May Day in (from) Iran
This additional from our friends in Iran.
Qazvin – According to reports from the city of Qazvin, a protest gathering in the Yadegar Imam Stadium by about 8,000 workers in this city is still ongoing. These workers have placards which read:
- The workers of the Alborz China Factory demand that this factory get back to business
- The workers of the Alborz China Factory have not received their salaries for 7 months
- We have not received our bonuses for 2008 and 2009
They also chant slogans such as “Workers, unite, unite” and “Supporting workers is like supporting Islam”.
Shiraz – According to other reports from Shiraz, more than 2,000 workers of the Meat Company in this city and workers from other factories have staged a gathering outside the governor’s office. More than 1,000 workers of the Long Distance Communications Department who have not received their salaries for 13 months are participating in this gathering. A large number of security forces have surrounded this gathering.
In Tehran outside the Labor Ministry there is a gathering of workers. Security forces attacked two women and clashed with the protesters. People fought back with stones and chanted death to dictator and security forces retreated.
At about 5 pm in Isfahan, young people, workers and students surrounded the Dastgerd Command Center in this city and intended to seize it. Security forces clashed with the protesters and opened fire on them. The protesters disarmed 3 agents. Sixteen people were injured, arrested and taken to the hospital.
Demonstration of Tehran University students because of Ahmadinejad presence.
The following slogans are being chanted by students in these videos:
Students will die but will never letdown
freedom and justice this is the slogan of our people
students and workers must be united
Our blood is our gift to our country and our people…
Allah O Akbar, Ahmadinejad killed our youths in Iran, you destroyed all over the country, Death to you Ahmadinejad…
we don’t want hireling police death to you
Ministry of work, look at so many unemployed.. on this Labor Day …
