Prince Reza Pahlavi's reaction to the truckers' strike in Iranian cities
Prince Reza Pahlavi supported the nationwide strike of truckers and drivers in a Twitter message.
The son of the last Shah of Iran wrote on Twitter: "The strike of truck drivers across the country is a new turning point in the peaceful and just struggles of the Iranian people."
He, who has expressed his solidarity with the strikes and protests inside Iran in recent months, as before, called the Islamic Republic of Iran's regime a "criminal sect" and wrote that this sect is "too inefficient, fragile, and weak" to be able to survive a nationwide and comprehensive strike.
He wrote: "With national unity and solidarity, we will take back our Iran from the domestic enemy."
In the last two days, news and images sent to Voice of America and images posted on social media have indicated that a group of Iranian truckers and drivers went on strike to protest their union problems.
According to these news and images, truckers and drivers in some provinces, including Khorasan Razavi, Hormozgan, Fars, Lorestan, Kerman, Isfahan, and Qazvin, refused to transport cargo on Tuesday, June 1, and demanded that their problems be resolved.
Two days after a nationwide strike by truckers and drivers in various cities in Iran, officials from the Rouhani administration's Ministry of Roads on Wednesday proposed a 20 percent increase in trucker fares. The deputy transportation minister of the Roads Organization said the Ministry of Roads had agreed to increase trucker fares by 15 to 20 percent.
The strike led to long lines at gas stations, which were left without fuel due to tanker drivers not working.
According to some news websites, truckers are protesting the increase in insurance prices, highway tolls, high commissions for freight, high repair costs, and high prices for vehicle spare parts, despite the fact that fares remain stable.
