Truck Drivers’ Strike: A Symbol of Economic Crisis and Government Inaction/ Roozbeh Bolhari

For several days, a very large number of cities across Iran witnessed a truck drivers’ strike—an action that began on the first of Khordad (May 22, 2025) and, due to its scale and its reflection on social media and in public opinion, forced officials of the Islamic Republic to respond. Truck drivers protested a wide […]...

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Suicide on the last day of autumn/ Hope Aghdami

In the early days of December this year, the ILNA news agency reported on the suicide of two workers at the Chavar Ilam petrochemical plant on the last day of autumn. With the suicide of these two workers, the number of suicides in this petrochemical complex has reached six in the past two years. A […]...

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The struggles of the sugar workers of Haft-Tappeh and the current situation of the protest movement / Amir Javaheri Langroudi.

The final words. Continuous protests in our society today, above all, are met with strategizing for the survival of the striking workers and breaking the imposition of hunger on them by employers and the government. This is often accompanied by media siege, intimidation, and suppression of the striking workers in order to exacerbate the effects […]...

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Where will the strikes go?/ Reza Alijani

This is a caption This is a caption. Reza Alijani Reformists are generally focused on elections, but reformists believe that different sections of society, as well as civil, political, and trade movements, can use all peaceful means to bring about change in their individual and collective lives and destinies. The tools that can create “change” […]...

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