Haft Tappeh’s 150 pensioners ended their protests after a qualified agreement with the sugar cane industrial complex’s general manager on December 31st. Continue reading
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On November 28th retired workers of the Haft Tappeh Sugar Cane complex protested outside the company’s entrance, demanding payment of their end of service compensation. Continue reading
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On the morning of November 15th workers protested outside the Iranian regime’s phoney ‘parliament’ against Labour Law ‘reforms’, the expansion of Free and Special Economic Zones and changes in the Social Security Organisation’s health care fund.
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Branch 36 of the Tehran Appeals Court has approved the six-year sentence of Esmail Abdi, General Secretary of the Teachers’ Trade Association (TTA).
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For many decades the Iranian regime has justified its repression of workers’ rights (as well as women, national and religious minorities, the youth, the disabled, LGBTQ people, writers, artists and the vast majority of the population) because of war, military skirmishes, diplomatic disputes and so on. Continue reading
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The Ahvaz Sugar factory workers suspended their one-day-old protest until next week after Khuzestan province officials promise to follow-up their demands.
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Siebzehn Goldgräber wurden im nordwestlichen Iran nach Protesten gegen Massenentlassung ausgepeitscht.
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Seventeen gold miners were flogged in north-western Iran after protesting against mass sackings.
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Since the nuclear deal between the Iranian regime and the imperialist powers was signed in July 2015 trade and diplomatic relations with the European powers have taken off. Deals signed so far are already worth billions of euros, including one for 118 Airbuses (€25bn). Now even the Americans are keen to trade with Iran’s dictatorship. Oil and gas, automotive, aerospace and companies from many other industries are planning to export and even start production in Iran. For example, Chevrolets are already being exported to Iran and General Motors is also planning to re-start the Chevrolet joint venture in Iran.
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Around 800 workers of the Almahdi Aluminium Complex in Bandar Abbas, a port on the Gulf coast, continued into its third day. Continue reading
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Khuzestan Vanguard Socialist Workers’ Cell. Organiser: Comrade Martin.
Shahrokh Zamani Action Campaign 