NCRI – On Sunday, striking workers at Kiyan-Tire factory, in a symbolic move to show their protest, again set ablaze on the old tires stacked in the factory's warehouse.
The workers chanted anti-government slogans. They have not been paid for the last four months.
The State Security Forces (SSF) – mullahs' suppressive police – fearing the spread of protests to other parts of the city cordoned the factory grounds for hours.
On July 29, more than 800 Kiyan-Tire factory workers held a sit-in on Tuesday morning at their workshops protesting to unpaid salaries.
They hanged a banner 21 feet long across Tehran-Saveh highway to catch people's attention commuting to the capital.
The handpicked management stopped the workers from having their protests outside Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's office in Tehran.
The participants in the protest burned used tires causing huge columns of smoke visible from miles away.
Workers in the sit-in chanted "Incompetent minister should resign," a clear reference to Ahmadinejad's labor minister.
The workers went on strike on April 12 for the first time when the hand picked management called in the suppressive State Security Force (SSF) – mullahs' suppressive police – to crush their demonstration. A number of the workers were arrested in that incident.
