NCRI – On Thursday, May 7, the Iranian regime’s security forces arrested 10 board of directors members from the Felez Kar Mechanic company in Tehran, according to reports obtained from inside Iran. The clerical regime’s authorities have charged the detainees for their participation in protests marking the International Workers’ Day on May 1.
On Saturday, Iranian regime agents also harassed a number of other workers from the Shadabad Metal Industries, Kian Tire (Alborz Tire) company.
The families of workers detained after May Day protests are continuing with their protests in Tehran. On Monday, more than 30 family members of the detainees gathered at 9 in morning in front of the regime’s judiciary office located on Moallem Street.
The demonstrators demanded the release of their loved ones, but were faced with threats from the Iranian regime’s officials.
On May 1, 2009, despite intense suppressive measures and an undeclared martial law, thousands of underprivileged Iranian workers marked International Workers’ Day by protesting against the clerical regime.
While confronting the clerical regime’s suppressive forces, workers chanted slogans such as “Imprisoned workers must be freed,” and “We don’t want nuclear energy, we don’t want $180 salary.”
In the course of the clashes, more than 150 people, including women and teenagers, were arrested and taken to unknown locations. A number of university students were also detained. The regime’s agents violently beat those arrested, put them in State Security Forces (SSF) vehicles, and later transferred them to prisons.
Workers also staged gatherings and demonstrations in other Iranian cities, including Arak, Kermanshah, Ghasre Shirin, Sanandaj, and Qom, despite intense security measures adopted by the clerical regime.
