Iran: Women workers suffering under mullahs’ rule

Today’s world has witnessed significant developments and changes regarding women’s status and conditions in various aspects of our society. The increasing number of educated women, evolving knowledge and levels of learning have rendered a mounting demand for women’s presence in the job market. This development can be the source of widespread social and cultural changes. In Iran, however, it is an entirely different story.

Iran: Calamity and Poverty, Babies for Rent and sale

 

Iran: Babies are being rented to the price of $5 a day and sold to $600 

Wealth & palaces for Mullahs: Destitute & “Carton sleeping” for Iranian people

 Farhanaz Rafe, an official in the state Red Crescent, revealed speaking, on Monday Feb. 29^th to Iran’s state Tansim news Agency that “Some women Carton sleepers rent or sell their babies to street beggars. The rate for rent is 15 thousands Tomans (Less than $5) a day and two million Tomans (approximately $600) for sale.

Carton Sleepers is a new phrase introduced into Iranian culture after Mullahs grasped power. It means the homeless who have nothing but a piece of carton to sleep on.

Tehran - contract employees of Azadi Stadium on strike

Contract workers of Tehran’s Azadi Stadium went at 9 on strike on Monday, February 29^th as their paychecks have been delayed for a long time now. Workers of contract companies related to the stadium management were also on strike in this coordinated protest.

A portion of these workers’ demands were to be paid in leases, and the remaining to be deposited in the spring of 2016, according to a protester. However, the stadium management and officials have not lived up to their words, leaving them empty handed before the Iranian calendar New Year on March 20^th. Azadi Stadium contract workers have not received their paychecks for the past 4 months.

Oil refinery workers revolt in southern Iran

Over 7,000 workers and employees of the Bandar Abbas Oil Refinery Company revolted on Saturday, February 28^th, according to reports obtained from the city of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran. Angry workers literally trashed the oil refinery dormitory and broke all the trailers belonging to the security personnel. Agents and security teams chose to flee the scene, knowing they had no chance to quell the raging mob.

The revolting workers, demanding their overdue paychecks, also attacked the refinery buffet, fruit and ice cream stores. Finally, the refinery officials were forced to succumb to their demands, promising to deposit 3 months of their salaries. These workers had not been paid for the past 5 months.

With the Iranian calendar New Year just around the corner (March 20^th), these workers are now more than ever in need of their paychecks to provide for their families’ needs.

Iran: street vendor commits sets himself ablaze in protest

Street vendor in Tehran sets himself ablaze

A hardworking Iranian selling goods on Tehran’s Jomhouri Avenue was viciously attacked by state police, based on a report and video footage posted on the Internet.

This street vendor, by the name of Amir, set himself ablaze afterwards as a sign of protest.

People at the scene were shocked of this tragedy and began putting out the flames. Amir was taken to Tehran’s Mottahari Hospital. There is no information on the conditions of this man and this incident has taken place on the verge of the Iranian calendar year.

A growing number of poor and deprived people in Iran are resorting to selling goods on the street, hoping to make a small amount of money to barely make ends meet for their families.

Iran: 1 million engineers outside of work cycle in mullahs’ regime

Skyrocketing unemployment in Iran

Saturday, February 27^th: The Statistics Center in Iran admitted more than 1 million graduated engineers in Iran are not present in the country’s active engineering population. 233,000 people are unemployed amongst the active engineering population.

The reason behind such conditions is the fact that the Revolutionary Guards has monopolized all construction projects, said Bahram Ghaffari, an advisor at Iran’s Engineering Organization.

Coal Mine workers protest for their unpaid wages.

 

Tuesday Feb. 23 - Coal mine workers of Minoo Dasht, south of Iran, gathered, for the second day in a row, in front of the local governor’s office to demand their months of unpaid wages.

In fear of spreading the protest Mino Dasht governor met with workers, Coal mine workers received one month pay and agreed to get the rest by the end of March.

Iran: Candidates misuse people’s poverty to gain votes

Slogan on the wall reads, ” My vote, Regime Change”.

In Ahwaz city a candidate, who is already a member of the present parliament, pays 100.000 tomans (= $30) a day for distributing his election publicity. This is when Iranian workers are paid around 450.000 Tomans a months. This is also when lots of Iranian workers are not paid their wages for up to five months…..

Iran: municipality agents harassing old man confronted by brave youths in Tehran

On Sunday, February 21^st at around 9 am in Tehran’s Tavoos Avenue an old man selling cigarettes on the streets was seen harassed by regime municipality agents.

The agents’ behavior towards this old man was so insulting that it instantly prompted a strong response from bystanders, according to eyewitnesses.

The regime agents were seen taking the old man’s handbag and insulting him. That was when people intervened. The agents intended to use electric shockers against two youths, yet a number of people intervened again and took the electric shockers and began severely attacking the agents. The bystanders, reaching over 50 in numbers, rushed to support of the old man and two youths, forcing the regime agents to flee the scene.

Why should I vote?

This is the voice of Iranian people on the verge of sham election

Iran: It’s better to die than to live under this regime

       An Iranian worker casts his vote before Feb. 26 Election:

       It’s better to die than to live under this regime.

Javanrood  ( central Iran) –Unemployment, poverty , and hunger made Jabbar Ghaderi, a young worker, hang himself to death on Feb. 16^th , only six months after his marriage.

Jabbar, who was a construction worker, had been out of work for months and unable to pay the costs of an ordinary living. His wife found him dead when she arrived home.

Iran, ruled by Mullahs, has one of the highest numbers of suicide among youths and women, in particular. The main reasons for people committing suicide in today’s Iran are unemployment, poverty and humiliation; all of them are direct results of Khamenei- Rouhani government.

Iran: 100 metals stores close in Tehran in protest to tax extortions

According to reports received from inside Iran during the past month over 100 metal stores in various parts of Tehran have closed in protest to tax extortion and market recession.

In various provinces across the country metal store owners are suffering from similar conditions and many such storeowners have sought other occupations.

Mullahs’ regime retaliates people’s not attending the Feb 11th march

Tehran – People protest weak emergency relief services on the road to Firoozkooh

Heavy snowfall on Feb. 12^th caused a lot of trouble for passengers travelling on roads connecting Tehran to Firoozkooh, and to Chaloos and also the road between Karaj and Ghazvin, north of the capital.  The main cause of trouble was, however, not the snow but the lack of emergency relief services by the Police and the mayor.

More than 70% of factories & companies closed in NW Iran city

More than 70% of all companies and factories in the Ardebil complex industry have been forced to close down due to the Iranian regime’s atrocious policies, reported a company owner from this city located in northwest Iran. This includes the Sabalan Textile Company, being one of the largest companies in this industrial complex. This firm has not been able to provide its workers’ paychecks, leaving them no choice but to stage rallies outside the Ardebil governorate.

Iran: protesting for unpaid salaries by ocean industry workers

 Workers of Sadra Ocean Industry Company in the city of Booshehr in southern Iran gathered on Saturday, February 6th outside the regime’s governorate office protesting not receiving their wages for the past 8 months.

Sadra ship manufacturing company has around 1,500 employees working in various projects belonging to the company.

800 miners on strike in south-central Iran

 Iran Miner workers (archive photo)

Wednesday, February 10^th marked the second day of a strike launched by 800 workers of the Hashoni mine in the town of Pabdana in Kerman Province, south-central Iran. These deprived miners have not received their paychecks for the past 4 months and they have gone on strike protesting the negligence seen in regime officials regarding their problems making ends meet. Regardless of all the pressures they are enduring these miners emphasize on continuing this strike until all their demands and rights are addressed.

Despite harsh working conditions in the mines, poverty has forced these miners to take on a second job to provide for their families.

Nasreen and the little doll

Time kept on passing and she became even more nervous. However, she didn’t want Nasreen to notice.

“Mommy, when is Daddy coming home?”

In her little world Nasreen had prepared a place at the dinner table for the little doll that Daddy was going to buy for her.

Two hours after dinner and there was no word of Nasreen’s father. Whatever the odds he would usually make it home before dinner.

Nasreen’s mother began thinking about what could have happened: He wasn’t working overtime, he would have called if he was. He wasn’t going anywhere either. Buying the little doll was on his way home… could he have been in an accident, had something happened or … She didn’t want to believe these things. She was lost in her thoughts when her mobile phone rang. It was her husband and he was in a hurry and very nervous:

“Marjan, listen, the other workers and I went to the company accountancy to get our paychecks, but like always they kept on saying come back another day. We then all went on strike and started a picket line here. Despite the fact that we haven’t received our paychecks for three months, they had me and 11 of the other workers arrested. Right now they are even confiscating all our belongings! Some of my friends are keeping the agents busy so I could make this call. I can’t continue any longer. I don’t know how much longer we will be here. Tell something to Nasreen so she won’t be too upset. The little kid is probably still waiting for her doll, huh?! Ok, I don’t have any more time because the agents are coming. Good b….”

The voice of Nasreen’s father was cut-off.