Iran: steel workers protest in oil-rich Ahvaz

Iran news wire ^ | Dec 11,2018 | hassan mahmoudi

[hassan.mahmoud]

By: Hassan.Mahmoudi Iran has the ability to build ballistic missiles with a broader range, a senior commander of the elite Revolutionary Guards said on Monday, according to the semi-official Fars News agency. (Reuters) “We have the ability to build missiles with a broader range,” Hajizadeh said, according to Fars News. He added, “We don’t have limitations from a technical perspective or by conventions with regard to missile range.” The Iranian government has ruled out negotiations with Washington over its military capabilities, particularly its missile program to run by the Iranian revolutionary guard's corps (IRGC). Iran is spending billions of dollars on its ballistic missile programs and supporting terrorism around the globe while it ignores the basic needs of its people, the regime putting its resources, toward domestic suppression, warmongering, and expansion of terrorism abroad, which has led to poverty and deprivation among Iranians and Popular Uprisings in Iran. Ahvaz steel workers protest worn the white shirt as a symbol of sacrificing their life Meanwhile, workers from the Ahvaz National Steel Industrial Group continued their strike and demonstrations for the 31st day On Monday, December 10th. While marching on the streets of the city and passing by state institutions, the workers, being supported by other people, chanted: “Get out of Syria! Think about our plight!” "Imprisoned work must be released"; "Neither threats, nor prison is useful anymore"; "Call of every worker: Death to The tyrant "; "Workers would rather die than accept humiliation"; "We stand; we die until we get our rights "; "Our country is place of thieves, it is unique in the world”; “Rouhani, the liar; where is your key to the problems?” Workers carried banners which read: “Do not sacrifice workers to the brokerage mafia”; “Isn’t authorities’ silence against the Mafia the reason for their complicity? This brave strike and demonstration take place while the regime's leaders, by threats and incentives and giving deceptive promises, seek to push the workers to break their strike. However, the workers stressed that they would continue their protests until they achieve all their goals, including returning the company to the main body of the government, establishing all production lines, supplying the necessary equipment and parts, solving the workers' insurance problem, and paying regular and timely salaries of the workers. The Haft Tapeh Sugarcane workers also resumed their protest on Sunday morning.

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They protest the regime's hollow promise to release detained representatives of the workers and said they would not tolerate so many false promises.

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At the same time, angry drivers of the South Drilling Company on the outskirts of the city of Ahvaz went on strike in protest against not paying their salaries and their poor livelihood. They blocked the Ahvaz road at the airport's T junction.

Hassan Mahmoudi is a human rights advocate, specializing in political and economic issues relating to Iran and the Middle East. Follow him on Twitter at @hassan_mahmou1

[A strike]

” Our country is a place of thieves, it is unique in the world. “

Well, umm, no. Ever heard of the Clintons and Wash DC ?

[familyop]

One time ping.

Thanks, Hassan!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks familyop.