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Steel mill retirees rallying in Isfahan, central Iran  IRAN NEWS 3/10/2019 Reported by PMOI/MEK Iran, March 10, 2019  - Following a week of a variety of  protests  reported from dozens of cities across the country, especially a  three-day nationwide teachers strike , Sunday witnessed more such rallies in a number of major Iranian cities. A large number of retired steel mill workers rallied in Isfahan, central Iran, protesting not receiving their insurance pensions and New Year bonuses from March 2018. Gathering outside the Isfahan Province governor’s office, a large number of state police and plainclothes agents were also dispatched to the scene to create a climate of fear and intimidate the protesters. Steel mill retirees rallying in Isfahan, central Iran – March 10, 2019 In Ahvaz, southwest Iran, part-time drivers of the National Drilling Company rallied outside the company office, protesting a six-month delay in their paychec...

Seyed Yousef Tabatabaie Nejad, representative of Iranian regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Isfahan, central Iran Seyed Yousef Tabatabaie Nejad, representative of Iranian regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Isfahan and Friday prayer imam of this city of central Iran expressed grave concerns over the increasing activities and measures of Iranian opposition People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran ( PMOI/MEK ) in line of toppling the mullahs’ regime. “Media channels and outlets that insult the state are taking steps in line with the objectives of the world arrogance and the  monafeqin, ” he said, using a term used by Iranian regime officials for the PMOI/MEK. “It is quite possible that the [PMOI/MEK] are behind many of the [social media] channels launched in Isfahan because they are aiming to target the clergy… the enemy has various media outlets inside the country and abroad. They are allocating a considerable budget and have high planning capabilities, aiming to deceive ...

Protests by the teachers of Isfahan In the final week of December, the teachers of Isfahan held demonstrations in front of the offices of the education ministry in protest to their deteriorating working conditions. In the second day of the demonstrations, Iranian security forces  attacked the teachers with batons and pepper spray  to disperse them and to prevent the protests from continuing. The teachers were demanding the release of their imprisoned colleagues and improvements to their working conditions, including an increase in wages. Like many other segments of the country’s population, Iran’s teachers are faced with increasingly difficult economic conditions which stem from the corrupt policies adopted by the ruling regime. After four decades of unfulfilled promises by Iranian officials, the teachers see demonstrations and strikes as the only way they can achieve their goals. As a result, the regime’s repressive measures are becoming increasingly ineffective in ...

Security forces attacked a peaceful teachers’ gathering today in the central city of Isfahan with tear gas and pepper spray. Reports on social media indicate that as many as 40 to 50 teachers were detained in the gathering, though the figures are still not exact.    From the very beginning of the gathering outside the city’s Education Department, security forces and riot police were dispatched to the area and shot tear gas into the peaceful teachers’ gathering. Heshmat Alavi @HeshmatAlavi  ·  Dec 27, 2018 Replying to @HeshmatAlavi Dec 27 - Isfahan, central # Iran State police fire tear gas & pepper spray into a rally of teachers protesting low wages, poor living conditions & skyrocketing prices. # IranProtests Heshmat Alavi @HeshmatAlavi Dec 27 - Isfahan, central # Iran State police heard threatening to fire more tear gas into the crowd of teachers holding a peaceful rally. Source says a large numbe...

Security forces are trying to arrest a teacher From the morning of Thursday, December 27, based on a previous call,  teachers, and educators of Isfahan gathered in front of the city's Education Department. This is while intelligence agents and state security forces threatened teachers in various ways not to participate in the demonstrations, otherwise, they would face consequences. Since the morning, police and intelligence forces have been trying to prevent the formation of this protest rally by deployment in the streets around the Education Department. Subsequently, teachers, most of whom brave women, went to Darvazeh Dowlat street, in front of the municipality and gathered at Bagh Behesht Park. The suppressive forces attacked them with batons and pepper sprayed them. Demonstrations and clashes took place on the streets of Darvazeh Dowlat, Hasht Behesht and Bagh Behesht Park, and dozens of protesters were arrested. The mercenaries attacked a woman filming the events to...

The water crisis in particular has severely hit the people's lives  The current water crisis that is currently engulfing the lives of people in different regions of Iran is, like many other crises in Iran, the result of the corrupt and destructive policies of the ruling regime. The water crisis, in particular, has hardly hit the people living in the central and southern provinces of Iran as well as Sistan Baluchistan province in southeast Iran. The farmers of  Isfahan  have been hit the worst because government institutions and factories that belong to the Revolutionary Guards are looting their water sources. Specifically, Zayanderud, Iran’s largest river, has been over-exploited by the IRGC, causing real damage and threat to the livelihoods of the farmers of  Isfahan , who rely on the river to irrigate their lands. For this reason, the farmers of this region have been protesting against the destructive policies of the Iranian regime for several months. ...