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Iran: Protests to corrupt government-owned companies in Tehran Protests by customers of Azico vehicle manufacturer in Tehran Iran, September 3, 2019 Plundered creditors hold protests in Tehran On Monday, the customers of Caspian Credit Institute, a corrupt state-backed investment firm, gathered in front of the Iranian regime's judiciary and demanded the return of their plundered investments. Caspian, owned by the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), is one of several state-backed credit firms that are involved in a multi-billion-dollar government-run embezzlement case. In the past few years, these credit institutions have absorbed billions of dollars' worth of investment from ordinary Iranians with false promises of quick returns. Those promises never materialized. Several of the credit institutions went out of business and others have refused to refund their customers. This has caused among the customers of these institutions and has triggered ongoing protests in many...

Pompeo Says U.S. Will Keep Strait Of Hormuz Open U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaking at the Economic Club of Washington July 30, 2019  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has reiterated that his country will keep the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf open to maritime traffic, amid high tensions with the Islamic Republic of Iran. In a talk at the Economic Club of Washington D.C. on July 29, Pompeo responded to a question about the U.S. commitment to keep the vital waterway open at any cost militarily, saying, “We are gonna keep it open”, adding, “We are going to build up a maritime security plan. Countries from all across the world who have a vested interest in keeping those waterways open will participate”. Iran began threatening oil shipping in the Persian Gulf region after the U.S. strengthened its sanctions on Iranian oil exports in May. Multiple tankers were attacked in mysterious circumstances in May and June. The U.S. and Saudi Arabia blamed Teh...

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....

Merchants in several Iranian cities go on strike IRAN NEWS 10/8/2018 Reported by PMOI/MEK Iran, Oct. 8, 2018  - On Monday, merchants in several Iranian cities went on strike and refused to open for business in an extension of ongoing protests against the regime of Tehran. The strike, which was preplanned and widely distributed across social media channels, is in protest to increasing prices and high inflation rates. Oct 8-Tebriz, Iran-Bazaar merchants are joining the nationwide strike According to reports obtained by the PMOI/MEK network inside Iran, until noon local time, markets in at least 36 cities had joined the strike. The protest movement comprises some of Iran’s major cities including in Mashhad, Tabriz, Kermanshah, Gorgan, Zanjan, Baneh, Marivan, Tabriz, Sanandaj, Saqqez, Abadan, Urumiyeh, Zahedan, Arak, Kerman, Isfahan, and Sardasht. Oct 8-Tebriz, Iran-Street shopowners join the nationwide strike In Tehr...