On the eve of the International worker’s Day, the Iranian workers are
facing harsher times. The small factories are closing and the workers are left
without pay. In the fear of demonstrations and unrest, the Iranian regime is not issuing permits in cities such as Mahabad and
Sanandaj.
Canada closes
visa section in Tehran embassy
According
to Associated France press on April 29, Canadian embassy in Tehran said on Sunday it has closed its visa section effective.The embassy statement said the closure was decided by the Citizenship and Immigration Canada department, which regularly ’explores ways of doing business more effectively and efficiently.’ There are more than 120,000 people of Iranian origin or descent living in Canada, Canadian 2006 census data. After the murder of Zahra Kazemi an Iranian-Canadian photo journalist in 2003 in Evin prison in Iran, the relation between Canada and the Iranian regime changes dramatically.
Tehran police in
new dress code crackdown
As the summer approaches in Iran,
the oppression of women flairs up again by
the Iranian regime. According to Associated
France Press, police in Tehran
are conducting a new crackdown on women wearing mandatory headscarves
improperly or in ’vulgar’ dress, the city’s police chief said. Such operations,
which see police screening foot and vehicle traffic at major junctions and
shopping centers, are conducted fairly often in Iran. The police chief, Hossein Sajedinia,
said the crackdown was ’asked for by the people,’ the Fars news agency reported. Women wearing ’bad headscarves, bad dress, and model-type women in vulgar
dress’ would be stopped, he said. Typically, such women are fined or detained in police stations until relatives
collect them, hours later with more modest clothing. Sadejinia said
that companies importing ’illegal clothes’ that do not comply with Islamic
dress standards would be given a warning or closed.
