{"id":240560,"date":"2021-05-27T11:13:52","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T16:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=240560"},"modified":"2023-03-28T13:26:58","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T12:26:58","slug":"iran-nationwide-protests-by-oil-workers-and-employees-in-oil-centers-in-9-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-nationwide-protests-by-oil-workers-and-employees-in-oil-centers-in-9-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Nationwide Protests By Oil Workers And Employees In Oil Centers In 9 Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Workers chanted: \u201cBe afraid, we are united,\u201d<\/h2>\n

\u201cWe will not relent until we get our rights.\u201d<\/h3>\n

On Wednesday morning, May 27, 2021, official employees of Iran\u2019s oil company held rallies in different oil centers in Tehran, Assaluyeh, Abadan, Ahvaz, Gachsaran, Mahshahr, Bandar Deylam, Khark, and Lavan Island, protesting their low salaries and harsh livelihood condition due to skyrocketing prices.
\nThe protests of the official employees of the oil company were held following a call to protests by Iran\u2019s oil workers.<\/p>\n

Workers held signs and placards which read: \u201cOil and gas are not produced easily, they are produced at the cost of our lives,\u201d \u201cThis level of injustice is not the right of operational staff,\u201d \u201cEmployment on offshore platforms and operational areas equals the sale of life,\u201d \u201cEqual pay increases in unequal conditions.\u201d
\nWorkers also chanted, \u201cBe afraid, we are united,\u201d \u201c[Bijan] Zangeneh shame on you, leave the ministry,\u201d \u201cthe oil minister is a disgrace,\u201d and \u201cWe will not relent until we get our rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mrs. Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/a> (NCRI<\/a>), hailed the oil workers and employees in Tehran, Assaluyeh, Abadan, Ahvaz, Gachsaran, Mahshahr, Bandar Deylam, Khark, and Lavan Island who are protesting while chanting \u201cWe will not relent until we get our rights.\u201d She called on all Iranians to support the oil workers.<\/p>\n

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I urge my fellow compatriots in #Iran<\/a> to support the workers and employees of the oil industry. #IranProtests<\/a><\/p>\n

— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) May 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n