According to the report of human rights sources, the sentence of 74 whippings and payment of fines was applied against more than 10 dismissed workers of Petropress company in Hoizeh city.

According to the report of human rights sources, the sentence of 74 whippings and payment of fines was applied against more than 10 dismissed workers of Petropress company in Hoizeh city.

According to Harana, these people were arrested in the past after holding intercept meetings against the non-renewal of their employment contracts and were prosecuted in the complaint of the Petropress company.

An informed source told the BBC that these people are mostly Arabs from the province of Stan and added that the blocking of the entrance of the Petropress company and also the clash with the police, among other things, led to this sentence being handed down to the protesting workers.

According to the reports, the fired people, who are more than 10 people and most of them experts with bachelor's and master's degrees, were tried in branch 101 of the criminal court in two cities of Hoiza after the physical confrontation between the police forces and the detainees and the filing of a case in court.

The sentence of 74 lashes and a fine of 200 million Riyals was issued on July 13, 1405 and then executed.

The Free Union of Iranian Workers