Iranian Teachers Protest in Tehran, Ahvaz, Isfahan, Kermanshah, and Tabriz
Iranian Teachers Protest in Tehran, Ahvaz, Isfahan, Kermanshah, and Tabriz Drop the warmonger, think of us now Written by Shamsi Saadati on 07 August 2019 . Contract teachers in Iran held protests on Sunday and Monday, August 4-5, in front of the Ministry of Education in Tehran in protest to the non-implementation of the law to officially employ them as full-time staff. They chanted: “I’m not leaving until I get my rights.” The anti-regime protest on Sunday was more than 1000-people strong and included contract teachers from all across Iran. On Monday, their protest spread from Tehran to other cities including Ahvaz, Isfahan, Tabriz, and Kermanshah. Employed and retired teachers took part in those rallies. In Ahvaz, the protest took place in front of the Khuzestan Education Department on Monday. The protesters held banners which read: “We Iranians have not chosen the hard life and to live under the poverty line. You [the regime] have imposed ...