{"id":7574,"date":"2018-09-14T08:56:40","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T06:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=7574"},"modified":"2018-09-14T08:56:40","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T06:56:40","slug":"general-strikes-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/reports\/2018\/09\/general-strikes-iran\/7574\/","title":{"rendered":"Increasing general strikes in Iran\/the government&#8217;s inability to bridle them"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<!--?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"--><html><body><p>Increasing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/item\/strikes-sweep-through-provinces-kurdistan-kermanshah-azerbaijan\">general strikes in Iran<\/a>\/the government\u2019s inability to bridle them<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, September 10, 2018, the ransacked people by the Caspian Institute in Mashhad staged another pre-planned gathering, reiterated for times over the last month, in front of the Pamchal Branch of this IRGC-affiliated institute under an intense repressive measures. They protested against looting of their funds and not returning back it after 2 years. The protesters chanted slogans against the corrupt clerical regime:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome Inadequate officials have taken the offices\u201d ,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey, oppressor fell some shame release our funds\u201d ,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have robbed our money, they lie about refunding\u201d,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey pretend to be religious but are honor of robbery\u201d, and \u201cCry death to Seif (referring to the ex-head of the Central Bank)\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2018\/09\/09\/truck-drivers-iran\/\">Continuation of the truck drivers\u2019 strike and protest in Nishapur<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2018\/09\/09\/truck-drivers-iran\/<\/p>\n<p>Truck drivers in Nishapur continued their strike in protest over the high prices of spare parts and tires and carrying freight by train instead of trucks by the clerical regime to thwart the truckers strike. On Monday, the Drivers gathered in front of the regime\u2019s Department of Transportation in Nishapur.<\/p>\n<p>Gathering of a group of students from the Melli University in Tehran<\/p>\n<p>A group of students at Iran Melli Iranian University (Beheshti) in Tehran met Monday to protest the dormitory closure and called for it to be reopened.<\/p>\n<p>Workers\u2019 gathering at Tolli Press Co. at Alvand city<\/p>\n<p>Workers of the Tolli Press Co. at Alvand city, Qazvin province, gathered in front of the company on Monday to protest to denial of their demands by the regime\u2019s agents.<\/p>\n<p>The protest gathering of the youths of the city of Ashar in front of the governor\u2019s office in Suran<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the youths of Ashshar City staged a protest rally in front of the governor\u2019s office at the city of Souran, Sistan and Baluchestan, concurrently a meeting of the Minister of Communications at the location.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Reports related to the\u00a0general strikes in Iran<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h5 class=\"title\"><strong><a class=\"post-title post-url\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2018\/09\/09\/truck-drivers-iran\/\">Truck Drivers Protesting In Different Cities Of Iran<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"title\"><strong><a class=\"post-title post-url\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2018\/08\/03\/protests-iran-maryam-rajavi\/\">A Brief Report Of The Protests In Iran On Thursday<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"title\"><strong><a class=\"post-title post-url\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2018\/08\/04\/irans-uprising\/\">Iran\u2019s Uprising People Chanting \u201cDeath To The Dictator\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"title\"><strong><a class=\"post-title post-url\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2018\/08\/05\/iran-protests-regime\/\">Iran Protests Quickly Transformed From Economic Woes To Calls For The Overthrow Of The Iran\u2019s\u2026<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Increasing general strikes in Iran\/the government\u2019s inability to bridle them On Monday, September 10, 2018, the ransacked people by the Caspian Institute in Mashhad staged another pre-planned gathering, reiterated for times over the last month, in front of the Pamchal Branch of this IRGC-affiliated institute under an intense repressive measures. 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