Jail sentence and lashes for workers of the refrigerator factory of Luristan

Iran Press News: Translation by Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi

A court in the town of Khorramabad (Province of Luristan) sentenced 6 protesting workers from the local refrigerator factory who have not received their wages for more than13 months to 4 months in prison and 20 lashes each. The workers were charged with “disturbing public order” after being arrested for blocking the Khorramabad-Andeemeshk road in protest and clashing with the disciplinary forces.

Ali Hamzeh-Sharifi, the head of branch 102 of the court of Khorramabad announced that the prison sentence will be suspended for two years as the workers were protesting on work-related issues.

It is important to add that hundreds of workers from the Luristan refrigerator factory have protested the non-payment of their wages time and time again. The 6 arrested workers were detained after the May 23rd protest that lead to the injury of many other workers who were brutally beaten by the regime’s disciplinary forces just for wanting to get paid.