Sunday 22nd Jul 2018
Iran Uprising – No. 178
In the final hours of Monday, June 25, the brave people and youth of TehranPars and Khak-e-Sefid in northeastern Capital city Tehran, took to the streets and protested against the clerical regime and its plundering and oppressive policies. They chanted slogans such as “Death to the dictator, Iran has become Palestine, one less embezzlement, our problem is solved.”
Iran Uprising -No. 177
Uprising of the people of Tehran with the slogans: Death to Khamenei; Death to the principle of Velayat-e Faqih; Beware of the day we get armed
Uprising has spread to various cities such as Bandar Abbas, Shahriar, Karaj, Kashan, Qeshm, Shiraz, Kermanshah, and Mashhad
Iran Uprising - No. 176
People chanted "Death to the dictator", and set fire to the police kiosk
Today, Monday, June 25th, Bazaar merchants and shopkeepers in various parts of Tehran went on strike in protest of the collapse of the currency and unprecedented recession. They rallied toward the Baharestan square and gathered in front of the Regime’s Majlis (parliament). They chanted slogans: Death to the dictator; Let go of Syria, think about us; our enemy is right here, but they falsely claim (our enemy) is the U.S.; Death to high prices; we shall die, but we do not accept humiliation; Zealous marketers, support, support.
Iran uprising -No. 175
Maryam Rajavi called all shopkeepers, tradesmen and merchants to support protesters
This morning, Monday, June 25, a large part of the Tehran Bazaar went on strike. Marketers and shopkeepers, including those in the markets of goldsmiths, fabric stores bazaar, Saray-e Pachenar, Saray-e Moshir, shoemakers in Big Charsough, the large bazaar at Small Charsough, the Kuwaitis’ Bazaar, Sabze Meydan, Saray-e Melli, the carpet market in Saray-e Bou Ali and 15th Khordad and the Shah Mosque, Bain al-Haramain Bazaar, the sewing machine marketers in Khayyam Ave., coppersmiths’ Bazaar at Nasser Khosrow, and the marketers at the Parsian passage have joined this massive strike. They are protesting against the currency crisis and the rise in the price of the dollar as high a 9,000 tomans, and the plundering policies of the Iranian regime and its corrupt leaders.
Iran Uprising - No. 174
On Monday, June 18, hundreds of shoe manufacturers and their workers in Tehran closed their shops in protest of the regime's devastating policies and rallied on Bagh-e Sepahsalar Ave. They objected to the cost of the needed materials and the employment of non-Iranian workers in this industry, which has caused unemployment and a dire livelihood for thousands of them.
Iran Uprising - No. 173
A call to support the strikers and the unconditional release of detained workers
On Tuesday, June 12, the workers of the Ahvaz Steel National Group continued to strike despite the intensive presence of repressive forces for the third week with the slogan "Detained workers must be freed". They protested against the arrest of workers, as well as the failure to pay months of salaries and bonuses and end-of-year rewards (not paid since 2011).
Iran Uprising - No. 172
On Friday June 1, the strike of heavy truck drivers and truckers entered its 11th day and strikers in various cities including Mashhad, Isfahan, Zarrinshahr, Najaf Abad, Shiraz, Fasa, Darab, Khorramshahr, Andimeshk, Behbahan, Bandar Mahshahr, Zanjan, Qazvin, Saveh, Kermanshah, Kangavar, Kerman, Jalalabad, Jiroft, Baft, Anar, Rafsanjan, Bam, Bardsir, Siris, Zarand, Golgohar, Khorramabad, Aligoudarz, Shahrekord, Sari, Hamedan and others continued their strike.