Protests and demonstrations in many Iranian cities

Workers are demanding to be paid, people better services.

Demonstrations to protest the cost of living, extortion, corruption, wages gone unpaid, shortages in water and electricity in Iran have spread to Isfahan, in the center of the country, and many other cities.

In Isfahan, activists took to the streets against the cost of living and heavy electricity-water cuts.

The action started by bazar shopkeepers and was also supported by truck drivers who have been on strike since last week.

On Friday, truck drivers in 30 states and 112 cities went on strike, yet no new information on this strike could be achieved.

Protest actions spread to other cities as well. Hazar credit company customers affiliated to the Revolutionary Guards wanted the company to meet in front of the branch in the city of Rasht in the north of the country, to compensate for their losses.

Other people affected from the branches of the same credit company in Tehran also gathered in front of the Central Bank on 31 July to demand the return of their plundered investments.

In the city of Ahvaz, south west of the country, a big rally was held with demonstrators coming from the province of Huzeshi who gathered in front of the provincial education center, seeking higher salaries.

Employees at Zencan station organised a demonstration on Tuesday, asking to be paid. Employees say they have not received their pension guarantee for 12 months and they haven't seen their wages for the past four months.

Railway workers started protests and strikes in many cities, especially Tabriz, Shahrud, Damkan, Semnan, Loresta, Andimushka and Eslamshahr city.