Workers of Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Factory received one month salary on Monday and yet took the streets for the 22nd ongoing days, demanding regular payment, release of jailed workers and communization of the factory.
Local activists in the Iran’s Kurdish province of Kermanshah told Avatoday that the number of people hurt by the magnitude 6.3 earthquake on Sunday night estimated at least 530 and 12 others were dead.
Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit Iranian Kurdish region of Sarpole Zahab and Kermanshah on Sunday night, the US Geological Survey said Sunday.
Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, urged Muslims worldwide on Saturday to unite against the US, while called the Israelis a “cancerous tumor,” the local media covered his speech.
While the strike of workers of Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Factory against delayed salaries and privatization entered its 18th day, more humanitarian support comes to the workers.
Students in Tehran University gathered on Tuesday in support of workers of Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Factory who have been on strike for 17 consecutive day against delayed salaries and privatization of the factory.
Saudi Arabia’s king Salman asked the international community on Monday to act against the Islamic Republic’s military program including its nuclear and ballistic development, Reuters reported.
Dubai was once one of the Iran’s gate to the outside world and one of the biggest business center for Iranians, but the international sanctions against Tehran caused a sharp decrease in the business scales the two countries used to have, Reuters reported.
Thousands of workers from Haft Tapeh sugarcane factory gathered in front of municipality of Shush in the Iranian southwestern province of Khuzestan on Sunday, demanding their delayed salaries.
