Oct. 19- Tehran, #Iran Livestock farmers gathered outside the Judiciary to protest the lack of feed and other problems/They say they're going bankrupt because of the regime's mismanagement/regime imports meat from Brazil and does not support them. Protests called for the government to take action and set higher wages for pensioners and retirees, demonstrating for months. Reports indicate that the company has fired 50 workers. There were 4,482 recorded Iran protests in 2020 with an average of 373 protests a month, according to sources affiliated with the Iranian Resistance. In Khuzestan, medical staff organised large protest rallies in front of their offices, demanding wages and better conditions for hospitality workers. #IranProtests – The regime steals the hard-earned money of Iranians to pay Hezbollah and its warmongering proxies. Share via Email. https://t.co/WSHlCKeddv pic.twitter.com/EZwjMfSu1b, 3,500 workers of the Kerman Coal Mining Company (SE #Iran) took strike action today to demand a raise in wages, their outstanding bonuses, and the implementation of the Classification of Occupations Plan at the company. The rallies by workers and locals in Yazd and Fars, protesting the conditions there. Factory workers, coal miners, machine manufactur… Iran protests rage on for a third day Crowds in Iran call on leadership to quit after Tehran admitted it mistakenly shot down plane with 176 people on … Previous protests were held on January 26, January 10, January 3, February 7, February 21, February 28, March 1 and February 14. Protests have resumed in cities across Iran, ... 2020. Defrauded creditors gathered 56 times to express their economic woes in 2020. The rioting in Fars, Khorramshahr and Ahvaz on 30-31 March was called for the release of prisoners and better conditions in prisons to combat the virus; It is the deadliest prison unrest in years. Hundreds of workers in Ahvaz demanding authorities to provide job and livelihood security. Characteristics of protests. Railroad workers, stockholders, teachers, oil forces, creditors, landowners, and medical staff held these rallies in various cities of the country. Iran’s bazaar merchants and shop owners held 26 gatherings in 2020. The oil and gas workers protests amounted to a total of 1302 protests. Protesters was attacked almost daily by Riot police with Batons. Sign says: 4000bln tomans of capital from 400 companies have been stolen by Nima. May 21 – Sahin Shahr, central #Iran Municipal workers gathered outside the Municipality for the 2nd consecutive day to demand higher wages. – According to a regime affiliated labor official, workers' paychecks only cover 11 days of their expenses each month. We are dedicated to honest and reliable reporting. #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/zfb3bLN6g1, Reports on social media platforms indicate that large numbers of Basij forces have been deployed to quell student #IranProtests in Tehran. In Tehran, three protesters were arrested for protesting in the peaceful meetings and nonviolent gatherings, triggering nation-wide pensioner protests and widespread demonstrations in Karaj, Arak, Khorramabad, Ahvaz, Isfahan and Shiraz. Defying police, Iranians protest over plane shootdown. Al-Monitor Staff. A picture taken on January 13, 2020 shows a general view of a village in Iran's Sistan-Baluchistan region during floods. Posted at 13:26 30 Jun 2020 13:26 30 Jun 2020 Iran sentences opposition journalist to death Ruhollah Zam ran a site that Iran accuses of inciting the nationwide protests of 2017-18. The source code for the WIKI 2 extension is being checked by specialists of the Mozilla Foundation, Google, and Apple. is a popular chant during the 3 February protests in Tabriz, Arak, Karaj and Kermanshah. "Please don't!" Just better. In Savadkuh, industrial workers and miners in factories participated in protests calling for adequate pay based on their job conditions. These contraction workers have organised a campaign of demonstrations and strikes throughout November demanding the renationalisation of the railways and for them to be employed on the basis of permanent contracts. It is the 4th straight week of pensioner protests against low pensioners wages and calling for higher pensions, while retirees have been protesting social security. In Shush, farmers protested a sugar beet contract with Kermanshah, Islamabad companies. To install click the Add extension button. One of the workers said they would gather outside the Lali Municipality until they got their wages. https://t.co/QicLTuxKvw pic.twitter.com/IKhj2wd8UT, Bandar Abbas, S #Iran Security forces demolish the small home of a single mother amid the heartwrenching pleas of her daughter. MOBILE VIEW . Hundreds of academic staff and faculty members in Mahshahr took to the streets to protest the same demands of the protesters in other cities. chant against the #Iran regime's state-run TV for deceiving the public for the past 3 days saying that flight #PS572 crashed due to "technical reasons". Demonstrations and strikes are calling for payments and complaints of not receiving their wages for months, lack of jobs and employment, unemployment, poor policies and wage increases as well in cities like Tabriz, Dezful, Khoramabad, Khorramshahr (Between 13-26 August, workers staged strikes), Behbahan, Ghazvin, Shiraz (where sugarcane workers launched strikes) and Ahvaz by teachers, workers, miners, nurses and doctors protesting shortages and grappling with the Coronavirus outbreak, municipality workers and jobless workers who had retired. Strikers was fired in response to the large strikes for months against low ages and no pay-checks. or پایین خامنه ای!, was chanted during the protest in Tehran, which was forcefully attacked by the security forces who attempted to disperse the demonstrators. [2][3], The January protests was organised by bus drivers, taxi drivers in Tehran, and anti-regime protests was rising, with this chant, “Death to corrupt officials”, heard the most, seasonal workers in Marivan participated in a strike movement as well, despite violence by the security forces and intimidation to quell public protests that begun on 24 January triggered by economic grievances. ", "Down with the dictator! They also protested the low prices of their products, the state not buying their products, not receiving flood concessions, the diversion of Zayandeh Rud River in the central province of Isfahan, and other economic problems. Asaluyeh, South Pars Power Station, S #Iran Workers at the South Pars Power Station joined the strike action by oil and gas workers across Iran. [36][37][38][39][40][41][42], In Baluchistan, the 2021 Sistan and Baluchestan protests broke out, leaving as many as 10 killed. Protests by bus drivers, truckers unions, landowners, sugarcane workers, cargo workers, farmers took to the streets in Shush (over the lack of job security and privatisation of sugarcane worker factories), Isfahan (where farmers protested irrigation water rights), protesting their harsh living conditions and more depriving issues these groups are facing. Large crowds gathered and chanted “death to the dictator” echoing Shajarian’s own chant during the 2009 protests. They want higher wages. The only solution is replacing the mullahs’ oppressive rule in #Iran with people’s sovereignty and the rule of democracy”. https://t.co/rJHoB8JUl6 pic.twitter.com/vTnlqtDtHm. ", "Down with Khamenei!" [14][15], Ebrahim Arabzadeh, a contract worker at Mahshahr petrochemical complex, died from heat exhaustion at work on 28 July. The recent protests in southern Iran, Khuzestan and Ahvaz has received attention, despite violent reactions from security forces. They suffer from months to years of unpaid wages and being exposed to the COVID-19 virus to earn their meager pay. They protested the low price of milk and high expenses, as well as limitation in their livestock grazing regions, and their other economic grievances include harsh working conditions, and the increased price of fodder. Thousands of dock workers and municipality workers have held various protests within the recent few months and weeks, protesting for higher salaries and longer insurances. #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/rgBSLJkyeu. Newspaper Jahane-e-Sarat has noted ‘Injustice and inflation has grappled Iranian society, fearing another uprising in our country. Most pensioners suffer from various illnesses due to old age which was further aggravated due to the COVID-19 outbreak. [24] After the protests by kindergarten teachers, teachers and female workers in Iran’s Tehran, Dezful and Hamedan, protesting for unconditional employment and better working statuses. January 12, 2020. Municipality workers gathered in several cities to protest their delayed wages and work benefits. [44], Protesters took to the streets of Tehran, Mashhad, Tabriz, Karaj and Ahvaz to express their anger over economic woes and worsening tensions in the country, in protest against the economy. Police fired on protesters, who staged hundreds of protests every month since September, when a wave of protests broke out. Students at Tehran's Sharif Uni. The workers have at least 3 months of unpaid wages. The widespread protests took place in 24 cities and 12 provinces. They gathered in 69 cities. Their signs read, "We are hungry and ashamed of our families" and "We don't have money for bread". The cries of a distraught woman can be heard in the video. #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/k65hFzNCyI. Factory workers in Hamedan protested non-implementation of early retirement. Hundreds have taken to the streets daily in Tehran in front of shopping malls and teachers held strikes and sit-ins publicly in-front of preschools, protesting overdue complaints and not receiving their rights in work. After Mohammad Reza Shajarian’s death, massive and large anti-regime protests broke out in Tehran, as thousands called for press freedom and the government of Hassan Rouhani to step down. Teachers have applied for second jobs to make ends meet. According to an unconfirmed report, the mother committed suicide after her shack was destroyed. Mar. Iran's admission that it mistakenly shot down a passenger plane sent protesters pouring into the streets over the weekend. He was 80 years old. Reports indicate that a number of prisoners were shot. The military forces used Tear gas and reportedly clashed with protesters in Tabriz, Ardebil, Tehran and Urmia, calling for the closure of the border with Armenia. Strikers were attacked during the protests in Ahvaz, yet this wave of employee protests is the most peaceful. Written by Hamideh Taati on 30 January 2020. This sparked an unprecedented wave of strike action across Iran, with 10,000 workers going on strike, battling the 50-degrees heat in some areas to protest in the oil and gas fields in southern Iran like Abadan and Mahshahr. In Hazrat-e Abolfazl village near Ahvaz, southwestern Iran, villagers protested the demolition of their homes, and were attacked by security forces who fired pellet guns and tear gas at them. 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In an interview with the state-run Jahan-e San’at daily, he said: “The country’s economic and financial conditions during the novel coronavirus era are showing a social impact inside our society. [46], "نه مجلس و نه دولت به ملت اهمیت نمی دهند" ، "قوه قضاییه" صندوق بازنشستگی "را خراب کرده است, is one of the main slogans used by pensioners protesting social security. Iran Protests & Demonstrations. Protests took place in the Great Tehran Penitentiary also known as Fashafuyeh, as well as in the Khorramabad Parsiloon Prison and Aligudarz Prison in western Iran, the Tabriz Central Prison, Saqqez Central Prison, Urmia Central Prison, Alvand Prison and Mahabad Prison in northwestern Iran. Quite the same Wikipedia. Nurses, physicians, medical students, medical staff, doctors and appointees held rallies, marched, demonstrations, public strikes, unrest, gatherings and meetings across Iran, mainly Mashhad and Rasht, protesting in avenues and lanes, labour protests and union rallies was organised by professionals in Mashhad, protesting risking their lives on the frontlines and not getting their main attention. The Iranian authorities deliberately shut down the internet during nationwide protests in November 2019, hiding the true scale of unlawful killings by security forces, Amnesty International said today. In Bojnurd, municipal workers gathered with their families to protest lack of job security. For weeks, gatherings, meetings, speeches, strikes and demonstrations have occurred nation-wide, with at least two cities experiencing major protests. Late-2020 Iran protests. #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/Al06Nf33tQ, Tehran, #Iran Teachers who work abroad gathered today outside the Ministry of Education to express their economic woes. We aim to be the voice of the Iranian people and their protests for freedom and democracy at a time when the Iranian government wants to silence dissent and suppress their voices for democracy. 38 were detained during demonstrations. Maryam Rajavi supported the protest action, mentioning on Twitter, “The clerical regime has abandoned our people in the clutches of disease, unemployment and poverty. Thousands of ranchers, livestock workers and university students held rallies over unequal society, calling for president Hassan Rouhani to listen to their demands. pic.twitter.com/5m8c6eMc4I. Locals staged rallies in Ahvaz and Gorgan, protesting imprisonments of protesters and demanding the president Hassan Rouhani to step down. In factories and companies in Yazd, workers gathered in large numbers, protesting the officials’ refusal to pay their overdue wages. In some cases, protesters travelled to Tehran from other cities to protest in the capital. In Khuzestan, medical staff organised large protest rallies in front of their offices, demanding wages and better conditions for hospitality workers. Ethnic Azeris constitute a large minority of the Iranian population. 25- Isfahan, central #Iran Isfahan farmer protesting the excessive use of water in Zayandehrud River by regime run industries: "Enough is enough! They were protesting not being given leaves despite the danger of #COVID19 infections in prison. The southeastern province is experiencing angry protests after Iranian security forces shot dead fuel smugglers. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers were under more pressure and had to teach online and work more hours, without getting paid for months. “Soleimani is … One of the protesters said the workers had not received at least 6 months of their wages. They do not pay workers and nurses’ salaries. #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/kM7KzvkRgV. Workers of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Complex in southwestern Iran gathered in protest for 30 consecutive days in July. Sound of gunshots can be heard in video. According to local reports, around 300 workers of the Chadormalu iron ore mine, in the central province of Yazd, #Iran were fired today for protesting to prevent the lay offs of around 20 workers. #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/Vv8UrGfV7h, Aug. 20- Ilam, W #Iran Workers of the NJL 3100 project who work for Iran General Contractors (IGC) went on strike today in Dasht-e Abbas to demand higher wages. 31 – Ahvaz, SW #Iran Concerned families of inmates at Sepidar Prison gathered outside the prison after they heard inmates were killed during a riot at the prison last night. Livestock farmers held 22 protests in 2020. 16 November 2020, 00:01 UTC. This is the picture of 55-year-old Asieh Panahi, beaten to death by #Iran's municipal agents for protesting the demolition of her home in Kermanshah, W Iran. Healthcare workers are on the front lines of the fight against #COVID19 yet their wages are not paid. The characteristics of the protests in July 2020 are as follows: A number of protests were organized. January 11, 2020 08:45 PM Share on Facebook. Most workers have a family and are the breadwinners of their household. The demonstrations are calling for better conditions, and new protests are breaking out; on 7 February, the Iranian media warned of another uprising after major protests in February. July 2020 Protests in Southern Iran. For example, the protests of the workers of Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Complex took place regularly throughout the month. The protesters wanted higher pensions and wages. For weeks, gatherings, meetings, speeches, strikes and demonstrations have occurred nation-wide, with at least two cities experiencing major protests. In Meshginshahr, protesters took to the streets in factories to protest delayed pay-checks. Published Jan. 13, 2020 Updated Jan. 17, 2020 Widespread anger at the Iranian government for shooting down a passenger plane and then … The employees and retirees taking to the streets in December held rallies over the crisis in the country, mainly in Ahvaz, where major gatherings have been held since November, protesting nonpayments and low wages. On Tuesday, March 9, citizens in Iran held at least eight rallies and protests in different cities over officials’ failure to meet their inherent demands. Posters and billboards of the dead commander of the IRGC’s Quds Force, Qasem Soleimani were torn and burned. #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/nGlneTq9dK. They want their unpaid wages/return of workers expelled for protesting/end to the company's privatization. "Down with Rouhani (Iran's President)!" Ongoing strikes occurred by workers in Tabriz, Khorasan, Markazi, Khuzestan and more in protest by workers, municipalities, teachers, railway employees and others. Local reports indicate that regime elites are obtaining the needed licenses to build factories on the fertile lands. 3. #IranProtests #اعتصابات_سراسری pic.twitter.com/7k11W81rNy, #IranProtests Feb 4- Tehran According to the protesters, the state-run vehicle manufacturer has raised the price of its vehicles by as much as 50 percent. @labourstart@IndustriALL_GU@IUFglobal pic.twitter.com/sPmnKPYVnD, Report: The managers of the Lamerd Cement Factory in SW #Iran sacked workers who had protested and demanded their unpaid wages. [27][28], Worker protests and rallies from 1-21 October was launched after payments was delayed and unpaid wages triggered protests. #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/yakw1T7yMa, Defrauded creditors of #Iran's Central Bank Currency Exchange System (Nima) gathered outside the Central Bank to demand their money. pic.twitter.com/iBJ7UuQtMo. [35], Between December-January, Thousands of stock owners and stock marketers have taken to the streets in protest against the stock crash in Iran. ", meaning “Enough with hollow promises, enough oppression and injustice, our tables are empty.”. (CNN) Iranian riot police used tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters in Tehran's Azadi Square Sunday, as public fury escalates over Iran's accidental shooting down of … The participants of the January-February strike wave was mainly municipality workers, pensioners, retirees, teachers, unemployed or fired workers, railroad workers, petrochemical workers, gas workers, factory workers, miners and manufacturers in Urmia, Mahshahr, Arak, Kerman and more. HEPCO Heavy machinery factory workers in Arak, central Iran gathered for 20 consecutive days. A Shiraz University student was sentenced to eight years in prison and 74 lashes for participating in the memorial ceremony of the victims of the Ukrainian airliner. #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/lkIyl1UeIQ, Dezful, Khuzestan Province, SW #Iran The #Iranian regime used tear gas against protesting farmers today in SW #Iran. 34 protests were related to the November 2019 nationwide protests. Jun 23 – Tehran #Iran Contract teachers gathered today outside the Parliament in the capital to demand job security. #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/lq2l17NXKM, Dec. 14- Shadegan, SW #Iran Workers of the Water and Waste Water Department gathered outside the department to demand their unpaid wages. [8][9][10], A wave of massive worker protests broke out across Iran when municipal workers and nurses participated in large gatherings against the Covid-19 impact on Iran. By Jen Kirby [email protected] Jan 16, 2020, 6:00pm EST An anti-government protest in Tehran on January 14, 2020. Healthcare workers, who were at the front lines of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, staged many protests in 2020 to express their economic grievance over unpaid wages, increase in work hours without pay, and lack of job security. Protesters hurled stones and formed barricades with protesters chanting "Karabakh is ours. Kerman, SE #Iran Farmers gathered to protest the low price of their produce in the market including tomatoes and onions demanding that the gov. By VOA News. In Shiraz, pensioners rallied for weeks, protesting for larger pensions and calling for new wage increases. Iranian protesters took to the streets in the southern cities of Shiraz and Behbahan on July 16 to protest dire economic conditions and the impending death penalty for three young men who were arrested during the protests in November 2019. #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/KCA4C6cKg7. #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/LdPeA5WUrg, May 16- Isfahan, central #Iran Around 350 retired workers of the Isfahan Steel Company rallied today outside the Isfahan Governor's Office to express their economic grievances. Truck drivers in the city of Fardis protested low fares and high vehicle maintenance costs in a large strike. (Video from the internet shows Basij forces attacking students at Amir Kabir University.) The protests in Isfahan by locals protesting heavy machinery in their farms, and was quelled. Ahvaz and Golgan saw People gathering on the streets and creating roadblocks with tires, and blockades for weeks, demonstrating against low wages and fake promises. #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/4F3tDYBfzC, Apr. Another video of Saqqez Prison inmates fleeing the prison in W #Iran. They gathered to protest the killing of border porters or ‘kolbars’ by the IRGC forces in western Iran, the shutdown of malls, the lack of implementation of the COVID-19 protocols for the protection of unions, the closure of the bazaar due to COVID-19 and lack of financial support from the government, dire livelihood conditions, high parking prices, the lack of customs clearance for their goods, fluctuations in the market and the government’s incompetence in managing prices. #IranProtests #اعتصابات_سراسری‌ pic.twitter.com/X1RfERqGPx, Report: Workers of the Ilam Gas Refinery (IGTC) in W #Iran and the Ilam Petrochemical Co. joined Iran's #GeneralStrike in the oil and gas sector today. #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/eRMyB2LsMX, Sep. 16 – Lali County SW #Iran Lali municipal workers gathered today to demand their unpaid wages. Railway workers across Iran also went on strike during October, demanding payment of unpaid wages, insurance and equal contracts for contractors. [43], Rallies were held in Tehran, Izeh and Saveh by unemployed workers, workers, farmers over water conditions, low wages and no payment-received, and more deep issuers. Demonstrations erupted after … They say their current min wage pension is illegal/they should be getting higher pensions according to article 96 of the Social Security code. Rallies, street demonstrations and protest marches has risen since February 3, 2021, when hundreds protested in Isfahan against polluted water. A screengrab from one of the videos to surface from recent Iran protests. Others were brutally shot, killed or injured. Women played an important role and led the protests in some instances. Tensions are high in the Middle East after a US airstrike in Iraq killed Qasem Soleimani, a top Iranian military leader. In 2020, students staged 97 protests in Iran. Jul25- Shush, SW #Iran Day 41 of strike action/#IranProtests by workers of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Company. pic.twitter.com/LFJYjLdIt7, Nov. 18 – Tehran, #Iran Social security pensioners gathered outside the parliament to demand higher pensions.
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