Oil and Gas Workers Add Fuel to Iranian Protesters’ Fire
Mindful of the impact of oil strikes on the 1979 revolution, the regime will respond with even bloodier repression.
When oil and gas workers protest, they play with fire.
Photographer: Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images
They took their time about it, but Iran’s oil workers seem finally to have joined the anti-regime protests. Videos on social media platforms reportedly show marches and demonstrations in Abadan and Assaluyeh, vital hubs in the country’s petroleum and petrochemicals sector.
Such unrest would represent a significant widening of the uprising against the Islamic Republic: It will give protesters elsewhere in the country a much-needed fillip and draw more international attention to their cause. The government will likely meet it with swift and bloody retaliation.