5000 workers of Iran Khodro Clash with Suppressive forces

Jan. 26, 2011
Tehran- Karaj road, Iran Khodro Factory- at Arbaeen (Jan. 25) that every where is closed Najmedin the manager of Iran Khodro made the workers of the factory to come to work.
This factory works round the clock and has 3 shifts of work.
At 11 pm one of the workers, who was sick, goes to the manager saying that he is not able to work any more but the manager forces him to go back to work and ride a heavy truck.
At 1130 pm when the night shift’s workers were punching their cards the truck’s brake did not work and the truck went into the crowd.
Eight got killed and 10 got injured. The workers present which were about 5000 take one of the workers that was killed and was beheaded in the accident wrapped him in a sheet and hold him over their heads chanting anti regime slogans and crying ‘death to Najmedin’. They took into the streets and closed the road and counted the manager responsible for the accident.
The manager called regimes suppressive forces and anti-riot forces and Especial Guards Forces raided at the workers and forced them back to in the factory.
Workers clashed with these suppressive forces from midnight till dawn.
When in the morning of Jan. 26, 2000 other workers, day shift, came to the factory they were forced back to the parking lot and told that the factory was closed.
These 5000 workers are under siege now. All the phone lines are cut.