Spring of freedom

Protests by workers and other underprivileged classes of the Iranian population continue On Sunday, protests by workers and other underprivileged classes of the Iranian population continued in several cities. Truck drivers’ strike continues Iran’s truckers, who had  previously declared a 10-day strike , entered the second day of their protests. According to local reports, truck commutes in many of the country’s highways had stopped altogether. The strike of truck drivers has also spread to many other cities including Mashhad, Isfahan, Sari, and Bushehr. The truckers are protesting to deteriorating work conditions, low wages and high prices. The government has failed to meet the just demands of the Iranian truckers, who are finding it harder to make ends meet. This is the fifth round of strikes by truck drivers since the beginning of the year.     Unpaid wages continue to spur more protests in various cities One of the issues that ha...

Shahroud,  Karaj, Qazvin, Tabriz and other cities across Iran witnessing protests on Tuesday  As living conditions continue to become more difficult and more than 80 percent of Iranians are living in  poverty , protests by people from all walks of life are  mushrooming  across the country. Employees of a ball-bearing factory in  Tabriz , northwest Iran, rallied on Tuesday protesting not receiving their paychecks for the past four months. This is the country’s largest ball-bearing factory. Tabriz – Ball-bearing factory workers holding a protest rally A group of farmers in  Qazvin , also in northwest Iran, rallied on Tuesday, protesting the authorities’ measures of closing down a water pumping station and depriving locals of water for their farms. This rally was held outside the  Qazvin  Province Water Department.  Qazvin – Protesting farmers rallying outside the provincial water department In  Karaj , west of T...