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New nationwide teachers’ protest in Iran

Posted on 21/02/2022 | Leave a comment

“Raisi, Ghalibaf, this is the last message/ The teachers’ movement is ready for insurrection” (Yasuj, February 19th 2022).

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Steelworkers demand better pay and conditions in Ahvaz

Posted on 14/02/2022 | Leave a comment

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Teachers in over 100 Iranian towns and cities protest against low wages!

Posted on 24/12/2021 | Leave a comment

On Thursday, December 23rd, teachers in over 100 towns and cities protested against low wages. Despite their union activists being summoned by the Iranian regime’s security agencies and told to cancel their planned demonstrations, the nationwide strike still went ahead.

Teachers in Sanandaj, December 23rd 2021.

Teachers and educators gathered in front of education departments in various towns and cities throughout Iran to continue their recent protests against the job classification scheme approved by the regime’s so-called ‘parliament’.

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Haft Tappeh: workers’ representatives’ assembly is superior to a trade union and the Islamic Council

Posted on 22/10/2021 | Leave a comment

The following is a post published on the Haft Tappeh Sugar Cane Company workers’ independent Telegram channel.

“At Haft Tappeh we have proved that a [workers’] representatives’ assembly is superior to a trade union and the Islamic Council” – from Ebrahim Abbasi’s speech.

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Haft Tappeh: Day one of latest strike and protest

Posted on 29/09/2021 | Leave a comment

The following is a statement published on the Haft Tappeh Sugar Cane Company workers’ independent Telegram channel.

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Day 45 of oil workers’ strike in 112 facilities in 35 cities

Posted on 02/08/2021 | Leave a comment

The following is a statement published on the Voice of Iran’s Oil Workers Telegram channel.

Day 45 of oil workers’ strike in 112 facilities in 35 cities

The forty-fifth day of oil workers’ strike in 112 refineries, petrochemical centres and power plants in 35 cities

The nationwide strike of contract workers in the oil and petrochemical industries, which began on June 19th in protest against low wages and difficult working conditions, continues on Monday, August 2, for the forty-fifth consecutive day.

The strike of the contract workers has so far spread to refineries, petrochemical industries, power plants and facilities related to the oil industry in the cities of Tehran, Arak, Esfahan, Ahvaz, Abadan, Mahshahr, Jask, Asaluyeh, Gachsaran and others.

Translation: Shahrokh Zamani Action Campaign

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Haft Tappeh: Day fifteen of widespread strike and protest

Posted on 28/07/2021 | Leave a comment

The following is a statement published on the Haft Tappeh Sugar Cane Company workers’ independent Telegram channel.

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Oil and petrochemical workers’ strikes spread despite 700 dismissals

Posted on 26/06/2021 | Leave a comment

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Sham election and Haft Tappeh’s economic-political-security siege and sanctions

Posted on 25/06/2021 | Leave a comment

The following is a statement published on the Haft Tappeh Sugar Cane Company workers’ independent Telegram channel on June 18th 2021, the day of the Iranian regime’s election.