Iran Events

Iran: 450,000 Automotive Industry Workers on the Verge of Unemployment

The ongoing conflicts between the regime affiliated automobile makers and component manufacturers, is putting the employment of thousands of workers in great jeopardy.

The Secretary of the Board of Directors (of component manufacturers), Mazyar Beiglou, has warned the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, of an upcoming wave of unemployment; which is predicted to impact thousands of workers in this industry.

In his interview with ILNA, Beiglou states: “last week, we penned a letter to the Ministry of Labour and Social Affair in which we warned them of an upcoming wave of unemployment that’s set to impact 450,000 workers in the industry”.

He pointed out to the lost jobs of 14,000 people thus far (i.e., from beginning of the year till now), and that: “a component manufacturing company named Cruise, is also going to dismiss 3500 of its workers later this week”.

He added that: “after next month, the 3-month contracts of many workers will not be renewed either”.

According to Beiglou, component manufacturers are gradually losing their ability in finding the required parts; which means that an “80% reduction in automobile production” is well on its way too.

Iran, demonstration against selling out the Caspian Sea

Dozens of people on Saturday, August 18, gathered in front of the Parliament in Tehran to protest and express their anger at the disgraceful and scandalous cheap selling out of one of the most important and iconic natural resources in Iran, The Caspian Sea.

The demonstrators in front of the Majlis (Parliament) chanted anti-regime slogans including “death to [Hassan] Rouhani, the president of the regime of Iran, and “we shall fight, we shall win back our Caspian Sea” and “selling out the Caspian is like selling out your honor.”

Repressive state security and anti-riot guards attacked the protesters in front of the parliament trying to stop the protest.

Reports indicate that a number of protesters were arrested by the security forces and taken to undisclosed locations.

As Iran protests continue to soar, the regime faces a dead end

In his recent speech, Iranian regime supreme leader Ali Khamenei claimed that he has a solution to the problems that the country faces. Khamenei’s remarks follow a line of rhetoric that other officials such as Hassan Rouhani, the regime president, have adopted, positing that escalating sanctions will unleash new potentials in the country.

But the realities are much more different from what the mullahs ruling Iran are trying to depict.

On the economic front, the figures speak for themselves, life on the streets shows how successful you are in implementing your plans, and you can see the truth on the table and in the kitchens of ordinary Iranian households. Rouhani’s plans to control the country’s currency crisis have only backfired, and even according to Khamenei, it has resulted in more than $18 billion dollars and 6 tons of gold being plundered and stolen by people with ties to the government.

Iran: Ahvaz locals attack regime’s municipality building

Locals of the Zoviyeh district in Ahvaz, southwest Iran, clashed with municipality authorities who intended to destroy their homes.

“On Thursday, people were seen attacking municipality authorities in the Zoviyeh district of Ahvaz, set fire to a state-owned bulldozer and inflicted severe damage to the municipality building,” said Mojtaba Yousefi, mayor of the third district in Ahvaz.

“A serious city motivation is necessary to bring an end to the locals’ illegal homes. This is why the municipality has a significant presence,” Yousefi added, emphasizing on the municipality’s decision to continue destroying the poor people’s makeshift homes.

The state-run Mehr news agency reported on this development as:

“Clash with municipality agents reported; bulldozer set ablaze.”

From the regime’s media outlets we will not read about skyrocketing prices, inflation, escalating poverty, increasing unemployment, billions of dollars going to waste to meddle in Syria, Yemen, Iraq, and Lebanon, even more, wasted on a completely unnecessary nuclear (weapons) program and ballistic missile development.

Ahvaz has constantly been a restive city.