Teachers hold silent demonstrations across Iran

Iranian teachers across the country gathered in silence in front of their local education ministry offices to protest their employment conditions

ILNA reports that on Sunday March 1, several silent gatherings were held across the country including Tehran, Kermanshah, Qazvin, Ilam, Kohgilouyeh and Boerahmad, Hormozgan, Kurdistan, Fars, Khorasan and Lorestan

In Tehran one of the teachers gathered in front of Parliament told ILNA that they are demanding an adequate review of their wages

Teachers are protesting the budget allotted to the ministry of education for the coming year and stress that in view of the ministry of education’s budget deficit, the budget increase for the coming year will not meet teachers’ needs

Teachers maintain that their wages are effectively keeping them under the poverty line

Two weeks ago, a petition signed by 6,000 teachers demanding a review of their wages was submitted to Parliament

ZAMANEH