Iran – People's World

Worker’s death sparks historic oil and gas strike in Iran

August 10, 2020 By Jane Green

The strike action was triggered when Ebrahim Arabzadeh, a contract worker at Mahshahr petrochemical complex, died from heat exhaustion at work.

Iranian union members given 74 lashes and jail for demanding unpaid wages

July 14, 2020 By Steve Sweeney

Workers want the wages they weren't paid for May and June and demand their privatized plant be returned to the public sector.

Sanctions cripple Iran’s coronavirus response; country pleads for U.S. to lift them

March 16, 2020 By Steve Sweeney

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned: “It is immoral to let a bully kill innocents.”

House tries again to stop Trump march to war on Iran

February 4, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

The House voted twice to again stop GOP President Donald Trump’s march to war on Iran.

Refuting Pompeo claim, Iraq sticks to demand that U.S. troops get out

January 14, 2020 By Matt Trinder

“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.