Irán, República Islámica del - Strikers attacked by police (2010)

Workers in the pipe production company in Ahwaz, who did not have their wages paid for ten months, staged a strike on 22 October. On the fourth day of the strike they were violently attacked by police, who had been silently observing the workers on the three previous days. The police ordered the workers to disperse, and when they refused to comply and demanded to see the officials in charge, they were attacked, beaten and arrested. Reportedly, many were injured and more than fifty were arrested. No information on workers being released or kept in custody was available by the end of the year.