{"id":8606,"date":"2018-11-27T15:17:35","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T14:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=8606"},"modified":"2018-11-27T22:05:01","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T21:05:01","slug":"haft-tapeh-rises-up-for-its-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2018\/11\/haft-tapeh-rises-up-for-its-rights\/8606\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0\u00a0Haft Tapeh rises up for its rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Since three weeks ago the Haft Tapeh<\/strong> Sugar Cane Mill<\/a>\u2019s hard-working workers gathered in front of the governorate office in Shush south of Iran.<\/p>\n

Youths, students and workers\u2019 families participated extensively in the demonstrations. Women played a significant role at the forefront.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, November 17, 2018 a massive demonstration took place in spite of repressive measures and the creation of a climate of fear and terror, including the presence of scores of the special anti-riot and other repressive forces in the police station, governorate and the city.but when the workers did not stop the strike, the suppressive forces arrested and detained some of them.<\/p>\n

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At the November 6 demonstration, the protesters chanted:\u201cWe are workers of the Haft Tapeh<\/strong>, we are hungry, hungry\u201d, \u201cDown with the oppressor, hail to the worker\u201d, \u201cWorker dies but does not accept humiliation\u201d, \u201cOne less embezzlement, our problem will be solved!\u201d, \u201cThe betrayal of the authorities must be disclosed\u201d, \u201cWe do not want deceptive \u201d, \u201cGovernment, embezzler, happy marriage!\u201d<\/p>\n

Protesters, including students, carried handwritten banners reading:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are children of Haft Tapeh<\/strong>, we are hungry\u201d, \u201cDad gave water, dad gave bread, is no longer our slogan; but dad gave his life\u201d, \u201cWe do not want false promises, we want our rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect<\/a> of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) saluted the striking workers of the Haft Tapeh<\/strong> Sugar Cane factory and Ahvaz<\/a> National Steel Group and said:<\/p>\n

\u201cShush has risen with the cries of workers, and solidarity and strike of youth, teachers and merchants of the bazaar. The enemy attempts in vain to silence the Haft Tapeh<\/strong> deprived workers by suppressing and arresting them, but the cry of \u201cwe are hungry, hungry\u201d of the children of Shush, calls the conscience of every human being to rise up against the oppressor mullahs\u2026<\/p>\n

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The enemy tries in vain to silence the voice of the deprived workers of Haft Tappeh through arrests and suppression. The cries of \u201cwe are hungry\u201d of the children of Shush awaken the conscience of every human being, provoking them to rise up against the oppressive mullahs. #Iran<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/PVom5G4KX3<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) November 18, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n