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Iran: Railway Workers’ Strikes Continued On the Third Day Iran’s society is now witnessing yet another group of workers launching a strike. On Saturday, a number of official outlets and social media networks indicated several groups of railways workers going on strike that has continued to this day. The state-run ILNA news agency, along with other outlets, were also posting reports in this regard. These rail workers are responsible for keeping the country’s rail network up and running 24 hours a day, seven days a week. As this strike successfully began, it is the latest series of strikes in the third round of protests launched by Iran’s rail workers in the past six months. It is worth noting that the rail workers also launched a number of local strikes in between the periods when the entire country was experiencing strikes. The  protesting rail workers  are demanding payment of wage arrears and delayed paychecks, in some cases postponed for three to four months....

Iran: Flogging & Prison Sentence For 15 Workers For Taking Part In Peaceful Protests Iran: 15 Protesters Sentenced to Flogging and Prison By  Mohammad Sadat Khansari The Iranian Regime has sentenced  15 workers  at the Heavy Equipment Production Company (HEPCO) to prison and flogging for taking part in peaceful protests to demand their unpaid wages and learn the fate of the company in May. Each HEPCO worker was sentenced to one to two years in prison and 74 lashes by the 106th Branch of the Arak Penal Court for “disrupting public order” and “instigating workers via the internet to demonstrate and riot”, according to the state-run ILNA News Agency. The 15 workers have been identified by human rights groups as Majid Latifi, Behrouz Hasanvand, Hamidreza Ahmadi, Amir Houshang Pour Farzanegan, Morteza Azizi, Hadi Fazeli, Abolfazl Karimi, Farid Kodani, Majid Yahyaie, Amir Fatahpour, Yaser Gholi, Amir Farid Afshar, Mehdi Abedi, Ali Maleki, and Behrouz Vala...

Iran: Resistance Leader Salutes Striking Teachers Across the Country In a message on Sunday, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, saluted the noble teachers who have staged strike and sit-ins against the clerical regime’s tyranny and  said : “The catastrophic situation of the employed and retired teachers is the product of the repressive policies of the anti-cultural regime of the mullahs, and as long as this regime is in power, it will even get worse.” The teachers' strike, following truck drivers and merchants’ strike, points out a flare of the public anger and hatred toward the religious dictatorship in Iran, said Mrs. Rajavi.  On Sunday, October 14, noble teachers across the country staged an indefinite  strike  and refused to go to classrooms throughout the country to protest their dire livelihood conditions and repression and security atmosphere in schools, and to achieve their trampled rights. In addition to Tehran, teac...

Nationwide strike My Article first published in The Herald Report with this title:"The 17th day of a Truck Strike Continues in spite of Threats, Intimidation, Revenge by the Government" The seventeenth day of a truck strike in spite of threats, intimidation, revenge by the government Today, on Tuesday, October 9th, the truck strike entered the seventeenth day despite the pressure and tricks of the Velayat-e faqih government. Hail to the brave Bazaar merchants and businessmen staging strikes in #Tehran and dozens of other cities in #Iran protest the clerical regime’s fraud. #IranProtests #IranRegimeChange #IranianTruckersOnStrike — Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) October 8, 2018 The news is that the strike continues in most cities, including Isfahan, Zarrinshahr, Shahreza, Mobarakeh, Miandoab, Sanandaj, Kermanshah, Mahallat, Natanz, Bandar Abbas, Bushehr, Konarak, Gonbad-Kavoos, and Arak. Trucks strike has expanded to 320 cities in 31 provinces. ...