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Brussels- 19 Dec 2018<\/p>\n
Workers of Iran\u2019s Ahvaz Steel National Industrial Group have been on strike for 40 days. We were informed that dozens of workers were arrested by Iranian regime\u2019s security forces on Sunday night, 16 December 2018.<\/p>\n
Many workers have been protesting every day and chanting slogans such as “We stand, we die, we do not accept humiliation; neither threat, nor prison, they are no longer useful; student, worker, unity; imprisoned worker must be freed; imprisoned student must be freed; neither ruler nor the state, can overcome the worker; neither ruler, nor the state, think about the nation; inflation, high prices, respond Rouhani; our country is a thief house; it’s unique in the world; liar Rouhani\u2026<\/p>\n
Despite the arrests, the protests in Ahvaz have continued. Workers are calling for the release of their detained colleagues, the striking workers\u2019 job security, and the cutting off the hands of the government’s mafia in these industries.<\/p>\n
We call on the European Parliament\u2019s President, Antonio Tajani and the EU High Representative Federica Mogherini to condemn these arrests and to urge the Iranian regime to release the detained workers immediately.<\/p>\n
Tunne Kelam, MEP, Estonia, Vice-President of Friends of a Free Iran<\/strong><\/p>\n Eduard Kukan, MEP, Slovakia, former Foreign Minister<\/strong><\/p>\n Mark Demesmaeker MEP, Belgium<\/strong><\/p>\n Julie Ward, MEP, UK Labour Party<\/strong><\/p>\n Heinz Becker, MEP, Austria<\/strong><\/p>\n Jozo Rado\u0161 MEP, Croatia, former Defence Minister<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0 Brussels- 19 Dec 2018 Workers of Iran’s Ahvaz Steel National Industrial Group have been on strike for 40 days. We were informed that dozens of workers were arrested by Iranian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":52484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[178],"class_list":{"0":"post-25659","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-protests","8":"tag-save"},"yoast_head":"\n
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