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TEACHERS are set to protest in towns and cities in Iran today as a long-running dispute over pensions, pay and conditions continues.
Weekend protests were met with a heavy-handed response, with footage circulating on social media appearing to show teachers being beaten by police officials.
As many as 15 teachers are believed to be behind bars, with protesters demanding their immediate release.
Trump threatens war and punitive tariffs to recapture Iranian resources – just as in 1953, when the CIA overthrew Mossadegh and US corporations immediately seized 40% of the oil, says SEVIM DAGDELEN
MOHAMMAD OMIDVAR, a senior figure in the Tudeh Party of Iran, tells the Morning Star that mass protests are rooted in poverty, corruption and neoliberal rule and warns against monarchist revival and US-engineered regime change
The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (Codir) welcomes demonstrations across Iran, which have put pressure upon the theocratic dictatorship, but warns against intervention by the United States to force Iran in a particular direction
