The sufferer workers staged demonstrations, strikes and gathering protests against the clerical regime in the cities of Shiraz, Sanandaj, Ahwaz, Arak, and Zanjan.

In Ahwaz over 500 workers of Rolling and Pipes Mill Corporation (ARPCO) walked out for the second time this summer over their unpaid salaries in the southwestern city of Ahwaz, the state-run Kargozaran daily reported on Sunday. The striking workers were cordoned by the State Security Forces – mullahs’ suppressive police – preventing the demonstration from spreading to other parts of the city. They have not been paid for the past four months. The protesting workers continued their gathering in another point of Ahwaz.

In Shiraz, the workers of Fars Chemical Industry staged gathering in front of Labor office of Fars province to protest the firing of workers and not paying their delayed salaries.

In Sanandaj, Western Iranian city, the textile factory workers, staged a protesting gathering. The workers whose number was 170 protested against unpaid salaries.

In Zanjan, northwestern Iranian city, the drivers of Bus Transport Company staged strike to protest the unpaid salaries of 2005 and 2006. This strike caused disorder in traffic of the city.