NCRI – Iron dealers in Tehran have closed down their stores and gone on strike in protest at a six per cent hike in taxes, reports from inside the regime have revealed.
The action – which met with insults from regime tax officials – is the latest in a catalogue of industrial disputes in Iran as the country’s economy flounders into crisis.
A spokesman for the dealers in Shad-abad market – the largest iron market in the city – said: “A group of iron dealers in this market went on strike from Saturday and closed down their stores in objection to the six percent increase in taxes.”
Four days later on Wednesday, the rest of the market’s dealers closed their stores and joined the protest, reports said.
As they vowed to continue their action until their demands are met, one tax bureau official is said to have told them: “Your work is incompetent anyway, so better that you close down and do what the hell you want.”
