{"id":332212,"date":"2025-05-29T21:43:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T20:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=332212"},"modified":"2025-05-29T21:44:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T20:44:23","slug":"iran-protests-truckers-strike-enters-8th-day-expands-to-140-cities-exposing-regimes-economic-ruin-and-repression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-protests-truckers-strike-enters-8th-day-expands-to-140-cities-exposing-regimes-economic-ruin-and-repression\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Protests: Truckers’ Strike Enters 8th Day, Expands to 140 Cities, Exposing Regime’s Economic Ruin and Repression"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Truck drivers in Iran continue their strike for the eighth consecutive day \u2013 May 29, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

The clerical regime in Iran faced intensifying nationwide defiance<\/a> on May 29th, as courageous truck drivers marked the eighth consecutive day of their crippling strike. This sustained action, protesting dire economic conditions and unaddressed grievances, has now spread to at least 140 cities across 30 provinces, including newly joined cities such as Marivan<\/strong>, Anzali<\/strong>, Asman Abadi (Ilam)<\/strong>, and Kahak (Qom)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The strike has paralyzed transport arteries, with videos showing key transit highways\u2014including Bandar Abbas\u2013Shiraz<\/strong>, Mashhad<\/strong>, Arak<\/strong>, Qazvin<\/strong>, and Shahreza<\/strong>\u2014completely deserted. This underscores the regime’s profound economic mismanagement and its increasingly desperate, repressive responses. The drivers’ stand is a stark testament to a populace pushed to its limits by systemic corruption and official indifference.<\/p>\n

The protests sweeping Iran are not isolated incidents but direct consequences of the clerical regime’s catastrophic economic mismanagement and deeply entrenched corruption. The sheer diversity of sectors demonstrating previously, and the continued resolve of the truckers, underscore the systemic nature of this failure.<\/p>\n

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May 29\u2014Iran
Eighth day of nationwide strikes by truck drivers, demanding fair commission rates, reduction in the exorbitant prices of spare parts, tires, and crucially, fuel.#IranProtests<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/wQigm49vi4<\/a><\/p>\n

— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) May 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n