Iranian teachers demand better pay in nationwide strikes
The strikes come as the teachers accuse the government and parliament of failing them.
Furious Iranian teachers continued to hold sit-ins and strikes across the nation over a series of unaddressed demands, at the top of them a long-stalled bill to help them make ends meet.
The protests have gathered steam since last weekend as the teachers congregate in the thousands outside local Education Ministry offices in some 120 cities and towns, including even the conservative and clerical city of Qom, where they shouted slogans for decent salaries.
One such rally outside the Iranian Parliament in the capital Tehran turned ugly after security forces violently attempted to disperse the crowds, among them elderly retirees.
The bill, which has been sitting around for months, would set a minimum monthly salary that the teacher unions hope will effectively take them beyond the poverty line.
