Iranian Workers, Retirees Mark Labor Day with more Protests

Workers and retirees took to the streets of cities across Iran on International Workers’ Day to protest the Islamic Republic’s failure to meet their demands. According to information obtained by IranWire, retirees gathered outside labor and social security departments on May 1 in Ahvaz, Shush, Dezful, Kermanshah, Kerman, […]

Thousands of Iran energy workers to be sacked, replaced, says official

Iran witnessed several waves of strikes by teachers and bus drivers in 2022 who protested low wages and high living costs. Four thousand Iranian petrochemical workers on strike over pay and conditions in an energy-producing region of the country’s south will be sacked and replaced, state media reported. […]