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Teachers go on strike across Iran

Society Materials 1 March 2015 18:00 (UTC +04:00)
Groups of teachers have decided to go on strike in reaction to low budget assigned for the Iranian Education Ministry in the next Iranian fiscal year
Teachers go on strike across Iran

Baku, Azerbaijan, March 1

By Khaid Kazimov - Trend:

Groups of teachers have decided to go on strike in reaction to low budget assigned for the Iranian Education Ministry in the next Iranian fiscal year (starting Mar. 21).

Strikes are reported from Razavi Khorasan, Luristan, Hormozgan, Kurdistan, Khuzestan, Fars and Qazvin provinces.

Around 600 teachers had also gathered in front of the Iranian parliament by noon, ILNA news agency reported March 1.

The Iranian Teachers Union had previously requested the Interior Ministry for permission to hold a rally in front of the parliament on March 1.

The union's spokesman Mahmoud Beheshti Langaroudi said on Feb 21 that teachers were unhappy with the budget.

Education Minister Ali Asghar Fani had said on Dec. 14 that the ministry's budget would increase by 23 percent for the coming year.

A Jan. 22 report said teachers were on strike in various regions of Iran to protest against poor living conditions.

Those strikes were held in the cities of Eslamshahr, Robat Karim, Karaj, Shiraz, Shahrood, Saqqez, Bane and Marivan, with teachers refusing to hold their assigned classes.

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