{"id":337119,"date":"2025-09-18T21:20:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T20:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=337119"},"modified":"2025-09-18T21:23:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T20:23:12","slug":"irans-industrial-heartland-witnesses-protests-from-ahvaz-to-asaluyeh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/irans-industrial-heartland-witnesses-protests-from-ahvaz-to-asaluyeh\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran’s Industrial Heartland Witnesses Protests from Ahvaz to Asaluyeh"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Protest by oil and gas workers in Asaluyeh (September 17, 2025)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A powerful wave of labor unrest is sweeping across Iran’s vital industrial and energy sectors, laying bare the profound economic incompetence and systemic corruption of the ruling clerical regime. On Wednesday, September 17, 2025, coordinated protests by steel workers in Ahvaz, energy sector contractors in Asaluyeh, and transport drivers in Chabahar painted a vivid picture of a nation pushed to its limits. These are a unified chorus of dissent against a kleptocracy that has plundered the nation’s wealth and abandoned its workforce.<\/p>\n

The Five-Day Uprising of Ahvaz Steel Workers<\/h2>\n

In the southwestern city of Ahvaz, for the fifth consecutive day, workers of the National Iranian Steel Industrial Group took to the streets. Their protest began at the company’s assembly hall and evolved into a determined march to Baqaee Square, their chants for justice echoing through the city.<\/p>\n

The workers’ demands are a stark indictment of the regime’s mismanagement. They are protesting two months of unpaid wages, the lack of adequate supplemental insurance, and the failure to restart critical production lines. The company, which is owned by the state-controlled Bank Melli<\/a>, is reportedly operating at a catastrophic 10% of its capacity. In response to the growing crisis, the company’s CEO recently issued a letter advising the workers to have “patience,” citing a “lack of liquidity”\u2014a hollow excuse for years of systemic neglect. The workers have warned that if their demands are not met, they will escalate their actions, signaling a new phase of organized defiance.<\/p>\n

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September 17\u2014Ahvaz, southwest Iran
Workers of the Iran National Steel Industrial Group staged a protest for the fifth consecutive day, demanding immediate payment of unpaid wages, proper supplemental insurance, timely deposits of social security premiums, improvements in\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/rAD740Knqs<\/a><\/p>\n

— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) September 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n