• 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.