NCRI – Some 200,000 Iranian workers have not received their salaries for months, the state-run news agency IRNA reported on October 11.
"Close to 200,000 workers from 500 factories, such as Poushineh-Baf, Naz-Nakh, and Semin-No, have not received their salaries for months and we have witnessed this issue brought up in Majlis frequently. … Some of these workers have not been paid for up to 50 months," said Alireza Mahjoub, a deputy of the regime’s Majlis.
He added, "Despite the fact that it has been seven months since the approval of regular amounts of 200,000 Tomans for senior citizens, the alimony recipients of the social security system have not yet been paid that amount."
The Iranian Resistance calls on all human rights organizations and labor organizations, in particular the International Labor Organization and international labor unions, to condemn the mullahs’ regime and take urgent measures to defend the rights of Iranian workers.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
October 13, 2006
