card of nuclear dossier and instead concentrate on the catastrophic situation of people and the entire society. The brave teachers chanted 'Teachers are ready to die but not be bullied by the government', and 'Let go of the nuclear issue, instead think about the people.'
The angry protesting teachers also demanded an end to the government discriminatory policies and their unpaid salaries. 
Sunday’s nationwide teachers’ demonstrations took part in more than 20 cities in Iran where thousands of teachers had participated.

Tehran: Construction workers’ protest

A number of construction workers of a residential complex in Daghayeghi Shiyan Town protested on Saturday Feb. 28th at unpaid salaries and demands and poor living condition. They said that they lack proper working standards which could endanger their life. The contractor who hires these workers is Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). The IRGC is known for using heavy hands and military influence to advance its plans. Recently the IRGC became a news maker when they issued illegal documents to allow construction work to begin at its real state. Complains and protest regarding this unlawful misuse of influence reached nowhere and the city hall did not take any action against it.