Oct 10 (UPI) – Hundreds of oil workers in Iran joined anti-government protests on Monday over alleged human rights abuses as ongoing nationwide protests begin to affect important sectors of the economy.
Oil personnel have protested the government’s violent crackdown on protesters, which has accumulated since the death last month of a young woman detained for violating Islam’s strict dress code, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reported.
Amini, an Iranian woman from Kurdistan, died on September 16 after being detained by the country’s so-called moral police, or orientation patrol, for violating the regime’s strict hijab laws. Witnesses say she beat the police who arrested her.
Since the protests erupted last month, the United States has sanctioned the orientation patrol and seven senior leaders of Iranian security organizations accused of violence for targeting nonviolent protesters.
Last week, the U. S. The U. S. imposed more punitive measures, which were not specified, and eased sanctions on its web facilities against Iran to repair data loss after the regime shut down cellphone networks and social media sites to prevent protesters from organizing.
“I announce that I am in a position to answer any questions, complaints, objections that are raised through any political faction,” he said in his weekly speech. kind. “