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Monday, February 5, 2018

Iran: Workers and Other Deprived Groups Continue to Protest and Strike

In Abadan, the workers of the municipality gathered for the second day in a row against the non-payment of their salaries of previous months
Iran Uprising - No. 70
On Friday and Saturday, February 2 and 3, 2018, protest movements of youths, workers and other deprived classes continued.
On Saturday, February 3:
1. The Qazvin bazaar businessmen went on strike in protest of tax extortion and pressure from the regime.
2. A group of Tondgouyan petrochemical workers in Bandar Mahshahr gathered in front of the governorate in protest to non-payment of part of their claims. In the days before, the workers had been on strike at their workplaces.
3. The contract staff of the National Iranian Drilling Company gathered again. They object to the status of salaries and wage discrimination between them and the permanent staff.
4. A group of Moghan sugar beet growers gathered in Moghan Agro-Industrial Company's Office of Management and Finance to protest non-payment of their claims.
5. In Abadan, the workers of the municipality gathered for the second day in a row against the non-payment of their salaries of previous months.
6. The families of MPS patients gathered in front of the Ministry of Health in Tehran to protest the scarcity and cost of the drugs for the disease.
7. The unemployed youth of Agda in Ardakan (Yazd province) gathered in front of the pelletizing complex.
8. A number of graduate engineers gathered in front of the Ministry of Science in Tehran to protest the devaluation of their degrees. They have come to Tehran from different provinces such as Ilam, Ardabil, Hamedan, Alborz, Mazandaran and Markazi.
9. Workers of the coop housing company of the Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company protested against five-year delay in delivering their homes.