By INU Staff
INU - On Wednesday, August 7, residents of the Bridge District of 3 Khordad in the city of Urmia, northwest of Iran, blocked the roadway in protest to the absence of pedestrian overpass and the occurrence of successive road accidents.
By INU Staff
INU - For the second consecutive day, rail workers in Iran have been blocking tracks in protest over the non-payment of their wages for a number of months. Workers have been blocking the tracks that link the town of Bandar Abbas to Tehran.
According to the Iranian Labor News Agency (ILNA), they have not received their wages for three months.
By INU Staff
INU - Active and retired Iranian teachers have been holding protests over the past few days. On Sunday 28th July, hundreds gathered in front of the Plan and Budget Organization (PBO) offices and in front of the Iranian Parliament building. They were calling for adjustment payments because of the massive rise in inflation.
Teachers were also protesting the previous day outside the Ministry of Education and PBO offices.
By INU Staff
INU - In November 2017, more than 600 people were killed and thousands injured in a powerful earthquake that hit Iran and Iraq. The 7.3 magnitude earthquake caused major devastation in the affected areas in Iran, and the Iranian government was criticised for leaving the people to fend for themselves in the aftermath.
By INU Staff
INU - A group of physicians in Val-Fajr special clinic in Gachsaran (In Kohkilouye and Boyerahamd province, southwest Iran) said they haven't received their salaries for eight months, and in protest, they refused to show up at the clinic for three days.
By INU Staff
INU - The Iranian regime has been put under intense pressure by the international community in recent times, especially by the United States. The regime was not that long ago enjoying the so-called “golden years” when former U.S. President Barack Obama was in office. Obama wanted his major foreign policy legacy to be the Joint Comprehensive plan of Action (JCPOA), or 2015 Iran nuclear deal as it is more commonly referred to. He achieved this, but at a very high cost.
