{"id":211054,"date":"2018-12-01T10:24:46","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T10:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211054-nov-24-ahvaz-sw-iran-national-steel-group-employees-protesting-delayed-paychecks"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:48:37","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:48:37","slug":"nov-24-ahvaz-sw-iran-national-steel-group-employees-protesting-delayed-paychecks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia-iran-protests\/nov-24-ahvaz-sw-iran-national-steel-group-employees-protesting-delayed-paychecks\/","title":{"rendered":"Nov 24 &#8211; Ahvaz, SW #Iran: National Steel Group employees protesting delayed paychecks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Nov 24 - Ahvaz, SW #Iran: National Steel Group employees protesting delayed paychecks\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_QrLkzD4W99I\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FQrLkzD4W99I%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QrLkzD4W99I\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M4S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-11-24T09:58:56Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_QrLkzD4W99I\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FQrLkzD4W99I%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Nov 24 - Ahvaz, SW #Iran: National Steel Group employees protesting delayed paychecks<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QrLkzD4W99I\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FQrLkzD4W99I%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Nov 24 - Ahvaz, SW #Iran: National Steel Group employees protesting delayed paychecks\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran: Workers of Ahvaz steel company protest for 15th day Iran, November 24, 2018 - On Saturday, the workers of Iran National Steel Industrial Group in Ahvaz gathered for the 15th day of their strikes and protest, demanding their unpaid salaries. 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