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January 7, 2025
\nNews Group: Protests – Prisoners – Workers and Guilds<\/p>\n
Breathing in Confinement: on Tuesday, January 7, at least 38 protests and demonstrations were held by various groups of people and political prisoners.<\/p>\n
According to the Statistical Center of the Prisoners\u2019 Rights League in Iran, the 50th week of the political prisoners\u2019 hunger strike against the death penalty, known as \u201cProtest Tuesdays Against the Death Penalty,\u201d extended to 30 prisons nationwide. In a statement, prisoners highlighted that since late December 2024, over 80 people have been executed, and 1,000 executions in 2024 set a new record for crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n
The hunger strike protesting the death penalty continued in numerous prisons, including Tehran\u2019s Great Prison, Evin Prison (women\u2019s ward, Ward 4, Ward 6, Ward 8), Ghezel Hesar Prison (Units 3 and 4), central prisons in Karaj, Khorramabad, Naghadeh, Khoy, Mashhad, Saqqez, Ardabil, Qaemshahr, Urmia, Marivan, Kamyaran, Baneh, Salmas, Shiraz, Rasht, Bam, Tabriz, Arak, Kahnuj, Asadabad, and Dastgerd in Isfahan, as well as prisons in Tabas, Khorin Varamin, Roudsar, Ahvaz, and Ramhormoz.<\/p>\n
Protests also broke out in several cities:
\n\u2022 Residents of the Mehr Housing Complex in Bandar Abbas protested in front of the provincial governor\u2019s office against increased loan installments.
\n\u2022 Municipal safety officers and guards demonstrated outside the Tehran City Council, protesting the lack of employment contracts after 18 years of service, excessive tax deductions, and the addition of subcontractors, which they claimed undermined workers\u2019 rights. They chanted: \u201cWe\u2019re waiting for Zakani. We\u2019re not leaving. We\u2019re staying here!\u201d
\n\u2022 Victims of fraud by Rezayat Khodro Taravat Novin Company protested and marched in Qazvin, moving from the judiciary office to the governor\u2019s office, demanding action on their grievances. They chanted: \u201cShout, shout, demand your rights!\u201d
\n\u2022 Families of victims of the Ukrainian plane crash held a protest in Shahed Shahr, at the site of the crash, on the fifth anniversary of the downing of the Ukrainian plane.
\n\u2022 Workers of the Iran Afagh Company at the Yadavaran Oil Field staged their 15th day of strikes and protests, demanding salary increases and timely payment of wages.
\n\u2022 SMA patients demonstrated outside the Ministry of Health, protesting the high cost of domestically produced medications and demanding that the government cover the cost of these drugs under special disease budgets.
\n\u2022 Residents of Arak protested against the burning of mazut at the Shazand power plant, which has caused severe air pollution. Protesters chanted: \u201cBurning mazut is treason!\u201d
\n\u2022 Workers of the Bayer Aflak pharmaceutical company in Azna protested the non-payment of four months\u2019 worth of wages and benefits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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