Iran: The arrest of Ahvaz steelworkers, a desperate attempt to end strikes and labor protests
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 the upsurge in labor strikes, Khamenei on February 26, blamed these protests to the enemies and ...