As Iran's safety forces intensified crackdown in numerous cities amid large anti-hijab demonstrations within the nation, staff at Abadan and Kangan oil refineries and the Bushehr Petrochemical Challenge have additionally joined within the protests, Reuters reported.
In a video broadly shared on social media, dozens of staff might be seen blocking the highway to the Bushehr petrochemical plant, in Assaluyeh on Iran's Gulf coast.
Iran's oil ministry has not launched any assertion on the matter.
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The protests in Iran began after Mahsa Amini's demise in police custody on September 16. Mahsa Amini was arrested by Iran's "morality police" for not sporting a hijab and died because of being crushed up in custody, her household stated. The police has denied the household's declare.
In Iran, large protests have continued for nearly a month with clashes between protesters and riot police reported from a number of Iranian cities, together with Mahsa Amini's native Kurdistan province.
No less than 185 individuals, together with 19 minors, have been killed within the demonstrations whereas lots of have been injured and 1000's have been arrested by safety forces, rights teams have stated.
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