Spring of freedom

Workers of Iran National Steel Industrial Group have been on strike for the past 39 days. The Iranian regime continues to intensify a crackdown on the workers of Iran National Steel Industrial Group in Ahvaz who have been on strike and demonstrating for their most basic rights in the past 39 days. In the early hours of Tuesday, security forces raided several homes and violently arrested 10 more of the protesting workers. In a similar raid on the previous night, the Iranian regime’s forces had  arrested several other workers . Security forces transferred workers who have been arrested in the past 24 hours to Ahvaz’s Sheyban Prison. The General Assembly of the Ahvaz Steel Workers declared that they would not engage in any negotiations with Iranian authorities until all prisoners are released. The names of the arrested are as follows: Behzad Alikhani Ahmad Bavi Arash Mohammadpour Meysam Al-e Mahdi Seyed Mostafa Mousavi Seyed Majid Mousavi Amir Dehghan Majid Jalali H...

The workers are protesting in front of Khuzistan province These protests cross the lines from agricultural workers to mine employees and retirees Feb. 7, 2018 -  The #Iranian regime would have the international community believe that the #Protests, which started in late December of 2017, have ended. The truth is that various protests are ongoing, particularly as Iranian workers continue to protest on a variety of issues. The news from the network of People’s Mojahedin Organization of #iran (PMOI/MEK) inside Iran paints a picture of continuing protests of injustices and non-payment of salaries. These protests cross the lines from agricultural workers to mine employees and retirees. On February 5, agricultural workers started their sixth day of protest at a local factory in the Khuzestan province. They were trying to bring to light the injustices they have endured from the management. Retired workers from this factory have not received their pension payments for o...

People demonstrate in solidarity with anti-government protests in Iran near the Iranian embassy in Paris, France, Jan. 6, 2018 Iranian voters, fed up with politics as usual, have demanded the ouster of both Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President  Hassan Rouhani THE CONVERSATION, January 23, 2018  - The two-week protest movement that rocked cities across Iran earlier this year has largely subsided, but the fallout from the government’s harsh response has just begun. More than 3,700 people were arrested and 23 were killed in sometimes violent nationwide marches that started on Dec. 28, 2017, in response to an austerity budget proposed by President Hasan Rouhani. At first, the protests were a display of anger by working-class Iranians, in the city of Mashhad, who complained of poverty and inequality. But the unrest soon spread to more than 80 cities. And as thousands of disenchanted citizens widened the agenda to include corruption, human rights, foreign policy...