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August Iran Protests Report: 331 protests in 82 cities

Iran News Wire by Iran News Wire
September 7, 2020
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Iran August protests report

According to collected reports by sources affiliated with the Iranian Resistance in the month of August, Iranians held 331 recorded protests in 82 cities and 26 provinces, with an average of eight protests a day.

Iranians mostly held gatherings to express their economic grievances and demand their unpaid wages. Most of the protests were organized and were held for several days.

There was an increase in the number of protests compared to July, when 237 protests were recorded.

Oil and gas workers

Oil and gas workers in several cities staged protests from the beginning of August to protest their delayed paychecks and benefits, difficult working conditions, and their lack of job security. The strike was initially kicked off by oil and petrochemical workers and was later joined by power plant workers.

Aug. 29 – Mahshahr S #Iran
Workers of the Bidboland Gas Refinery Project in the Persian Gulf continued their strike action/#IranProtests for the 4th day to demand their unpaid wages and benefits. pic.twitter.com/1pFgkiQmBv

— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) August 29, 2020

The oil and petrochemical workers’ protests eventually spread to 24 cities, in 12 provinces and 55 districts. Managers and contractors tried to stop the workers’ strike by giving them false promises. Reports indicate that some of the workers have received their demand and have gone back to work while others are still on strike.

Aug. 20- Ilam, W #Iran
Workers of the NJL 3100 project who work for Iran General Contractors (IGC) went on strike today in Dasht-e Abbas to demand higher wages. Thousands of petrochemical workers on currently on strike in Iran for higher wages. #IranProtests #اعتصابات_سراسری‌ pic.twitter.com/X1RfERqGPx

— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) August 20, 2020

Workers

Other than industrial workers, workers in other sectors held 177 protests in 57 cities. These include:

  • Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Company workers in Shush (SW Iran) continued their strike for the whole month.

Aug26- Shush, SW #Iran
Day 73 of strike action/#IranProtests by Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Company workers. They want their unpaid wages/return of workers expelled for protesting/end to the company's privatization. #اعتصابات_سراسری @labourstart@IndustriALL_GU@IUFglobal pic.twitter.com/Rzy6qlUwJN

— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) August 26, 2020
  • HEPCO workers in Arak protested for 20 days to protest their delayed paychecks among other things.

Aug12- Arak, central #Iran
HEPCO Heavy machinery factory workers gathered for the 10th day to demand job security, unpaid wages & protest the halting of production at what was once the Middles East's largest heavy machinery production company. #IranProtests #اعتصابات_سراسری pic.twitter.com/7k11W81rNy

— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) August 12, 2020
  • Damash Mineral Water Company workers in northern Iran held a weeklong gathering to protest months of their delayed paychecks and insurance.
  • Neishabour Telecommunications workers in northeastern Iran protested for over a week against their temporary employment contracts, and not receiving months of their paychecks and insurance.
  • Workers in cities of Khorramabad, Ahvaz, Abadan, Lali, Sheston, Iranshahr, Saravan, Qeshm, Khoy, Khorramshahr, Mirjaveh, Ravansar, Boroujerd, Bandar Khomeini, Kut Abdullah and Yasuj gathered to protest their delayed paychecks.
  • Railway workers in Zanjan, Tabriz, Varamin, Pishva, Garmsar, Karaj, Kordan, Hashtgerd, Abik, Ziaran, Neishabour, Tehran, Shahroud and Andimeshk staged protests. They gathered to protest the privatization of the railway companies, and their delayed paychecks.
  • Dismissed workers of the Qazvin Provincial Department of Road Maintenance and Transportation in northwest Iran, held days long protests to express their economic grievances.
  • Workers of a counter manufacturing co. in the northwestern city of Qazvin also staged protests to demand their wages.  

Workers of a counter manufacturing co. in the NW city of Qazvin gathered on the street where Nobakht, the Head of #Iran's Planning and Budget Org. was passing by to protest and demand their unpaid wages. #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/8PmrsocIde

— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) August 24, 2020

Municipal workers in Ahvaz's Area 7, SW #Iran gathered today to demand 7 months of their unpaid wages. #Iranian workers can barely make ends meet when they get paid. Imagine their lives without their meager paychecks. #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/56XsIlDeJt

— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) August 27, 2020


Pensioners

Retired Iranian workers receive very meager pensions, which is not given to them in a timely manner. The economic situation is also getting worse and prices are very high. Pensioners also suffer from various illnesses, aggravated due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Iranian pensioners staged 21 protests in 14 cities during the month of August.

Aug15- Rasht N #Iran
Retired Social Security Organization personnel in Rasht gathered today to demand their violated rights and protest their dire livelihood conditions. #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/lD1hCb5ICq

— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) August 15, 2020

After a call from pensioners to gather all over Iran, retired workers protested their low pensions in Tehran, Sanandaj, Bojnourd, Gachsaran, Ilam, Kermanshah, Sari, Mashhad, Karaj, Rasht, Tabriz, Ahvaz, and Isfahan.

Teachers

Teachers held 16 protests in five cities, including:

  • Gathering of preschool teachers in Dezful, protesting their employment.
  • Gathering of contracted teachers in Tehran to protest their employment status.
  • Gathering of contracted teachers in Alborz province to protest their employment status.
  • Gathering of teachers in different Tehran districts for consecutive days to protest their employment status.
  • Gathering of contracted teachers for consecutive days in Tehran to protest their delayed paychecks.
  • Gathering of private teachers in Tehran to protest not being employed formally by the Education Ministry.

Defrauded creditors

Defrauded creditors held eight protest in three cities in August. These included customers of the Azvico (Azarbaijan’s automobile industry co) in Tehran and Tabriz.

Aug22- Tehran, #Iran
Defrauded car buyers gathered outside the parliament to demand their undelivered cars from Azvico (Azarbaijan's automobile industry co). The company has yet to deliver 6,000 cars bought by its customers 2 years ago. #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/bcYge50y4Q

— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) August 22, 2020

University students

Iranian university students staged five protests in five cities in August. Medical students in Borujerd, Kerman and Mashhad held protest gatherings. Medical students in Rasht gathered to protest their pre-internship exams. Isfahan students held a gathering to protest the treatment of students by university officials.

Farmers

Kermanshah tomato farmers protested the government’s tomatoes prices which they say is too low. Isfahan farmers in central Iran protested the blockage of Zayandeh Rud River which they use for irrigation, as well as the regime’s negligence toward their farming problems.

Aug26-#Iran
Poultry farmers from Kurdistan, W #Iran gathered today outside the Ministry of Agriculture to protest the lack of feed for their chickens. Their sign says they're going bankrupt. #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/LsUb28s4WC

— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) August 26, 2020

Aug22- Mashhad, NE #Iran
Livestock farmers gathered today to protest the lack of support by the regime during the #COVID19 crisis. They say they are going bankrupt and the gov. has done nothing to aid them. #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/6V5NF0hsn5

— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) August 22, 2020

Other sectors

Other sectors held 82 protests in 43 cities in August. These include:

  • Gathering by the families of executed political prisoners in 1988 in Tehran’s Khavaran cemetery.
  • Gathering of families who lost their loved ones in the Ukraine international flight shot down by the regime in Tehran outside the Ukraine Embassy.
  • The attack against a police station by the family members of a 13 year-old boy killed by the police in Qahavand village in Hamadan, northwest Iran.
  • Gathering of political prisoners’ families outside the Mashhad Central Prison, to demand information on the condition of their loved ones in prison.
  • Gathering and protests by Abolfazl villagers, near Ahwaz, and clashes with the special forces and municipality authorities who had come to demolish their homes.

Aug26-Ahvaz, SW #Iran
Security forces attacked locals in Hazrat-e Abolfazl Village, with pellet guns & teargas during protests against the demolition of their village. One of Khamenei's multi-mln dollar bonyads wants to demolish the whole village.
More:https://t.co/QicLTuxKvw pic.twitter.com/n3JpFPDi9Q

— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) August 27, 2020
  • Gathering of nurses and contracted medical workers in hospitals in Mashhad, to protest the discrimination in their paychecks and low wages.
  • Gathering of nurses, contracted medical workers, caregivers, nutritionists, and midwives in Kerman, to protest their unpaid wages. 
  • Gathering of nurses and health workers in Ahvaz to protest their delayed wages, employment status, and lack of job security.
  • Gathering of nurses in Urmia hospital to protest their living conditions and unpaid wages.
  • Gathering of doctors and nurses in Shiraz public hospitals to protest their delayed wages.
  • Gathering of nurses in Isfahan hospitals to protest their delayed wages.
  • Gathering of emergency doctors to demand their economic grievances.

Aug. 22- Isfahan Central #Iran
Video of today's large gathering by nurses in Isfahan who say their wages have not been given to them. #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/tFuqdrVVYV

— Iran News Wire (@IranNW) August 22, 2020
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