Shrouded Steelworkers’ Protest In Ahvaz, Iran
Shrouded Steelworkers’ protest in Ahvaz, Iran Steelworkers of the Iran National Steel Industrial Group (INSIG) in Ahvaz Khuzestan, continue their protest for their overdue wages, various problems, mismanagement and corruption in directing this industrial complex. The Steelworkers also demand the return of the INSIG to government ownership. The factory was sold to the private sector under deceitful conditions. The private owners are affiliated to the corrupt ruler, Khamenei, and the Revolutionary Guards’ figures. The new round of strikes and protests of the steelworkers of Ahvaz entered its second month while many steelworkers, wearing shrouds , staged a rally in front of the governorate of the regime in Ahvaz while the slogan “We resist, we die, but we do not bow to injustice,” was written on their white shrouds. The Steelworkers also were chanting: “Lest we surrender to injustice”; “Neither threat nor prison, they have no effect anymore!” As the protesters mo...