NCRI – A group of protesting peddlers gathered outside mayor's office in the southwestern city of Dezful.
The State Security Forces (SSF) – mullahs' suppressive police – seized their merchandise in a raid on the peddlers a day before.
"We want to earn a decent living. The government pushes us in a different direction. We want to feed our families but no one is there to help us," said a crying peddler.
By midday, an employee from the mayor's office paid no attention to their cries and instead fined the participants. Something they had to pay in cash.
More than eighty percent of the Iranian people live under poverty line.
In the past few months, the Iranian regime has increased public suppression especially against the most vulnerable sectors of the society.
Workers and fixed income families are hardest hit by the measures. The majority of the Iranian workforce was struggling much of last year to get its unpaid salaries. Workers in factories and workshops at times have worked for their mostly government owned companies without any pay.
