{"id":8208,"date":"2018-10-18T12:23:25","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T10:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=8208"},"modified":"2018-10-18T12:23:25","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T10:23:25","slug":"iranian-teachers-maryam-rajavi-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2018\/10\/iranian-teachers-maryam-rajavi-iran\/8208\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Teachers strike another warning for the mullahs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Iranian Teachers strike another warning for the mullahs<\/strong><\/p>\n

The strike and sit-ins of Iranian teachers and educators expanded to dozens of Iran\u2019s cities.<\/p>\n

The Iranian teachers in dozens of cities across Iran began their nationwide strike on\u00a0Sunday<\/a>, Oct. 14, 2018, protesting poor living conditions, problems with their jobs and heavy security measures imposed in their schools.<\/p>\n

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The strike and sit-ins of Iranian teachers and educators expanded to dozens of Iran\u2019s cities.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Iranian teachers\u2019 strike was based on a previous call to protest against the pressures and injustice.<\/p>\n

The teachers also demanded the release of their colleagues who are imprisoned by the mullahs regime.<\/p>\n

The students in different cities supported the teachers\u2019 strike.<\/p>\n

The Iranian teachers on strike also objected the violation of the right to free education for all, non-standard and insecure schools, the country\u2019s gross drop in the quality of the education, the low level content of educational books, the much higher than standard number of students in the classes, and the inadequate educational budget.<\/p>\n

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In their strike, the teachers held up signs with their demands written on them: \u201cThe teacher\u2019s place is not in prison\u201d, \u201cWe are protesting discrimination,\u201d The teachers must not be the subject of discrimination\u201d, \u201cNo to the privatization of education\u201d.<\/p>\n

The participation of the Iranian teachers in the sit-ins has been extensive and throughout Iran.<\/p>\n

Even in some rural schools in deprived areas with only one teacher, still the sit-in was held.<\/p>\n

The Coordinating Council of Teachers Syndicates in Iran (CCTSI) had called upon teachers to cancel classes and to hold sit-ins in their schools on October 14 and 15.<\/p>\n

Iranian teachers\u00a0reason for the strike<\/h1>\n

The council declared the following issues as the reason for the teachers strike:<\/p>\n