The Council for Organizing Protests of Oil Contract Workers: We will strike in protest against the executions
In response to the executions of Mohsen Shekari and Majidreza Rahnavard, the Council for Organizing Protests of Oil Contract Workers announced the start of a protest strike by official colleagues in the coming days.
The council’s statement mentioned that official colleagues have called for a large and nationwide protest gathering on December 17, and other colleagues in petro-refineries have called for a strike on December 24, 25, and 26.
The statement said this action by the government is like drawing a sword against all the people, including us workers.
The meaning of this action is to silence any protest voice against poverty, lack of rights, hunger, plunder, and looting.
It means silencing the voice of people who shout ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’. Therefore, there is no room for hesitation. These executions and the threat of death to our loved ones in detention are a protest of all of us, the people.
This crime is so heinous that even within the government there is conflict and dispute. We can no longer tolerate these repressions.