NCRI – A group of former Dehloran factory workers and their families gathered to protest at the entrance gate to the city on Sunday, according to the regime-affiliated Nassim Dehloran news agency.
They were protesting their dismissal from Dehloran Cement Factory last year, which has left many unemployed and unable to find work. Most of the former workers had upwards of seven years’ experience within the company.
The dismissals came after 15 months of unpaid wages; many families faced financial hardship, forced to sell their belongings to survive.
The Dehloran Cement Factory said that they could only accept workers back on a temporary three-month contract.
According to reports by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) the high unemployment in Iran is leading to homelessness and prostitution.
