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Iran Labor Protest Uptick Coincides With Annual Minimum Wage Deliberations

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Iran is seeing an uptick in labor protests coinciding with annual deliberations on raising the minimum wage. The actions have elicited no violent government crackdown such as the one that crushed a women's rights movement one year ago. The current minimum wage for most workers in Iran is about $160 a month.

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Iran Labor Protest Uptick Coincides With Annual Minimum Wage Deliberations

WASHINGTON — Iran is seeing an uptick in labor protests coinciding with annual deliberations on raising the minimum wage to keep up with increases in living costs, yet the actions have elicited no violent government crackdown such as the one that crushed a women’s rights movement one year ago. One of the Islamic republic’s most sustained labor protests of recent weeks involves striking workers of the Iran National Steel Industrial Group (INSIG) …

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