Reporting by PMOI/MEK
Iran, September 8, 2020—A group of Tehran University students gathered in front of the Privatization Organization building on Monday, September 7, protesting unwarranted forfeitures to the private sector.
The students showed their protests by holding placards reading "Evict corrupt managers from the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Company," "Corrupt privatization is a disaster for national production," and "Corrupt privatization is the cause of unemployment,” according to the HRANA news agency.
Transportation staff of Homa Airlines held a protest rally—September 6, 2020
Members of Iran’s Homa Airlines transportation staff held a rally in front of the company’s pilot transport unit on Sunday, September 6, protesting five months delays in their paychecks.
Parents protest in Semnan, east of Tehran, Iran—September 7, 2020
The Iranian regime reopened schools on Saturday, September 5, despite warnings from many health experts that by reopening schools, social distancing is not possible in dense classrooms and will lead to a new rise of coronavirus cases. Reopening schools will not only result in students contracting the virus, but also places their families at risk.
“It was not at all an appropriate decision to reopen schools. We should be expecting a new wave of illnesses after recent trips and various ceremonies during which some people abided by health protocols and some did not,” said Minoo Mohraz, a member of the National Covid-19 Task Force.
Security forces kill 11-year-old child in Sistan & Baluchestan province, southeast Iran
State police force in the town of Zahak in Sistan & Baluchestan province, southeast Iran, shot and killed an 11-year-old boy and injured his father Zarif Hoot.
Zarif Hoot and his son Ismaeel were driving from their village to the city of town when they were shot by the regime’s state police, according to the HRANA news agency.
