Prince Reza Pahlavi’s Response to Truck Drivers’ Strike in Iranian Cities
Prince Reza Pahlavi expressed his support for the nationwide strike of truck drivers and transporters in a Twitter message.
The last Shah of Iran’s son wrote in his Twitter post: The strike of truck drivers across the country is a new turning point in the peaceful and righteous struggles of the Iranian people.
He, who has recently expressed his solidarity with strikes and protests inside Iran, once again called the Islamic Republic of Iran regime a “corrupt sect” and wrote that this sect is “more ineffective, more fragile and weaker” than it can withstand a nationwide and comprehensive strike.
He wrote: Through national unity and solidarity, we will reclaim our Iran from the domestic enemy.
In the past two days, reports and images sent to Voice of America and images published on social networks indicated that a group of Iranian truck drivers and transporters went on strike in protest of their occupational problems.
Based on these reports and images, truck drivers and transporters in some provinces, including Razavi Khorasan, Hormozgan, Fars, Lorestan, Kerman, Isfahan, and Qazvin, refrained from transporting cargo on Tuesday, the first day of Khordad month, and demanded the resolution of their problems.
Two days after the nationwide strike of truck drivers and transporters in various Iranian cities, on Wednesday, officials from the Ministry of Roads of the Rouhani government proposed that truck driver fares be increased by up to 20 percent. The Deputy Director of Transportation of the Road Maintenance Organization said the Ministry of Roads has agreed to increase truck driver fares by 15 to 20 percent.
This strike caused long queues in front of gas stations, which were left without fuel because tanker drivers did not work.
According to some news websites, truck drivers are protesting against increased insurance costs, highway tolls, high freight commissions, high repair costs and high spare parts prices, despite fares remaining unchanged.
