Iran
Features from Iran at 2020 Toronto International Film Festival
November 4, 2020Many critics rate Iranian cinema as one of the most significant artistically, comparable to the classic Italian neorealist movement.
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Sugar workers in Iran striking for wages and public ownership
October 2, 2020Privatization of their company allowed embezzlement of funds.
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The ‘trampling of humanity’ continues in Iran
September 10, 2020The human rights abuses in Iran’s prisons, the ongoing strike wave, the protests on the streets, all underline the continuing disaffection with the regime in Iran.
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Worker’s death sparks historic oil and gas strike in Iran
August 10, 2020The strike action was triggered when Ebrahim Arabzadeh, a contract worker at Mahshahr petrochemical complex, died from heat exhaustion at work.
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Iranian union members given 74 lashes and jail for demanding unpaid wages
July 14, 2020Workers want the wages they weren't paid for May and June and demand their privatized plant be returned to the public sector.
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