Iran: Protest and Strike in Hamedan, Rezwanshahr, Rasht and Kerman 3/11/2018 4:28:20 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print Hamadan city, was the scene of the protest of municipality workers Iran, March 11, 2018  - Hamadan city in the Midwest part of Iran, was the scene of the protest of municipality workers on Saturday, March 10, 2018. The workers strike was in protest to their unpaid salaries and depriving them of the right to have insurance. In Rasht, Northern Iran, workers of Iran Poplin Company held a gathering in protest to their three-month overdue wages in addition to the company's denial to pay them the bonus for the Persian calendar new year.   The central province of Kerman also witnessed a worker's protest. The workers of Safaroud Dam in the city of Rezwanshahr protested against the government's rejection of paying months of their overdue wages. While the workers have protested for the umpteenth time, the officials threat...

The Scope And Impact Of Iran's IRGC Blacklisting Tehran received a major blow following the blacklisting of Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as a terrorist organization by the U.S. Treasury Department after President Donald Trump’s October 13 th  landmark  Iran policy speech . This has senior Iranian officials extremely concerned as the regime in its entirety is desperately attempting to cope with the aftermath. There are those heard struggling to downgrade the impact and save face. “Sanctions against the IRGC are nothing new… The IRGC is not an economic entity for them to attempt to impact its future through sanctions. The IRGC is a military entity that will negotiate with no one regarding its duties,” said Hessam-edin Ashena, an advisor to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to a state daily. Understanding the importance of U.S. sanctions, Gholamreza Tajgardoon, chairman of the Budget & Planning Commission in Iran’s parliament resorted to similar remarks. “Sanct...