For the seventh consecutive day on Monday, Iranian truck drivers disrupted the nation's transportation system and put Iran's already struggling and decrepit economy in a stranglehold.
On the face of it, the truckers are just one of many sectors of Iranian society who have risen in protest. Joining the victims of insolvent Iranian credit unions, teachers unions, bus drivers, metro workers, students, as well as adherents of various Sufi orders, and also political prisoners and their families, the truckers are striking a chord of dissent and resistance to regime authority in Iran.
On Tuesday initially truck drivers in over 22 cities spanning all of Iran launched a nationwide strike to protest excessive road haulage taxes, high cost of spare parts, and low wages. The move was in response to an increase in road fees in some parts of the country, and low wages. Drivers demanded a 50% increase in wages to match Iran's inflation rate and high costs of living.
