This strike is organized to express the teachers’ objection about the arrest and lay off of their colleagues.
Since last February, teachers have staged several strikes seeking pay raise, and in protest to oppression and control over educational institutions. They have gathered several times in front of the mullahs’ parliament (Majlis) in Tehran.
A number of the teachers who have taken part in strikes have been arrested or have been laid off by Ahmadinejad’s government.