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May Day in Iran
**Violence erupts during May Day gathering in Isfahan Iran - Wednesday 02 May 2001 - AFP TEHRAN, May 2 (AFP) - A group of workers from a textile factory in the central Iranian city of Isfahan resorted to violence during a May Day gathering in a local gym, a press report said Wednesday. According to the afternoon Kayhan paper, the workers -- who had not been paid for four months -- began vandalising the gym hall Tuesday after a speech by reformist MP Soheila Jelodarzadeh http://www.iranmania.com/news/currentaffairs/may01/020501j.asp ** |
