Reported by PMOI/MEK
Iran, July 23, 2018 – Based on pre-arrangements and prior coordination, truck drivers in many cities across Iran launched a second round of strikes starting on Monday.
Truckers were on strike in the cities of Tehran, Bandar Abbas, Sirjan, Kazerun, Port Shapur, Isfahan, Shahr-e Kord, Sanandaj, Qazin, Port Khomeini, Pol-e Dokhtar, Tabriz, Rafsanjan, Kermanshah, Shahroud, Toroq, Kashmar and Firuzkooh, protesting their unsolved calamities and officials refusing to live up to their pledges.
In Khuzestan, drivers were seen stopping any trucks carrying loads and allowing them to deliver their goods.
Protesting truckers in the Dorud-Azna road were also seen preventing any trucker intending to deliver loads. No trucks were seen on the Shiraz-Ahvaz international highway, Tehran-Saveh, Kangavar-Hamedan and Arzhan Valley-Shiraz roads.
Sources say loading terminal stations in Tehran, Isfahan and Port Khomeini were very vacant. From Monday morning most of the truckers’ in Kazerun were on strike at their syndicate office, all refusing to deliver any loads.
Firuzkooh – Truckers on strike leaving this road completely empty
From early Monday morning the beltway of Shiraz, south-central Iran, security forces dispatched a large number of forces and especially confiscating all cameras.
Truckers in Sirjaz went on strike and refused any loads. Sanandaj was another scene where truck drivers launched their strike, joining their colleagues across the country. In Qazvin, the load terminal station was completely empty and no driver was willing to deliver any goods.
Drivers of Pol-e Dokhtar reported the road was never so empty and some people are also complaining about diesel fuel shortages.
A road leading to Port Bushsher in southern Iran was also empty as drivers are on strike complaining high prices of tires, poor tire quality, and high parking fees.
Protesting truckers in Shahr-e Kord
Bandar Abbas loading terminal station
Tehran loading terminal station
Port Khomeini, southern Iran
Rafsanjan
Rafsanjan
Tehran-Saveh road
Port Khomeini load terminal station
Port Khomeini load terminal station
Port Khomeini load terminal station
Port Khomeini load terminal station
Ami Kabir load terminal station
Isfahan load terminal station
Port Khomeini load terminal station
Port Khomeini load terminal station
Tehran load terminal station
