We invite you to a brief glance at the atrocious
conditions of Iranian children forced to quit school and work. This is the true
face of the mullahs’ rule in Iran.
Iran state TV, 12 June 2015:
At least 15,000 labor children are roaming the streets of
Tehran
Child: I am a street vendor
Reporter: Where?
Child: Tehran’s Tajrish region
Another child: I sell omens
Reporter: How old are you?
Child: 8
Reporter: How much do you earn?
A small girl: 3 million rials a month
(around $100)…
From elementary to middle school, a total of 800,000 children
were deprived of education, said Ali Zarafshan, Deputy Minister of Education in
Iran said back in October 2015.
Iran state TV, 12 December 2015: Report on a school for
working children
… a female teacher dictates: “Child, space, work”
The children write: “labor children”
Reporter: Should a child be working?
Child: I don’t know...
One of the most horrible phenomenon’s in Iran resulting
from the mullahs’ rule is how children are forced to work to help families make
ends meet. This is a very clear indication of extreme poverty and the major gap
amongst various classes in Iran’s society.
This is a country where state media, including ‘Work
& Worker,’ wrote in April 2015:
“Out of a population of 79 million people, 54 million have no role in
production. Many children are forced to quit school and go to work to help
their families make ends meet.”
A short talk with a child on the street:
Reporter: How old are you?
Child: 8
Reporter: Why are you working?
Child: I want to make money
Reporter: Where is your dad?
Child: He’s sick
Reporter: Are you the only one
working?
Child: No, my brother’s over there
Factories closing, unemployment,
skyrocketing prices for basic daily needs and education, numerous economic and
social dilemmas all accumulate into extreme poverty. More and more poor
families simply cannot provide the expenses needed to send their children to
school, and these innocent kids are left with no choice but to quit school and
start working, many resorting to harsh labor.
Iran state TV, 26 May 2014:
Small boy: “I start working at 7 in the morning, and if I
don’t make any money until 11, I will have to go on without any lunch.”
25,000 children and juveniles are working instead of
receiving an education at school, said Iran’s Director General of Education.
90,000 children and juveniles deprived of education have
been identified in this province alone, said Abdul-Hossein Moghtadaie, Governor
of Khuzistan Province in southwest Iran.
“60% of the 500 children deprived of education in 2015
were girls,” said Education Director General of the city of Dezful, southwest
Iran.
Extreme poverty in itself is forcing families to leave
their children stranded on the streets, and forced into selling
them.
Iran state TV, 5 August 2015 - “Stranded Children”
Anchorman: The welfare service has
officially announced each year over 1,000 children under the age of 3 are
stranded in our country.”
“Some of them, unfortunately, are left stranded on the
streets,” one individual says.
Anchorman: The children one sees on
the street behind red lights, they may have been left stranded by their
families…
Fars news agency (associated to the Revolutionary Guards)
– 12 April 2016
“Babies born homeless in Iran! Price of tomorrow’s
working children: 20 million rials (around $675).”
This is a reference by one of the Iranian regime’s own
media outlets to just a tip of the iceberg of this humanitarian catastrophe in
today’s Iran under the mullahs’ rule.
“Unborn homeless babies are pre-sold at prices of 1 to 2
million rials (around $35 to $70),” Iran’s state ‘Siyasat-e Ruz’ daily reported
on 9 October 2015.
The mullahs’ ruling Iran have no shame in admitting to
such a catastrophic status quo, despite President Hassan Rouhani’s promises
of economic recovery. In fact, with the utmost audacity, this regime is known
to even hold ceremonies for working children, going as far as describing them as
role models for other children.
“A ceremony of child breadwinners in Bandar Abbas
(southern Iran) held by the ‘Home of Wishes’ institute,” state ISNA news agency
reported on 16 February 2016.
This is the true face of Iran ruled by the mullahs today,
where workers are deprived of their rights and salaries, and children are
spending their precious years of childhood working to help provide for their
families.
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