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
AN UNPRECEDENTED wave of strike action is under way in the gas and oil fields of Iran, as workers down tools over the late payment of wages, insecure employment contracts, poverty pay and intolerable working conditions.
Temperatures in Iran’s refineries can reach up to 50°C, a danger to health and almost impossible to work in.
An estimated 10,000 workers have been involved in unofficial strike action which has hit major refineries and industrial projects in Iran’s South Pars gas fields.
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
Payam Solhtalab talks to GAWAIN LITTLE, general secretary of Codir, about the connection between the struggle for peace, against banking and economic sanctions, and the threat of a further military attack by the US/Israel axis on Iran



