Iran
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.
Read moreIranian 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.
Read moreSanctions cripple Iran’s coronavirus response; country pleads for U.S. to lift them
March 16, 2020Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned: “It is immoral to let a bully kill innocents.”
Read moreHouse tries again to stop Trump march to war on Iran
February 4, 2020The House voted twice to again stop GOP President Donald Trump’s march to war on Iran.
Read moreRefuting Pompeo claim, Iraq sticks to demand that U.S. troops get out
January 14, 2020“We are trying to keep people on the street to make the point that we are not with the Americans or the Iranians. We are with Iraq,” said one activist.
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