VIDEO: Iran, Labor protest demanding unpaid wages 3/15/2018 9:55:32 AM   facebook Google+ ► Print Khuzestan workers demand overdue salaries Iran, Khuzestan, March 15, 2018  -  A large group of laborers from the Free Union of Iran Workers gathered in front of the governorate in Khuzestan province demanding their unpaid salaries and wages. They were chanting, 'We are workers, not slaves, we want our salaries, not pledges.'

Iran: Ahvaz National Group Steel Workers' Strike 3/11/2018 10:11:38 AM A group of Ahvaz National Group Steel workers started their 20th consecutive day of strike Iran, March 11, 2018  – A group of Ahvaz National Group Steelworkers started their 20th consecutive day of the strike on Sunday, March 11, 2018, staging their protest in front of the city's governorate office. The deprived workers chanted 'They are not paying our salaries, but say it is the America's fault', 'Our enemy is here, but they want us to believe it is America', 'Death to despotism, hail to workers', and 'No nation has witnessed so much injustice.'

Iran - Steel Workers Demonstration: "Imprisoned Workers Should Be Released" 3/4/2018 8:28:37 AM   facebook Google+ ► Print Calling for support for striking workers and action to free them Iran Uprising-No. 95 On Saturday, March 3, hundreds of workers from the Ahvaz Steel National Group along with their families demonstrated on the streets of the city and gathered in front of the governorate. Their demonstration was in protest against the arrest of their colleagues and also to ask for their demands to be met. They chanted: “Imprisoned workers should be released”; “We support you, the imprisoned worker”; “State Security Force, be careful! We are workers, not thugs”; “We shall persist to get our rights”; “Thieves are free out there, but the workers are in prison”. On Thursday night, March 1, repressive forces arrested at least 10 of striking forces during a raid on their houses. More than 300 workers from Ahvaz National Steel Gro...

Home  \\  World  \\ Iran: The arrest of Ahvaz steelwork... 03 Mar, 2018 Riyadh Daily   Iran: The arrest of Ahvaz steelworkers, a desperate attempt to end strikes and labor protests The Iranian Resistance condemns the arrest of the Ahvaz steel striking workers and calls on the general public, especially the youth and workers of Khuzestan, to express solidarity with the strikers and to support families of the detainees, and calls on all international human rights and labor rights organizations to condemn suppressive and anti-labor policies of the clerical regime and to take action for the immediate and unconditional release of the detainees. Thursday night, March 1, suppressive forces arrested at least 10 striking workers of Ahvaz steel during a raid on the homes of a number of them. This repressive action took place on the tenth day of the strike of more than 300 Ahvaz steelworkers and their daily gatherings in front of the governorate. Following t...

Under threat? Iran's quiet infiltration over Iraqi Christian communities Christians who have called northern Iraq their homeland since the first century are recovering from ISIS’ carnage only to face an emerging threat that they fear could be just as challenging: the growing influence from Iran. That influence comes in an array of shapes and forms, and even an infiltration within the Christian community itself. Most flagrantly, it includes the direct arming and funding of a prominent militia of Iraqi Christians. The real intentions of the militia, known as the Babylon Brigade, worry those Christians who remain in or want to return to their ancient homeland, known as the Ninevah Plains. Rayan al-Kildani, leader of the "Babylon Brigade," at his Baghdad headquarters.   (Fox News) “We had ISIS, and now we are struggling with this increasing Iranian rule, the changing demographics,” lamented Dr. Salem Hana, a 33-year-old Iraqi Christian dentist. “The Nineve...