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NEWS & LETTERS, June-July 2006Retaking May DayAs many Iranian workers prepared to celebrate May first, international labor day, House of Labor, a pro Islamic government organization, called for a labor rally in front of the former US Embassy in Tehran. According to different sources, 8,000 to 10,000 workers participated in the rally. In addition to workers from Tehran, many came with buses from cities and provinces such as Ghazvin, Qom, Ghilan, Kashan, Hamadan, Karaj, Damghan and Mashhad. The organizers of the rally attempted in vain to turn the May Day gathering into a show of support for the Islamic regime and Iran’s nuclear program. Even though the rally was carefully orchestrated to benefit the Islamic regime and provide it with some propaganda, participating workers from the very start took control of the event. Alireza Mahjoob and Ali Rabii, the leaders of the House of Labor, praised Iran’s nuclear achievements and policies of the government. In their speech, they also condemned the cartoons of Muhammad as a western conspiracy against Islam. However many participants became very angry at the speeches. They said they came to the rally to speak about their conditions and plights, but instead they were being lectured about Iran’s nuclear achievements. --Mahmood Ketabchi |
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