VOL. XL
No. 8
24-February-1997
IRAN
Tehran Refinery Workers Stage Protest Outside Oil Ministry
Some 1,000 workers from the Tehran refinery staged a protest outside the Iranian Ministry of Oil on 16 February. Press reports from Tehran say that the workers were protesting the failure of officials to deliver on previous promises involving pay raises, food coupons and housing loans. The workers were also said to be complaining about pressure placed on union leaders to resign. Police were reported to...
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