This was a pre-organized strike with clear demands, including:

• Salary raise,

• Decreasing the unfair tax rate,

• Retirement benefits,

• Improvement of hygiene and medical services accessible to employees.

  
  

Not Unexpected from The Regime

The images published on social media show that on the eve of the commemoration of the 40th day after the passing of Mohsen Shekari, one of the protesters who was hanged by the Islamic regime on charge of Hiraba, his gravestone has been destroyed. This is not the first time that agents and supporters of the regime destroy and break the gravestones of protesters.

Local sources report at least 96 Kurdish citizens have been arrested in the first half of January (15 days), including 13 children.

Consequences of Protesting

When it’s Not Death

Mojgan Ilanlou, documentary filmmaker, was arrested during the protests. She is now sentenced to 9 years and 9 months of prison, 74 lashes, and banned from exiting the country. She has a broken leg, and despite legal follow-ups, judiciary authorities do not let her back to the hospital for additional treatment.

Alireza Khoshbakht, journalist, also got arrested during the protests. He is now sentenced to 6 years of prison.

Sarah Siahpour, teacher activist, was arrested before the recent uprising due to her protest against inequality for teachers. She is now sentenced to 6 years of prison, banned from any social activities and exiting the country for 2 years.

Gas and Electricity Outages

Gas and electricity outages continue in various parts of Iran. On Monday, people came to the streets in Torbat-e Jam to protest against the five-day gas outage and tried to seize the governor's office, but were suppressed by the security forces. On Tuesday, the regime's auxiliary forces were widely present in the city in order to prevent any protest movements.

Although the government is trying to supply gas and electricity to big cities including Tehran by cutting off energy supply in peripheral areas and smaller cities, with the prolongation of this process and frequent outages, many infrastructures have been damaged. On Tuesday, two datacenters were unavailable due to multiple power outages in the past few days.

After Russia's attack on Ukraine and the energy crisis it caused, the authorities of the Islamic regime had repeatedly threatened European governments with a "hard winter" if they don't reach an agreement with the regime.