There will be no meeting of the Iran nuclear deal participants on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly this week, the EU and Iran have announced.
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The Trades Union Congress (TUC) in Britain issued a statement in support of the protests of Ahvaz Steelworkers and Haft-Tappeh Sugarcane company workers and denounced the regime’s treatment of workers, civil activists, and students.
The statement reads: “We support the nearly six-week-long strike of steelworkers in Iran, protesting against the failure of their employers to pay them for months at a time.”
It continues: “The response of the Iranian authorities to the escalating industrial action and protests has been typically brutal.”
In the statement, the TUC declares its “strong solidarity” with Ahvaz Steelworkers and calls on the Iranian authorities to immediately fulfill the following demands: