Hassan Mahmoudi, American Thinker: Iran: Steel Factory Workers protest in oil-rich Ahvaz
Strikes are breaking out all over Iran now. It's not just the teachers, the elderly pensioners and the truckers now, the strikes are moving to big cornerstones of the Iranian economy, such as the steel industry.
Chanting “I don’t leave until I get my rights,” “Dying workers don’t accept submission,” “No nation has seen this much injustice,” “One less embezzlement, our problem is solved,” the workers of the Ahvaz Steel Factory hit the sixth day of their strike on Nov. 14. It was a raucous demonstration full of slogans in front of the Iranian governorate. Then they marched and blocked the street.
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WNU Editor: It is one thing when students protest. It is a completely different thing when their parents start to protest. The last thing that Iran needs right now is labor unrest .... but after years of promises and expectations that are never fulfilled, it looks like some Iranians have made the decision to strike.
