Khuzestan:
According to local sources, more than 500 workers at Haft-Tappeh sugarcane factory in the southern province of Khuzestan have gone on strike protesting low wages.
The striking workers say government’s new plan to categorize jobs and salaries has deepens the rift among workers, employees, caretakers and managers. The rift amounts to more than $200 a month.

Tehran:
A group of street venders stationed at Haft-Tir sq. protested on Wednesday against the vicious raid by the police who had come to stop their business. They lied down the road preventing the flow of traffic.