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Iran: more labor protests reported from 3 cities

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Iran: more labor protests reported from 3 cities

There is no information on Omid Dabbaghchi Makri, one of the individuals arrested in Mahabad after the recent unrests, and his family has been left in the dark.
Following the murder of Farinaz Khosravani and the resulting unrest in Mahabad, more than 18 individuals were arrested by Ministry of Intelligence agents in raids on their homes, local sources reported. Makri was arrested on Thursday, May 7th and transferred to an unknown location.
Intelligence agents confiscated the computer, personal items and notes of this Kurdish citizen in their raid on his home. Makri was born in 1982Masjed Suleiman – On July 7th hundreds of Karoun Cement Factory workers continued their protest rallies demanding paychecks of the past three months.


In Haft Tappeh workers of the sugar cane company staged a rally outside the manager’s office and demanded their paychecks which they haven’t received for the past 4 months. These workers went on strike on July 4th and 5th, and the company officials promised to meet their demands. This company currently has 2,200 workers.


In Bushehr customs workers rallied on July 7th for the second day protesting low job security, too many lay-offs and very low pay that barely allows them make ends meet.



in Mahabad and he is a computer engineer. Mahabad intelligence services have not made any statement officially announcing his arrest and this has made his family extremely worried.