- More than 1,000 workers at the Bushehr and Damavand petrochemical plants carried out a threat to go on strike, blocking streets and chanting “death to the dictator,” according to Radio Farda.
- Oil worker strikes were pivotal in the Islamic Revolution of 1979, which led to the fall of the Shah.
- Workers at several oil fields posted videos, threatening, “we will destroy everything we have built” if their demand for an end to violence against the protesters is not met. Read More