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IRAN: Wages of 1000 workers of Persian Gulf Star Refinery remain unpaid

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NCRI – The wages of more than 1000 workers employed in the Persian Gulf Star Refinery in Iran have not been paid since February.

These laborers are working in small and large contracting companies under contract with the refinery, but none of them have received their wages for the past four months, according to several of the workers.

Lack of liquidity, unpaid invoices of the contracting companies and the financial crisis facing the mullahs’ regime are the main causes of delay in deferred payments of these workers’ wages.

The Iranian regime’s former Minister of Education announced on April 21 that the country’s economy is on the verge of collapse and that not all problems related to the dire economic situation were the byproduct of international sanctions.

Hamidreza Haji-Babai, who in addition to being a minister was a legislator of the regime for 20 years, made the following assessment of the regime’s economy: “We should note that not all the problems are related to the sanctions. Just 30 percent of our problems are due to sanctions and the remaining 70 percent have to do with [mis]management.”

The regime’s First Vice President said in January that the regime is faced with a variety of economic crises which could lead to “threats” against the regime by Iran’s young restive population.

“The country is entangled in a special economic and political situation that demands serious action,” said Eshaq Jahangiri, who is top deputy to the regime’s President Hassan Rouhani. “We are facing three important challenges with unemployment being prominent among them.”

Jahangiri expressed concern about the situation and said, “Iran has a large young population. If we are unable to solve their problems, this opportunity will morph into a threat.”