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IRAN: Azarab Workers Continue Protest, Block National Railway Suppressive Forces Fire Teargas Published on  21 October 2019 . On Sunday, October 20, 2019, workers at  Azarab  factory in the city of Arak (central Iran) continued their demonstrations for the 12 th  day running despite repeated threats and suppressive measures by the regime. Protesting about the lack of response to their just demands, the enraged  workers blocked the Tehran-Ahvaz railway . The suppressive forces attacked the protesting workers, fired teargas to disperse them and arrested a number of the workers. Since the start of the new round of protests by  Azarab  workers, a number of them have been summoned and threatened by the intelligence and security agencies. Mrs.  Maryam Rajavi , the President-elect of  the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) , hailed the courageous and resilient workers of Azarab and urged the people of Arak, especially the ...

IRAN: Mullahs’ Anti-Labor Policies, Daily Deaths of Workers Deprived of Basic Safety Provisions Published on  21 October 2019 . 20 workers  lost their lives  in one week due to unsafe working conditions Four workers lost their lives  due to lack of the most basic safety provisions and equipment, according to the state-run media on Thursday, October 17, 2019. The incidents happened in Rasht (northern Iran), Tubas (northeast), and Chadegan (central Iran). On Friday, October 11, eight workers lost their lives in work-related accidents in Torbat Heydarieh (northeast), Bukan (northwest), Qazvin (west), Lowshan (north), and Anbar-Abad (south). The same day, the state-run news agency, IRNA, reported that two workers were electrocuted in a water well in Anbar-Abad (260 km south of Kerman in southern Iran). The day before, a Chromite mine collapsed in the village of Goji in the town of Zaveh killing a miner. And a young farmer was killed in Doukchi village in ...