May 26, 2018 - People of Kazerun held a ceremony on Friday, March 25th, remembering the protesters murdered by the Iranian regime’s security forces in the recent demonstrations. A large number of people took part while security and intelligence units were present at the scene, besieging the entire area and taking measures to prevent people from chanting slogans. Such security forces were stationed across the city.
Authorities had gone the limits to not deliver the bodies of these murdered protesters to their families. The families’ protests and insistence, however, forced city officials to bring an end to this plot.
The burial ceremony for these four protesters was held on May 22 despite the fact that Iranian regime officials sought to force the families to bury their loved ones in four different places and at different timings in order to prevent a large gathering and an angry demonstration.
Two of the protesters were buried in the city’s “Seyed Mohammad” cemetery. Another protester was buried in the Behesht-e Zahra cemetery.
Iranian regime authorities had also cut-off all internet connections and jammed satellite networks to prevent the distribution of any news about Kazerun and the ceremonies.
Security unit commanders had also recalled their uniformed units and dispatched plainclothes agents, yet another step to prevent people’s anger from erupting.
Omid-Reza Yousefian
Incoming reports indicate Omid Yousefian was shot by anti-riot units during the past few days and suffered a major wound. Unfortunately,He lost his life in a hospital due to the severity of his wounds.
Yousefian was a building painter and said to be between 30 to 34 years of age.
Ali Mohammadian Azad
Ali Mohammadian Azad is another individual who has been shot and killed by Iranian regime security forces in Kazerun. A large poster with his picture was placed on the wall of his store.
Witnesses say Ali Mohammadian Azad was the hero who burned the tire in front of the police station. literally hunted down by the IRGC and killed during the night protests.
Mehdi (Hadi) Jahantab
Mehdi (Hadi) Jahantab was arrested on May 17th, and there was no information about his whereabouts. Due to the resistance and protests of the people who demanded the delivery of the bodies of the martyrs and the release of the arrested, the regime's agents handed over his body to his family on May 21.
His body was literally unidentifiable as authorities had severely tortured this brave protesters. His family was kept in the dark for many days, saying the body cannot be identified, to prevent them from taking further measures.
His body was completely swollen when delivered to his family and friends. Many pellet rounds were also found in his body, making it obvious he was first shot and then severely tortured. He was badly injured and lost his life due to the severity of his wounds.
Reza Ajdari
Azhdari was buried in his home village and authorities banned his family from informing the media.
In the afternoon of Tuesday, May 22, the funeral ceremony of the three martyrs of Kazerun uprising, Omid Reza Yousefian, Ali Mohammadian Azad and Hadi (Mehdi) Jahantab, was held with the participation of a large crowd of people in the city. These martyrs were buried in Behesht-e Zahra cemetery and another cemetery known as Seyyed Mohammad in Kazer
Women’s participation was particularly extensive.
While intelligence, police, and plainclothes agents were trying to prevent the anti-government slogans, participants from all over Kazerun, despite these efforts, expressed their anger and hatred of the mullahs’ regime by chanting slogans: Oh my martyred brother, we shall continue your path; My imprisoned brother must be freed; Oh my martyred brother, I shall take revenge; Death to the Dictator; You the Governor, shame on you, your hands are stained with the blood of our martyrs.
President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, hailed the heroic martyrs of Kazerun and the city’s brave and bereaved people. She has called for the immediate release of those arrested and urged her compatriots to rush to the aid of those wounded. Mrs. Rajavi also called for the dispatch of a UN investigative delegation and a representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to examine the situation first hand.
Demonstration and Clashes Between Farmers and Repressive Forces Continues
On Friday, thousands of farmers in the cities of eastern Isfahan marched and staged a massive demonstrations to get their water rights. There were a number of farmers who had put on shrouds that were written on them: "We stand to the last drop of our blood." They chanted: “Rouhani, the liar, Zayandeh Rud is our rights"; "Even if we die, we will take our rights"; "Irresponsible authorities, shame on you; shame on you.”
The riot guard attacked protesters with tear gas and shotgun, but the farmers resisted against them. Seven of Varzaneh youths were injured and some other were injured and beaten as a result of this attack. The people defended themselves with wooden sticks and rocks. The repressive forces arrested a number of protesting farmers. Read more
Statement of Isfahan farmers' demonstration
Iran, Isfahan, March 10, 2018 - Demonstrators in the city of Varzaneh, a suberb of Esfahan in Central Iran, issued a statement reiterating that they will continue their rally until they obtain their rights. 'Death to those who dried up the beautiful Zayandeh Rood (river) Isfahan with their poor management,' the statement said. The demonstrators chanted: 'We demand to have our irrigation ration, and we stand ready to give our lives to get it.' Farmers' protests in Isfahan against mullahs regime in Iran
Thousands of farmers in eastern Isfahan, including fed-up farmers of Varzaneh, on Wednesday morning, March 9, rallied to protest the regime's refusing to give them right to water. Furious farmers parked their tractors on both sides of the road and moved toward Varzaneh water pumping station on Yazd road. Farmers chanted: "Do not be afraid, do not be afraid we are all together"; "You call saboteur whoever speak of their rights "; "Shame on you with your management; Shame on you with your justice"; "Death to the irresponsible authorities."
The riot guards attacked farmers to prevent them from moving forward and approaching the water facilities, threw tear gas at them, and targeted them by bullets. The attacks led to the wounding of seven farmers. People burned rubber tires to counter tear gas.
Varzaneh farmers' protests began on February 16th and continued since February 28 in the form of protests and gatherings outside the township building and the water organization and marching along the Zayandeh Rud river. Farmers chanted in the protest rallies: "The liar Rouhani, where is my Zayandeh Rud?", "Zayandeh Rud water is our absolute right", "We fight, we die, we take our rights.”
Zayandeh Rud's drying caused by the treacherous policies of this anti-Iranian regime has influenced the lives of farmers in the region since 17 years ago, and their living situation has become worse day after day. Regime officials have repeatedly tried to silence the farmers' protest by giving deceptive promises, including paying compensation, but they have never acted.
The Iranian Resistance saluted the oppressed and rising farmers of Isfahan, and strongly condemns the criminal attack of the repressive forces against them and injuring a number of them. It encourages all the people and the youth of Isfahan to show support and solidarity with them. Read more
Demonstration and Clashes Between Farmers and Repressive Forces Continues
On Friday, thousands of farmers in the cities of eastern Isfahan marched and staged a massive demonstrations to get their water rights. There were a number of farmers who had put on shrouds that were written on them: "We stand to the last drop of our blood." They chanted: “Rouhani, the liar, Zayandeh Rud is our rights"; "Even if we die, we will take our rights"; "Irresponsible authorities, shame on you; shame on you.”
The riot guard attacked protesters with tear gas and shotgun, but the farmers resisted against them. Seven of Varzaneh youths were injured and some other were injured and beaten as a result of this attack. The people defended themselves with wooden sticks and rocks. The repressive forces arrested a number of protesting farmers. Read more
Armed Assault by Suppressive Forces on Thousands of Protesting Farmers
Thousands of farmers in Eastern Isfahan, including fed-up farmers of Varzaneh city, on Wednesday morning, March 9, rallied to protest against the regime for refusing to give them the ‘right to water’. Furious farmers parked their tractors on both sides of the road and marched toward Varzaneh water pumping station on Yazd road. Farmers chanted: "Do not be afraid, do not be afraid we are all together"; "Right- seekers are labeled as saboteurs "; "Shame on you with your management; Shame on you with your justice"; "Death to the irresponsible authorities."
The riot guards attacked farmers to prevent them from moving forward and approaching the water facilities, threw tear gas at them, and targeted them by bullets. The attacks led to the wounding of seven farmers. People burned rubber tires to counter tear gas. The continued for several hours as they clashed with the suppressive security and antiriot forces. The antiriot police fired live rounds and tear gas at the deprived farmers injuring several protesters.
The brutal handling and violent attacks by the police outraged the farmers and led to hours of clashes. Residents of neighboring cities reportedly went to Varzaneh to help their fellow farmers in Varzaneh.
Varzaneh farmers' protests began on February 16th, continued since February 28 in the form of protests and gatherings outside the township building and the water organization, and marching along the Zayandeh Rud River. Farmers chanted in the protest rallies: "The liar Rouhani, where is my Zayandeh Rud?", "Zayandeh Rud water is our absolute right", "We fight, we die, we take our rights.” Read more
Iran-Feb.22 Bandar Abbas A brave woman seen tearing apart a banner of Iranian regime leader Ali Khamenei. Shocking seen Police attacked in the nearby houses in Golestan 7 street-Tehran
From Monday night, February 19th, until early morning of February 20, the repressive forces, in several brutal assaults, beat and injured a large number of Dervishes who had staged a protest gathering at Golestan 7 and the surrounding streets in Tehran. A large number of people were arrested and transferred to unknown locations.
The repressive police spokesman informed that 300 protesters had been arrested. The real number of those arrested is even greater.
Condemning the attack on protesters and mass and arbitrary arrests, the Iranian Resistance calls the Secretary-General and the United Nations Security Council and the member states, the European Union and its member countries, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Human Rights Council as well as other international human rights organizations to take urgent action for the release of last night detainees and all prisoners of uprising.
At least 8,000 people were arrested in two weeks in January, most of whom were young people under the age of 25. At least 12 of them were martyred under torture.
Al Arabiya, 20 February 2018-- Three police officers were killed on Monday in clashes with protesters in northern Tehran, police spokesman Saeed Montazeri al-Mahdi said on state television.
The clashes were between security forces and dervishes of the Gonabadi denomination who had gathered in front of a police station, demanding the release of some members of their Sufi religious order, according to video footage posted on social media.
Some local news agencies reported the death of a number of police forces during the clashes.
Slogans of “Death to the Dictator”, “Death to Khamenei” and Burning Khamenei's Images in Various Cities
On February 11, brave youths in Tehran rallied around the City Theater and the Vali-e Asr intersection in Tehran chanting “Death to the Dictator”, and clashed with the suppressive forces. In Mellat Park in Mashhad too, people clashed with the IRGC forces. Also, in many other cities, people expressed their anger and disgust against the religious fascism ruling Iran.
In Tehran's Azadi Square, some people who were threatened that they would be arrested or dismissed from their jobs if they did not participate in the state rally on the occasion of anniversary of anti-monarchy revolution on February 11, booed and hissed during the speech of Rouhani and chanted slogan "liar, liar", and ridiculed his empty promises by chanting "It’s a lie, it’s a lie." READ MORE
Continuing Popular Protests Simultaneous With Anniversary of Anti-Monarchy Revolution
On the eve of the thirty-ninth anniversary of the anti-monarchy revolution, along with the protests of the workers and the looted people, the brave youth demonstrated their abhorrence towards the regime of Velayat-e faqih (Islamic Jurist prudence) and their resolve to overthrow this regime:
1. Setting fire to the National Bank Branch on the 17th Shahrivar Avenuein Nahavand (Feb. 10).
2. Chanting slogans against Khamenei in the streets of Aboozar, Shariati and the three ways of Baba Heidar in Farsan (Chaharmahal Bakhtiari province). The regime's security forces suppressed and dispersed them by shooting in the air.
3. Burning Tire and chanting slogan death on Khamenei in Dehdasht of Lorestan (Feb. 10).
4. Tearing down the pictures of Khomeini, the founder of the Velayat-e faqih, in Ahvaz (Feb. 10)
5. Kicking off the pictures of Khamenei and Khomeini on display in public places in Shahinshahr to mark the anniversary of the revolution (Feb. 10).
6. Setting fire to a Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC)building opposite the police station and at the side of the cement factory in Drood (Feb. 8).
7. Breaking the windows of the Caspian Branch belonging to the IRGC by angry people who were looted by Caspian in Mashhad, at night (Feb. 9).
8. Setting fire to advertising banners with pictures of Khamenei and Khomeini in some villages in Kurdistan (Feb. 9).
9. Tearing down the banners of the regime on the anniversary of the revolution in Mashhad. (Feb. 9). Read more
THE SLOGAN "DEATH TO THE DICTATOR" ON THE EVE OF THE ANTI-MONARCHY REVOLUTION ANNIVERSARY
On the night before of February 11 (the 39th anniversary of the anti-monarchy uprising of the people of Iran in 1978), despite the heavy control of the security forces, in various areas of Tehran and Gohardasht, people went to the roofs of the houses, and the voices of slogans of “death to the dictator” and “death to Khamenei” resonated in The cities.
In Narmak and the Eastern districts of Tehran, Rey and Gohardasht of Karaj, slogans of death to the dictator are heard by the risen youth for freedom and the people of these areas.
Some young people in Tehran, Satirizing Khamenei, chanted: “Khamenei forgive us, we don’t want to be rude, but you have to leave!!!”
In Kermanshah, the risen youths chanted slogans “death to Khamenei” and “death to the dictator” on the roofs.
In Hamadan, the youth have also chanted the same slogans aiming at the clerical dictatorship.
In this way, the Iranian people once again express their desire to overthrow the entirety of the dictatorship of Velayat-e faqih.
The oppressed people of Iran, especially the workers and the toilers, who are struggling with poverty, depression and growing problems day by day, continue to strike, demonstrate and protest against criminal and predatory rulers. Some of the protests on Monday February 5 are as follows:
The courageous youth of Quchan city punished a number of mercenaries from the Bassij Centre of Nabaviyeh Mosque. These Bassijis used to harass young people under false pretexts.
13. In Tabriz, a group land owners whose lands had been usurped by the Havanirouz (Heliboard) launched a protest. They had handwritten banners on which it was written: "20 years ago, Havanirouz usurped our lands that we had purchased from the endowment. We are about 900 low income people. Due to the fact that the court issued a judgment convicting the Havanirouz, the enforcement department refrains from executing the court order. Is this much injustice really acceptable in Islamic rule? The authorities have to respond! "
The Iranian Resistance Strongly condemns the brutal acts of religious fascism ruling Iran against the Gonabadi dervishes in Tehran and the aggression of the repressive forces against the residence of Dr. Nourali Tabandeh, the head Gonabadi Dervishes, at Golestan 7th Avenue. It also calls on all international human rights organizations to take immediate action for ending such repressive measures and for eliminating all restrictions and discrimination against dervishes.
IRGC unable to reinstate the atmosphere of repression
Al Arabiya, 3 February 2018 - The common denominator for all dictatorships is that a ruling minority maintains its grip on power by controlling all crucial sectors such as territory, wealth, weapons and the media. In IranTehran-2-4-2018 clashes whit IRGC
, there is another dimension to this reality as the religious dictatorship misuses religion to mobilise its supporter and deceive ordinary citizens.
The regime in Tehran has secured its grip on power through repression, terrorism, persecution, assassination, intimidation and by hiding demagogic policies behind a moderate mask. Its motto during the last four decades to justify these malignant policies has been 'preserve, safeguard and export the Islamic Revolution”.
During the recent nationwide uprising, the unprivileged class who lives below the poverty line, whose support the regime had hitherto taken for granted, joined the anti-regime protests. This proves that the theocracy’s hegemony over the society has started crumbling and its senior officials have been trying desperately ever since to reinstate it.
Desperate times, desperate measures
In this regard, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has pursued the following policies: Read more
Riyadh, Riyadh Daily, 5 February 2018 - Despite Iran's security forces being on high alert following the nationwide protests erupting on December 28th, protests are reportedly continuing in cities across the country. The Iranian regime intends to mark the beginning of its 40th year in power after the 1979 revolution, yet these protests are causing quite a stir and disrupting such plans.
Iran is known to filter and impose severe control over its internet, further indicating that despite the Iranian officials' claim of conditions returning to normal, it is anything but. There is a fire simmering beneath and the society is being labeled a powder keg by experts.
Protest of the deprived classes, uprising throughout the country, on the eve of the anniversary of the 1979 revolution
On Thursday, February 1, on the first day of the 10-day ceremony of the regime on the occasion of the thirty-ninth anniversary of the theft of the Iranian revolution, the rising people in different cities of the country expressed their dislike of the regime of Velayat-e faqih. The people of Tehran and many cities came to the streets with slogans of death to Khamenei, death to the dictator, in spite of the alert of the repressive forces, and burned down images and banners of Khamenei and Khomeini, as well as many government and repression centres. Meanwhile, on February 1, protests by workers and other deprived groups continued like past days:
1. A group of workers who had gone to the Worker’s House in Tehran, affiliated with the mullahs regime, to protest the conditions of their livelihoods and non-payment of their wages for months, got into conflict with the regime's agents there.
2. The new round of strike of the Haft Tapeh sugar cane workers went on for the second day. The agents of the repressive police force went to the site to prevent the spread of protests outside the factory and the city.
3. In Qazvin, a group of workers rallied in front of the governorate in protest of the non-payment of their salaries for several months.
4. In Boein Zahra (Qazvin), workers of the Arian Steel Plant protested for the second time in front of the tax office of the city against the firing of 500 workers of the factory, as well as taxing from the workers' pocket.
5. Workers and employees of the Borujerd Municipality gathered for the fifth consecutive day in protest of non-payment of their eight months' salary in front of the city's central municipality.
6. In Sardar-e-Jangal street of Rasht, there was a clash between shopkeepers and street vendors and the road blocking agents when the regime's repressive agents attacked deprived vendors.
7. The people of Dezli village in Oramanat (Kurdistan province) objected to the suppressive forces attacking the village and blocking the border crossing point of Molkhord where porters cross. The agents of the regime besieged the village. On the other hand, people also blocked their commute to Oramanat.
8. The business owners of the destroyed Plasco building gathered in front of the municipality of Tehran, chanting 'Death or Plasco'.
9. Workers at Aran Sijj Factory in Shahriar, who have not received any salary for 8 months, protested.
10. Fired workers of the Gachsaran oil and gas exploitation company held a protest rally in front of the city's governorate.
11. The looted people of the Badr Toos Institute in Mashhad gathered in front of the radio and television station.
12. The looted people of Caspian State Institution gathered in front of the central branch of the institute on Africa streets in Tehran.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
February 2, 2018
Nationwide Protests Continue Throughout the Country
The protests of workers, peasants and other poor people throughout the country, who are deprived of their fundamental rights and unable to provide the basic living needs, continues:
1. On Monday night January 29, the people of Bandar Abbas expressed their hatred of the Velayat-e Faqih system by chanting slogans "Vigilant Iranian, Support, Support" and "Death to Rouhani".
2. A group of people in Kerman chained their hands together in Kowthar Ave and square. When surrounded by the police, the youth and people of Kerman chanted: “Police, Police, support, support”.
3. A group of inhabitants of Mehr Housing in Sar-e-Pol-e Zahab gathered outside the city's governorate. They protested against government bodies that sold people the buildings that lacked the most basic infrastructure and security. Three months after the earthquake, the mullahs’ regime refuses to respond to the owners of the destroyed houses.
4. Fajr Petrochemical workers in Bandar-e-Mahshahr went on strike in protest at the failure to pay their fringe benefits for months related to difficult conditions.
5. Workers and employees of the world heritage in Haft-Tappeh in Shoosh and Chagha-Zanbil protested against non-payment of their salaries for four months.
6. Workers of Shushtar Aquatic Structures and workers of the World Heritage Site, who have not received their salaries for four months, held protest gathering.
7. Workers of the Zanjan Railway Traverse Company gathered outside the Zanjan railway building to protest against non-payment of their salaries for two months. The number of workers in this railroad sector has dropped from 500 to 300 since 2015. 7800 workers of Travers Company throughout the country have not been paid for months. The striking workers in various cities prevent the movement of trains in some hours by blocking the railroad.
8. A group of “Yas” soap factory workers in Khorramshahr gathered again in protest against the nonpayment of their wages. The cessation of production in the factory led to unemployment of 150 workers. Workers who are on the verge of retirement are in an uncertain condition due to the factory situation. 80 workers have not yet received their wages and benefits and insurance since 2016.
9. In Fasa, sugar factory workers gathered in protest of failure to pay their two months' wages and lack of facilities for workplace safety.
10. Masses of metro passengers in Golshahr in Karaj protested against stopping the train and getting money for tickets. They attacked the metro management building and pulled down the image of the Khamenei.
11. The protest gathering of deprived farmers in Kerman continued in front of the governor's building. Their work is disrupted due to detouring the water in their area.
12. The gathering of 200 Isfahan steel company workers continued in protest at the failure to pay their salaries.
13. One week after the Nilou Tile workers' protest in Najaf Abad due to failure to pay their 28-month salary, government agents fail to respond to their demands.
14. The employees of the Isfahan Abnil continued their protests for the third day.
15. The protest of Boroujerd Municipality workers continued for the third day. They have not received any pay for their work for one year.
16. In Yasouj, a group of contract staff of the Ministry of Transportation of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province protested at the lack of job security.
17. In Tehran, a number of workers of the Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company gathered in front of the municipality to protest against the five-year postponement of delivery of their homes by the company's housing cooperative,.
18. The inhabitants of Kan in Tehran protested against terrible services in their area during the winter.
19. The workers of the alloy steel company in Yazd continued their protest gathering in front of the city's governorate. They demanded the re-establishment of the 20-year retirement pension for jobs in the industry.
20. Bazar Merchants of Bajestan in Khorasan Province protested by closing their shops against their improper livelihoods.
21. Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari farmers and maize growers protested in front of the Hafshejan sugar mill on Monday to protest delays in paying their claims.
22. Passengers at the Khomeini International Airport in Tehran protested chanting slogan: “incompetent manager, shame on you”.
Iranians burn Tehran municipal building to protest Mullahs
January 23, 2018 - Angry Iranian activists have set fire to the Tehran municipal building, as a sign of people's frustration at Mullahs' regime, a video circulated the social media revealed on Tuesday. LINK OF THE VIDEO
The protests of the oppressed strata are spreading in different cities
On January 22, cities and villages throughout the country witnessed protests by the fed up people and rising youth against the criminal and corrupt regime of the Velayat-e faqih:
1. At 11:00 PM, following the speech of Rouhani, the phoney President of the regime, a number of young people with the slogans of 'Lies have no effect,' 'Reformist, hardliner, the game in now over,' protested in the Vanak Square in Tehran, towards the Valiasr Square, on the streets of Jayhoun and Kamali. Groups of the Revolutionary Guards and Basijis came to the site and attacked the gatherings. In cyberspace, people were mocking Rouhani’s deceptive promises by widely exposing his lies.
2. On Monday afternoon, the action of the policemen in the village of Delgan in Iranshahr (Sistan and Baluchestan province) to run over a young motorcyclist brought the protest of the people. Police fired to disperse the people. Following that, police officers raided the house of a village elder to arrest a father and son. The struggle of the people, especially the brave women, with the mercenaries was drawn into conflict. Two women were wounded and taken to the Khatam-al-Anbia hospital in Iranshahr due to direct shootings by mercenaries. The repressive police force prevent the entry of relatives of these wounded women to hospital and visiting them. The indignant Baloch youth and people attacked the Delgan police station in protest to these repressions. Police mercenaries hid in fear of the people. People gathered until sunset at the station.
3. The basement and the mechanical room of the 'Seminary' of Mullah Sadooghi, in Yazd, which is a centre of suppression in the city, was burnt by the youth. According to Mullah Taha Mohammadi, Friday prayer Imam of Hamedan and the representative of Khamenei in this city, the offices of 60 government clerics were attacked during the uprising. On Friday night of January 19, the mullahs 'seminary' was set on fire by angry young people on Qazvin's Peyghambar street.
4. In Qom, two government clerics who were active in suppressing the people were attacked by young people near the city's Martyrs intersection, and their car was set on fire.
5. In Shiraz, people set the patrol vehicle of the crackdown agents of the municipality on fire. The regime's repressive agents continually attack and harass those who are deprived of their lives and confiscate their property and arrest and punish these poor people.
6. Metro staff and subcontractors gathered in Tehran to protest against non-payment of one-year wage and their claims in front of the Tehran City Council.
7. A group of young people at night in the park called Nahj ol-Balagheh in Tehran chanted “Allah-o-Akbar”. They called on others to participate in this protest movement by sounding horn.
8. The plundered Alborz Iranians Institute gathered in Tehran's Argentina square to receive their plundered capital.
9. Contractors of Tehran Telecommunication Company, whose claims and wages have not been paid for six months protested in front of the telecommunications company.
10. Workers of the Foumanat Spinning and Knitting Company in Tehran, affiliated with the Ministry of Industry and Mines, gathered in protest against unpaid salaries, as well as the sale and transfer of the company to a person who did not qualify to run the company.
11. Workers of the Traverse Railway Company in Tehran and West Azarbaijan organized a protest rally in front of the parliament in Tehran.
12. Villagers and dairy farmers of Darreh Charm in South Khorasan Province refused to pay electricity bills in protest to increasing pressures and exorbitant electricity bills. Instead of addressing the dilemma of these deprived people, the regime's predatory agents have threatened to cut the electricity of the village.
13. In Yazd, 300 education staff protested against the non-payment of their salaries a arrears for 10 months in front of the provincial governorate with the slogan of 'Education Shame, Shame'. The intelligence agents of the regime and plainclothes agents besieged them.
14. In the Ludab area of Boyer Ahmed, a group of people blocked the road in protest to the lack of proper road and the intensification of traffic problems.
15. In Khorramshahr, soap workers protesting a five-year-old defect and non-payment of their salaries during this time, protested in front of the Jameh Mosque.
16. In Mashhad, truckers (Concrete and Mixers owners) protested the fact that truck rental rates remained stable over the past five years despite the sharp rise in prices, in particular the seven-fold increase in fuel prices.
17. Investors of Caspian (Badr Toos) held a protest rally in front of the office of this state scammer corporation against the plundering of their property in Mashhad.
18. In Chah Bahar, street vendors and merchants of the traditional city market gathered after the midnight attack by the municipality's agents to their small outlets and their transfer to the traditional market.
19. In Sirjan, a large number of workers and employees of Gohar Zamin Iron Ore Company went on strike in protest of low basic salaries and other benefits.
20. Lent factory workers (Razmehr Company) in Khorramabad gathered in front of the the city’s labor office to protest two months business limbo and failing to pay their 9 months’ salary.
On January 21, protests continued in various cities of the country, including:
21. A group of personnel and workers from the cement factory of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province gathered in protest against the firing of workers and lack of job security in front of Shahrekord governorate.
22. Workers at all units of the Bu-Ali Sina petrochemical contracting company in Mahshahr went on hunger strike following the failure of their talks with the company's executives.
23. In Dehlorans, the dismissed cement workers protested their ruthless firing.
24. In Karaj, employees of the Traverse Railway Company prevented the movement of the passenger train in protest to non-payment of their low salaries and benefits for four months.
25. Burning the image of Khomeini in the vicinity of his grave and writing the slogans 'Death to
Khamenei'; 'Death to the dictator' on the walls of different cities are among other activities of young people in the corners of the country. The clerical regime, fearful of the spread of writing slogans on the walls, has threatened paint shop owners and ordered them to register the ID of the spray paint shoppers Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran January 23, 2018
Thousands of People Took Part in the Funeral of a Protester Who Was Killed by the Revolutionary Guards
The body of the Pahlevan (champion) Seyyed Ebrahim Rasouli, brave son of the people of Eghlid (Fars province), was buried on Sunday, Janury 21, with the participation of thousands of people. Ebrahim Rassouli, who was known for chivalry, affluent ethics and helping the poor among the people of Eghlid, was killed on January 18, in an assault by police force mercenaries. He defended himself with a hunting firearm against the guards who attacked his house. Due to this clash that lasted for 10 hours, this brave hero eventually was killed.
Khosrow Razmjouee, the criminal commander of the Police Force of Eghlid, called Ebrahim a "thug" to cover up this vile crime and while clinging to a list of drugs that falsely claimed to have found in Ebrahim's home, he claimed that he had committed suicide (Young Reporters Club, affiliated to the Revolutionary Guards).Janury 18, 2018)
The criminal regime of Velayat-e-faqih, which has found itself surrounded by the anger and disgust of the Iranian people, is resorting to the accusations of the "smugglers", "suicide deaths" and "drug injection" and ... to whitewash its crimes which only adds to the anger and disgust of rising people across the country.
Thousands of people from Eghlid, with a mass participation in the funeral of Martyr Ebrahim Rassouli, chanted slogans such as "Today is the Day of Mourning, Our oppressed champion is before God today", "O our Lord, our champion, we miss you today", expressing their anger and disgust from the regime' ludicrous allegations.
Deprived Iranian villagers clashed with regime forces in Ahwaz; protest rallies continue in various cities
On Sunday, January 21, the protest of deprived people continued in various cities of the country:
1. The deprived villagers of the Ismailieh district of Ahwaz gathered for the second day demanding to work on their farmland, seized by the mullahs’ regime. The police and intelligence agents besieged and attacked the protesters, which led to clashes, and a number of protesters were injured. Farmers have repeatedly called for their land to be returned by presenting their ownership documents, but the regime not only does not return lands, but even refuses to hire them on their own land, and employs non-indigenous workers with very low wages.
2. Workers of the Pars Paper of Haft Tappeh in Shoush continued their strike for the second day in protest of lowering their wages, not implementing the classification scheme, setting up direct contracts and dismissing the manager and administrative director. The workers chanted in their yesterday’s protest rally: 'You ISIS, let go of the Pars Paper'.
3. Deprived farmers of Naqadeh gathered outside the Azar Sugar plant to protest for their demands that have not been met yet. The regime's authorities do not pay the price of their products, as all farmers have to sell their products to the factory.
4. Kian Tire retired workers gathered outside the Ministry of Industry and Mine in Tehran to protest about their poor livelihood conditions. They carried a banner which said: 'We have heard lies for six years, but we never saw anything about our rights.'
5. Kian Kurd factory workers continued their protests by gathering on Malayer-Arak Road. They requested for the formation of a workers organization at this factory. The protesters carried a banner which said: 'Pay attention to the Kian Kurd workers. The salaries of the workers have not been paid For six months.” Other demands of these workers included payment of 2016 and 2017 new year gifts, the retirement pensions of some workers who are on the verge of retirement due to harsh labor laws.
6. In Zanjan, the workers of civil services of district 2 staged a protest gathering in front of the city's municipality building in protest of the transfer of management of these services to the regime affiliated groups under the guise of privatization.
7. The looted people by the Caspian governmental institute in Mashhad gathered in front of the Khayyam Branch of the institute. They chanted: “Caspian has stolen, and the government has supported it'. They expressed their anger for the authorities disregarding their protests by throwing eggs and tomatoes at the building of the institute.
8. In Tehran, a group of people looted by Caspian gathered in front of the Darvazeh Dowlat branch of the institute, and expressed their protest by emptying garbage in front of its building.
9. The staff of the Water Organization in Fatemi Ave. in Tehran gathered to protest against non payment of their salaries for 9 months.
10. In Tehran, a group of PhD. students gathered in front of the regime's parliament and protested against non payment of their eight-month student demands and unemployment.
11. The Plasco shopping complex shopkeepers protested in front of the ruins of the building. The regime has not made any of its false promises to pay compensation to these shopkeepers. The Plasco building belongs to the Mostazafan Foundation, an institution affiliated to Khamenei. The 17-story building, one of the most important clothing and apparel centers, with 560 commercial units, collapsed on January 20 last year in a terrible fire. The mullahs’ regime did not take any steps to extinguish the fire and save a large number of shopkeepers and firefighters who were caught in the fire.
12. Writing anti-government slogans, such as Death of Khamenei, continues in different cities. Students in Urmia wrote on the wall: Death to Khamenei, father has no bread. In Yasuj, in response to the regime's mercenaries who clean the slogans from the walls, the people wrote: 'Death to Khamenei! Let’s assume you cleaned up and the walls are clear and white, what are you going to do with the black face of Leader (Khamenei)? Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran January 22, 2018
Burning Khamenei’s image; protests by plundered people and poor Kurdish porters
1. On Saturday, January 20, several people from Robat Karim (Tehran Province) protested against high prices. The protesters, a major part of whom were women, chanted slogans against the regime.
In order to intimidate and disperse the crowd, the law enforcement criminal agents ran over by a car a lady who was protesting against plundering her deposits. The same criminal method was carried out in Ahwaz during the first days of the uprising during which the regime’s criminals ran over the people with a truck.
2. On the same day, in Ahwaz, deprived farmers, whose lands had been looted by the regime’s false promises, protested outside the Amir Kabir Sugarcane Development Company in Ahwaz. Their demand was to work on their own lands that had been looted. The riot guard attacked them with Baton.
3. Also, a number of workers from the Mahshahr municipality gathered outside the city's municipality in protest of the non-payment of their monthly salaries.
4. The protest gathering by a group of workers at the Kian Kurd Factory in Malayer, which started last week in protest against the failure to pay six months of overdue salaries and the failure to pay for the 2017-2017 gift, continues.
On Thursday, January 18, protests by deprived and oppressed people continued in various parts of the country:
5. The brave youths of Qum burned a large image of Khamenei in the Hamza boulevard near the Parsian gas pump.
6. A crowd of people and youth in Isfahan staged a protest gathering. The gathering was attacked by mercenaries and was drawn into conflict.
7. After the regime’s mercenaries from the outpost of Bityush, a village of Sardasht, fired at six horses of poor vendors and porters of the village, the deprived people of Bityush attacked the outpost, known as the 'killer of the porters', and clashed with the mercenaries, and took the outpost’s documents with them.
8. The people plundered by the Caspian governmental institute gathered in protest at the looting of their deposits outside the institude’s Sa'adat Abad branch and threw eggs at it.
They chanted: 'Death to the thief' and 'Caspian theft, government supported.'
9. The protest of the Iran Quti workers in Qazvin, which started last week in protest against the non-payment of salaries and benefits for nine months, continues.
10. In Ahwaz, about a thousand people participated in the memorial ceremony of Aria Roozbehi Babadi. He was arrested on January 10 by the regime’s intelligence agents. The Ministry of Intelligence criminal threw his body into the Karoon River after killing him.
11. The people of Arak also participated in the memorial ceremony of Shahab Abtahi Memorial, 20 years old, who was martyred for the freedom of the people.
12. The memorial ceremony of Sarou Ghahremani, 24, and Kianoush Zandi, 26, two martyrs from Sanandaj was held with the massive presence of the people, despite the intensive presence of plainclothes and intelligence agents of the regime.
13. Memorial ceremony of Ali Pouladi, a 26-year-old resident of the Goytar village of Chalus, was also held on January 18th with the massive participation of the people in the area. The cries of his grieving mother strongly affected the crowd. She said why they killed my kid. My kid was healthy. The regime agents took my kid and killed him. I am sure his friends will take revenge on my son.
Ali Pouladi was arrested on January 12 evening and was killed few hours later under tortures by the police criminals. The next morning, the criminals informed his family of his death. In a scandalous lie, the director general of Mazandaran coroner claimed that Ali Pouladi had been severely injured on the head one month ago due to an accident. The regime's agents also claimed that he was suffering from epilepsy and had died due to a heart attack. However, his family said he was in good health at the time of his arrest. The abusive and repressive approach of the Chalus police led to a clash between his family and his fellow citizens with the police. Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran January 21, 2018
The Uprising in Iran, and Why It will Continue by Navid Felker
As the year turned for 2017 to 2018, massive protests erupted throughout Iran. They began in the northeastern holy city of Mashhad, the second largest city in Iran, and spread across the county at a shocking pace.
Prices of basic staples sparked the uprising, but it became political in a matter of just a few hours. It quickly became evident that this was more significant than a protest, but instead a reflection of deeper, more profound anti-regime sentiments.
Tehran responded to the uprising with brutality. Officially, 22 protesters were killed. The National Council of Resistance of Iran, however, says that some 50 protesters were killed. According to the head of the Prisons Organization, they registered 4,972 arrests. Again, the opposition put the number of detainees at closer to 8,000 and this may be a conservative estimate.
On January 31 and February 1, protests and strikes by laborers and victims of theft and fraud by state institutions broke out again, with similar slogans that rejected the regime in its entirety. The protests caught most experts and Iran analysts in the West by surprise. Read more
Workers' Protests Against Iran Regime’s Officials Across the Country
Speech of Ali Rabiee, Rouhani’s Minister of Labour, in the ceremony of February 12, in Qa'em Shahr, was interrupted by the protest of a retired worker against the regime. The furious worker interrupted Rabiee’s speech and, addressing him and other regime agents, said: "We have been working hard for 37 years, we did a revolution, our revolution went to the hands of the unjust, they came using the name of Islam, and there is no one to hold them accountable. I get a salary of one million and a five hundred thousand tomans ($300) , with four family members, I buy my own medicines, social security says, it's not our commitment ... The representatives who are gabbling here ... We say no to lip service! ... Every day they give us hollow promises.
The intelligence agents repeatedly tried to silence the worker, but he continued. The henchman Ali Rabiee, who has been the deputy minister of intelligence and among the highest security elements and suppressor of the workers for many years, first tried to silence him with deception, but the poor worker ignored. Rabiei responded shamelessly to this worker who said that he was eating bread and cheese for 37 years, by saying "What do you think we eat? We eat the same bread and cheese." READ MORE
The strike of agricultural workers at the Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane continued for sixth day in protest of failure to pay their three months' salary. Workers from other parts of the Haft Tapeh sugar cane also joined these workers and gathered in front of the management office. Workers who retired a year ago also joined the strike workers on Monday. By closing the gates of agriculture yards, the workers prevented the exit of loading trailers. The day before, scores of repressive forces occupied the factory, and by attacking the workers and arresting a number of them, were submissively trying to put an end to the protests.
1. Retirees of the Steel and Mine Industries of Esfahan gathered in front of the retirement office, and protested the non-payment of their demands by chanting “One less embezzlement - our problem is solved”.
2. The retirees of the Steel and Mine Industries gathered in Ahvaz opposite the Governorate. They chanted: "The non-operational self-sufficient credit union is to be dissolved", "Astronomical salaries; public misery", "Yesterday’s craftsmen, Today's Displaced people."
3. The workers of the Hepco factory in Arak continued their protest for eight months unpaid salaries, which began on Monday morning at the factory on Monday morning. Their protest continued from 18:30H, along with hundreds of people who joined them and formed a human chain, in the National Garden Square.
4. A group of Ziraab retirees (Mazandaran province) gathered in protest against the non-payment of their demands.
5. Workers of the Shafarood Forest Company in Rezvanshahr continued their previous day’s protest for failure to pay five months of their salaries.
6. At the Chukka Factory in Talesh, workers protested the non-payment of four months' salary and stopping production of the factory. The hand written banners of these workers read: "Imagine four months without salary."
7. A group of workers from the Rangin Nakh cotton factory in Semnan set up a protest rally in front of the governor's office in protest against the non-payment of their salary, benefits and years of service.
8. The NoBonyad Metro workers stopped working in Tehran in protest to non-payment of eight months of their arrears.
9. The crane owners in Birjand gathered in front of the governorate of Birjand in protest of the problems that the regime is creating for their vehicle fuel quotas.
10. In Khorramabad, a group of looted Taxi Development project gathered and protested in front of the freight and passenger transportation organization.
11. Taxi drivers in the new city of Andisheh in Shahriar stopped working and went on strike in protest of their livelihood.
12. Dismissed employees of the Caspian State Institution in Mashhad gathered in front of the Khayyam Branch in protest of their dismissal.
13. The members of the families of workers and crew who lost their lives in the Sanchi tanker fire gathered in front of the regime's parliament in Tehran. They want the return of the bodies of their loved ones to Iran. HEPCO Workers in Arak Staged a Protest Rally, Supported by People
On Monday morning, February 5, about a thousand workers of Heavy Equipment Production Company (HEPCO) marched on the streets of Arak. In recent months, these workers have repeatedly stopped working and demonstrated in protest of non-payment of their salaries for eight months. A large number of people in Arak rallied in support of the workers.
The deprived workers chanted slogans regarding their dire living conditions.
Workers repeated their rally at the Arak National Garden on Monday evening, with hundreds of people joining them.
The Iranian Resistance salutes the brave workers of HEPCO, and calls on all the people, especially the youth of Arak, to show their support and solidarity with them, and calls on labor syndicates and unions as well as international labor rights advocates to condemn the anti-labor and repressive policies of the mullahs’ regime and to support the striking workers.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran February 5, 2018
Protest of the deprived classes, uprising throughout the country, on the eve of the anniversary of the 1979 revolution
On Thursday, February 1, on the first day of the 10-day ceremony of the regime on the occasion of the thirty-ninth anniversary of the theft of the Iranian revolution, the rising people in different cities of the country expressed their dislike of the regime of Velayat-e faqih. The people of Tehran and many cities came to the streets with slogans of death to Khamenei, death to the dictator, in spite of the alert of the repressive forces, and burned down images and banners of Khamenei and Khomeini, as well as many government and repression centres. Meanwhile, on February 1, protests by workers and other deprived groups continued like past days:
1. A group of workers who had gone to the Worker’s House in Tehran, affiliated with the mullahs regime, to protest the conditions of their livelihoods and non-payment of their wages for months, got into conflict with the regime's agents there.
2. The new round of strike of the Haft Tapeh sugar cane workers went on for the second day. The agents of the repressive police force went to the site to prevent the spread of protests outside the factory and the city.
3. In Qazvin, a group of workers rallied in front of the governorate in protest of the non-payment of their salaries for several months.
4. In Boein Zahra (Qazvin), workers of the Arian Steel Plant protested for the second time in front of the tax office of the city against the firing of 500 workers of the factory, as well as taxing from the workers' pocket.
5. Workers and employees of the Borujerd Municipality gathered for the fifth consecutive day in protest of non-payment of their eight months' salary in front of the city's central municipality.
6. In Sardar-e-Jangal street of Rasht, there was a clash between shopkeepers and street vendors and the road blocking agents when the regime's repressive agents attacked deprived vendors.
7. The people of Dezli village in Oramanat (Kurdistan province) objected to the suppressive forces attacking the village and blocking the border crossing point of Molkhord where porters cross. The agents of the regime besieged the village. On the other hand, people also blocked their commute to Oramanat.
8. The business owners of the destroyed Plasco building gathered in front of the municipality of Tehran, chanting 'Death or Plasco'.
9. Workers at Aran Sijj Factory in Shahriar, who have not received any salary for 8 months, protested.
10. Fired workers of the Gachsaran oil and gas exploitation company held a protest rally in front of the city's governorate.
11. The looted people of the Badr Toos Institute in Mashhad gathered in front of the radio and television station.
12. The looted people of Caspian State Institution gathered in front of the central branch of the institute on Africa streets in Tehran. Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran February 2, 2018
The guild protest of the railroad workers in the Dorood region in the province of Lorestan (western Iran), which started 10 days ago, continued on Tuesday January 30.
According to the state-run ILNA news agency on January 30, one of the railroad workers announced the news on the gathering of the workers and said: “We are about 150 rail workers who have been working in Dorood region under the responsibility of Travers Company with high record of working years.”
According to him, the Traverse Company as the employer has not paid the workers wage arrears including three months of unpaid salary and four months insurance premium under the pretext of financial problems. For this reason, workers have stopped working in the maintenance of the lines 10 days ago and have gathered at their workplace to follow their legitimate demands.
“The workers want to determine the status of their outstanding claims payment. Until now, the district directors of Dorood in Lorestan province have not given a clear answer to our demands,” the worker said.
According to him, the current management of Travers, with irregular payment of wages and premiums for about 7,000 workers in the railroad districts of the country, has created problems for their families leaving them at a disadvantage.
“Beside the railroad workers of Dorood district, our colleagues in other province have also regularly stage protest against non-payment of their wages,” he said.
“Apart from the delay in paying the workers’ wages and insurance premium,” the railways worker said adding, “the employer deducts a monthly payment from the worker's salary for supplementary insurance, but we do not benefit from the supplementary insurance because the employer did not deposit the supplementary payment into the insurance company's account.”
According to him, in the past months, a large number of Travers employees with long work records have been laid off by the employer under the pretext of reducing the current expenses.
Travers is subsidiary of the National Railroad Company that manages railway line maintenance.
According to the state-run ILNA news agency, in the ensuing of the past three week’s protest gatherings by a group of Kiancord Factory workers across the factory building, on Tuesday morning, January 30, the workers also held a similar gathering in front of the governorate building in Malayer.
The number of the protesters who are “Kiancord Factory employees” in the city of Malayer, Hamadan province, is estimated to be up to 250 workers.
According to the protesting workers, during the gatherings in the past few days, the provincial officials in a meeting with the workers promised to address their problems in the coming days, but in practice nothing has happened yet.
They say that “although we are optimistic about the promise, but having received only one month of the six-month wage arrears, we cannot abandon our pursuit because of livelihood difficulties, and so today we have decided to go to the Malayer’s governorate.”
The 3500 Iranian steelmakers’ strike in Ahvaz enters its fifth day
The strike of 3,500 workers from the Iranian National Steel Industrial Group in Ahvaz, which began on January 23, entered its fifth day. They are protesting failure to pay their three months' salary and benefits and false employer promises, and demand payment of wages and social security premiums and their supplementary insurance.
Workers suffer from the shortage of basic work facilities and needs . They have also warned against restoring the previous corrupt management of this industrial unit, which has caused the current deterioration of the factory and workers. Protest workers say that despite the fact that the production lines are active, the plunderers are ignoring workers by giving hollow promises. The regime's agents are trying to force the workers to break the strike by threatening them to record their absences, depriving employees of the benefits, expulsion and identifying them to repressive organs.
With over 54 years of experience, the Iranian National Steel Industrial Group is a specialized manufacturer of large craft products with a capacity of over 3,000 people.
The huge factory, which during the anti-patriotic war with Iraq, was providing the needs of the war used by the Revolutionary Guards, including the production of mortars, was privatized in 2009, and following the revelation of a 3000 billion Tomans embezzlement of in 2011 for its massive debts, was handed over to the Bank Melli. The Melli Bank also plundered 400 million tomans proceeds of the sale of manufactured goods, and auctioned it at a low price in March 20 16.
The owner of Ahvaz Steel, who also owns the Zagros Airlines, Esteghlal Sport Club in Khouzestan, and Dariush Hotel in Kish Island and has usurped billions of dollars of the assets of the Iranian people, refuses to pay the salaries and benefits of the deprived Ahvaz steel workers. Meanwhile he has just announced the purchase of 28 Airbus planes (IRNA news agency – June 22, 2017).
The production of the National Iranian Steel Group has dropped by 10% due to the looting of its capital by the Revolutionary Guards and other government agents and the regular layoffs of the workers (Qods force Tasnim News Agency-December 4, 2017). The workers of this huge economic hub of the country, despite working in difficult circumstances, have been deprived of their low wages, which do not even provide the basic needs of them and their families, and every few months, they go on strike to achieve their rights.
The Iranian Resistance salutes the honorable and hardworking workers of the National Iranian Steel Group in Ahvaz, and calls on the general public, especially workers throughout the country, for unity and solidarity with them and to stand against the plunderers of national assets and robbers of the toilers, and calls on all labor unions to condemn oppression and repression against Iranian workers.
1. On Tuesday, January 16, the protest of 220 workers of Tabriz Tractor-Sazi factory continued after more than a month. They are protesting for no payment of their salaries after 10 months and closing down the factory. They started their protest on Thursday, December 14.
2. The strike of the workers of 22, 23, and 24 phases of the South Pars oil and gas refiery continued for the second day. Their strike is for no payment of their salaries after four months. Workers closed down the company’s doors and announced that they would continue their strike until their salaries are paid. The agents of the regime's repressive forces, including police forces, intelligence, and plain- clothes agents attacked deprived workers and harmed them. The regime's agents sent all workers on forced leave for a week and promised to pay their salaries after they returned.
3. In Tehran, a group of workers working in the Persian Gulf Transportation Company gathered in front of the building of the Stock Exchange Company in the Vanak Square of Tehran in protest at late payment of their salaries. They came from their work, in Islamshahr, to Tehran on Tuesday morning.
4. A group of retired teachers in Tehran gathered outside the Ministry of Education to protest no payment of their salaries after four months. The protesters also objected to the arrest of teachers. They carried a banner which said “Teacher should be in a classroom, not in jail”.
5. In Qazvin, workers of ‘Iran-Qooti’ gathered in front of the Social Security Administration and protested for no payment of their salaries over nine months.
6. The people plundered by Caspian institute in Rasht, gathered in the cold and rainy weather, to protest the looting of their deposits by this institute which is affiliated to the IRGC. On the same day, the plundered people of Abhar held a protest gathering too.
7. On Monday, January 15, workers of Zhian Company at Rezvanshahr in Gilan Province continued their strike for the eighth day in protest at the regime’s no payment of their salaries after seven months and their insurance for several months.
8. Workers of the Mirza Kuchak Khan Sugar factory in Ahwaz also stopped working in protest against the regime’s agents’ failure to hire domestic workers.
9. Nearly 600 contract workers of the Gorgan Railroad continued protest rally for the third day in protest at the regime’s no payment of their salaries and insurance.
10. The workers of the Urmia Steel Group gathered in front of the Governorate in protest of no payment of their salaries for one year.
11. A number of people plundered by the Badrtus Institute in Mashhad gathered outside the regime’s radio and television in protest at the looting of their deposits.
12. On Sunday, January 14, the employees of the Hami-Mehrbanoo Company and Barg-Zaytoon club gathered in front of the company's office in Tehran in protest of their rights violations.
13. A group of municipality contractors also held a gathering to protest outside the Tehran City Council at not having received their delayed demands.
14. On the same day in Shahrud, some 600 coal miners of Tarzeh gathered to protest for no payment of their salaries after two months.
15. The Kian Kurd workers in Malayer protested on Malayer Road against the no payment of their salaries after five months and their advantages after two years.
16. Immunodeficiency patients gathered in front of the Ministry of Health in Tehran to protest against the increase in the price of IVIG drugs from 120 thousand tomans to 400 thousand tomans. These patients should take this medicine on monthly basis and for a lifetime.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran January 17, 2018
Assassination Attempt on Workers’ Representative of Iran’s Main Sugarcane Company, for Leading a Strike
The workers of the Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Agri-Industrial Company in the city of Shush (Khuzestan Province) once again went on strike in protest against the non-payment of their salaries and demands. The recent strike of the Haft Tapeh workers follows the last month protest that ended conditionally on December 14, 2017, with the payment of one month salary and the promise of regime officials to address other demands of the workers. Workers demanded payment of five months' wages and insurance premiums, as well as payment of the salaries of contracting workers for 2015 and 2016. Failure to implement the promises of regime officials and the predatory employer has forced the deprived workers of the Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Company to go on strike again.
The recent strike, which began on January 14 at the Machinery Maintenance Bureau, quickly swept through all parts of the plant. Managing director Kazemi, as always, tried to deceive the workers and break the strike by hollow promises. He distributed among a number of protesters a month's unpaid salary. But the workers' representatives defended the workers and exposed the slavish conditions imposed on them and emphasized the need for workers to stand up for their rights. Ismail Bakhshi, a representative of the workers, called the work conditions in the factory as slavery, and in reference to the foolish statements of the Friday Imam of the mullahs in Tehran, who called the rising people in the January uprising as “garbage”, said: If a worker speaks up against all this pressure, an idiot official goes to the podium and says the protesters are garbage. You are the garbage that the Iranian people are disgusted of you. The day our people bring you down, you will know who the garbage is. Workers' representatives addressed the regime's managers and agents in the city of Shush, saying: "Do not scare us from dismissal. Life with dignity is better than living with flattery and humiliation."
The Workers Union of Haft-tapeh Sugarcane Company announced that workers of the unit have staged strike on Monday, December 25, in protest against wage arrears and the company’s failure to pay five months unpaid salary.
One of the Haft-tapeh Sugar Cane workers said the number of striking workers was more than 1,000 people, saying they are unhappy with the unreliability and false promises of the private employer of the sugarcane company.
Workers at the Haft-tapeh Sugarcane staged a strike on January 7, 2017, but they terminated their strike following the employer's promise to fulfill their demands. However, they announced that they would strike again in case of false promises and if their demands are not met.
The strike on January 7 was held after the promises and commitment of the sugarcane private employer were not materialized following the large six-day strike of the unit's workers in December.
The workers have repeatedly been rallying and striking in protest of their situation, including wage arrears and non-payment of their salaries and premiums for months. The protests have intensified since the transfer of this unit to the private sector.
One of the workers said: “The workers of the Haft-tapeh Sugarcane Company, like the workers of many other companies such as Azarab and Hepco in Arak, Tractor Manufacturing in Tabriz, Kian Tire, Steel Industries, and many phases of Assaluyeh and petrochemical industry are faced with a large number of problems. Their wages are paid only after long delays.”
Meanwhile, the workers' union of Haft-tapehep sugarcane in its telegram channel announced the beating of Esmail Bakhshi, a representative of the workers. The workers union wrote that “Mr. Bkhshi was brutally attacked and beaten by a few masked men following his speech and after he was going home in the city of Dezful.”
According to the report, the worker was rescued by people, and “the masked gangs fled the area with their vehicles after they saw the people and Mr. Bakhshi’s resistance.”
However, according to the workers' union, Ismail Bakhshi, "has faced with dislocation and tear of the left shoulder region", but his physical and general health condition is good. The Workers’ Union of Haft-tapeh Sugarcane condemned the attack on Esmail Bakhshi.
Thursday January 4, 2018. The workers and staff of the prominent Iranian Oil & Gas Southern Pars refinery in the city of Asaluyeh, the capital of Asaluyeh County, in Bushehr Province Southern Iran, went on Strike.
It is notable that three days ago on Monday January 1, 2018 , in line with the nationwide protests against Iranian regime, the headquarter of the people’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) had called for strike in the oil industry in addition to military and ammunition production industries as a necessary and vital step to cripple the Iranian regime.
