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Iran: Sugar Cane Industrial Complex protest
Iran news wire ^ | Nov,17,2018 | Hassan Mahmoudi

Posted on 11/17/2018 11:19:44 AM PST by hassan.mahmoud

By: Hassan.Mahmoudi The Iranian people have had 40 years of misery, corruption, inflation, and repression in their life, therefore they pour to the streets to protest, despite a violent crackdown by the security forces of the mullahs. In fact, The Regime clearly fears its overthrow. see this video: https://youtu.be/xJD65eWQgks According to the reports Employees of the Haft Tappeh sugar mill in Shush, southwest Iran, continued their strike by holding a gathering in early morning hours of Saturday. More than 1,000 employees rallied in the city’s main square, joined by their families and children. Sources and reports indicate more people are joining the crowd and various storeowners in Shush are also joining the Haft Tappeh employees’ ranks. See this Video: https://youtu.be/oacl89nIjGQ The protesting employees and their family members are chanting: “We don’t want incompetent officials” “Do not be afraid, we are all together!”, “Neither threat nor prison is effective anymore!”, “Today is the day of mourning, the life of the worker is up in the air today”, “One less embezzlement, our problem is solved”, The people of the city of Shush supported their demands by joining the protest rally. See this Video: https://youtu.be/xJD65eWQgks Fearing these protests spreading and turning into even larger rallies, Iranian regime officials are dispatching oppressive forces and anti-riot units from Ahvaz, capital of Khuzestan Province, to the city of Shush. This was not the first strike of the workers they have been out on strike several times over the past 18 months. The anti-riot forces on August 19, attacked a protest strike held by around 500 Haft Tappeh Sugar Cane Company workers in Khuzestan Province, southwest Iran, injuring the workers and arresting a number of the protesters. These workers were protesting their expulsion from work and held a picket line outside of the company site. A number of the expelled workers even poured gasoline on themselves and sought to commit suicide by setting themselves ablaze. A number of the company employees rushed to the scene and prevented them. The anti-riot forces even used pepper spray in their attack against the protesting workers rallying outside the company director’s office. One of the injured workers again tried to commit suicide. Five of the protesters were arrested and transferred to a nearby courthouse. Mrs. Maryam Rajavi wrote in her tweet: Hail to the workers of Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Factory who have risen against oppression with chants of, “Threats, jail, are no longer effective.” Crying out, “We are hungry,” they call on every free human being to rise up against the mullahs’ corrupt regime.#IranProtests #Iran Hassan Mahmoudi is a human rights advocate, specializing in political and economic issues relating to Iran and the Middle East. @hassan_mahmou1


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: demonstration; iran; protest; strike

1 posted on 11/17/2018 11:19:45 AM PST by hassan.mahmoud
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To: hassan.mahmoud

I’ve been watching this since the ayatollahs took over and have been praying the Iranian people would manage to free themselves.

They are a tough, smart people and I can’t understand why they haven’t been able to free themselves


2 posted on 11/17/2018 11:35:24 AM PST by McGavin999 ("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jefferson)
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To: McGavin999

Islam. As long as the dominant ‘religion’ is Islam-anywhere- there CAN BE no freedom. Islam is a death cult, you obey or suffer and die. They may allow the outward trappings of minor ‘freedoms’ for awhile, but in the end it destroys or must be destroyed,utterly, by the people. There IS no middle ground or other way. Islam cannot coexist with civilization.


3 posted on 11/17/2018 11:40:36 AM PST by ClearBlueSky (ISLAM is the problem. ISLAM is the enemy of civilization.)
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To: ClearBlueSky

There are a lot of Iranians who are secretly not Muslim. I’ve heard there are many of the young who won’t go to a mosque


4 posted on 11/17/2018 12:01:38 PM PST by McGavin999 ("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jefferson)
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To: McGavin999
Apparently not enough to change anything, or not willing to be slaughtered by their own families-much less the dominant mob.
Asking why Muslims countries don't change is like asking why you cant get steak in a vegetarian restaurant. It's against everything they are and believe.
5 posted on 11/17/2018 12:09:53 PM PST by ClearBlueSky (ISLAM is the problem. ISLAM is the enemy of civilization.)
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To: hassan.mahmoud

Obama has demonstrated that he’s on the side of the Mullahs. For just that, I consider him evil.


6 posted on 11/17/2018 12:33:11 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: ClearBlueSky
Islam cannot coexist with civilization.

Islam can not coexist with itself, case in point is over a thousand years of war between the Shiites and Sunnis. The equal would be if the Baptists declared war on the Methodists.

7 posted on 11/17/2018 2:10:52 PM PST by cpdiii (Cane Cutter, Deckhand,Roughneck, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist: THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR!)
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