Iranian labour unions have joined the anti-government rallies and helped them gain ground by calling for strikes at factories, schools, and oil facilities, which has opened a new front in the country’s upheaval.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Tehran’s government responded by keeping an eye on and detaining certain employees who attacked or took part in the rallies.
The protests in Iran, which erupted after the death of the young Kurdish -Iranian woman, Muhsa Amini, continues to enter her second month.
The largest prison complex in Tehran and universities as well as ethnic minorities near the country’s borders with Pakistan and Iraq have all witnessed demonstrations recently.
Since organised labour and unions were instrumental in the Islamic Revolution of 1979, which forced the Shah to abdicate the monarchy, they have played a significant role in escalating the protests against the Iranian government.
Although the Iranian leadership made few comments about the strikes, it claimed that foreign influence was at the root of the unrest.
The students organized a protest at Amir Kabir Technology University in Tehran earlier this month.
The campaign to suppress the protests, which is the largest since the protests in Iran in 2019, has led to the rise in fuel prices, to the killing of at least 122 people, including children, according to the Human Rights Organization in Iran, which is based in Iran.
As they interact with the security forces, the young women of Iran advance the protest movement without wearing the veil or shouting anti-power slogans.
On Saturday, there were more demonstrations, but because of the authorities’ restrictions on Internet access, it is difficult to estimate their size.
Earlier, Amnesty International confirmed that at least 23 juveniles had been killed by police forces during protests, and the National Council for Iranian Resistance reported the deaths of more over 400 young protesters.
The murder of Muhsa was the result of a fire of rage over a number of issues, including the limitations placed on individual freedoms and stringent regulations pertaining to women’s attire, as well as the living and economic crisis that the Iranian people experience, not to mention the rigid regulations imposed by the regime and its political makeup generally.
Iranian labour unions pressure the government and demand strikes
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