Employees of the Offshore Oil Company – Behregan region – continued their protests from 7 to 9 a.m. on Wednesday, November 18, 2025, at the facility. Workers in the Siri region also held a gathering on November 17, demanding the implementation of their legal rights. These protests will continue until their demands are fully met:
On November 17, retired oil workers gathered in front of the Ministry of Oil to protest their livelihood problems, poor economic conditions, and interference in the pension fund. During the protest, retirees chanted slogans against the responsible authorities: “Have some shame, leave the Holding alone.” Their previous large-scale protest took place on October 19, during which retirees chanted “Workers and retirees, unity! Unity!”, calling on all labor sectors to unite in struggle against poverty, insecurity, and widespread plunder.
Also on November 17, formal employed workers from the 2023 exam intake at the Abadan Refinery, as well as workers of the Offshore Oil Company in the Lavan region, held protests. They voiced their objections to worsening living conditions and broken promises. Workers chanted: “Our problem is wage floors and ceilings; every promise they make is a lie,” raising their voices against corruption in management, low wage ceilings and floors, unpaid retirement severance, interference in the oil workers’ pension fund, the non-implementation of Article 10, and the non-payment of its arrears. The protests in the oil sector now include various groups: formal employees, third-party workers, and retirees, expanding further by the day. Formal oil workers have been staging protests throughout the week. We must support and stand with these workers in this key economic sector.
November 15: Formal oil workers in the Offshore Oil Company in Khark region held a protest to pursue their demands. Their nationwide protests mainly focus on increasing salary components.
November 14: Security staff working in the Yadavaran oil field (West Karun) once again stopped working and held a protest over deteriorating living and working conditions and job insecurity. In this day newly hired formal workers of the Seventh Refinery of the South Pars Gas Field protested against the wage floor and reductions in their income.
November 14: Formal workers across several operational regions in the south gathered to protest the lack of response to their demands. These protests took place in Refineries 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, and the South Pars Operations Management.
November 10: More than 3,000 third-party and contractor workers from the twelve refineries of the South Pars Gas Complex stopped working and organized their second protest in front of South Pars Refinery No. 2 in Assaluyeh. Workers and their families marched from the eastern entrance of the complex to the administrative headquarters, creating a powerful scene of protest. They chanted: “Rights and benefits are our slogan; support is what we expect,” and “Enough with promises; our tables are empty.” Removing contractor agencies is a central demand of third-party workers, challenging the entire mafia-like and exploitative ruling system. This nationwide demand spans the oil sector and many other labor sectors such as telecommunications, power distribution (Tavanir), mining, and automobile manufacturing.
November 10: Formal oil workers of the Offshore Oil Company in the Siri region – Ilam platform held a gathering to voice their demands.
November 7:Formal workers at the Offshore Oil Company in the Behregan region and workers in South Pars at Refineries 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 held protests to pursue their demands.
November 4: Formal oil workers in the Behregan region continued their protests by holding rallies and marching to pursue their demands.
November 2: Formal (permanent) workers of the Offshore Oil Company in the Lavan region held a protest over wage ceilings and to follow up on their unmet demands. They carried signs reflecting their demands and chanted slogans insisting on the fulfilment of their rights.
November 1: Formal oil workers in the Siri, Kharg, and Nasr platform regions held protests.
October 31: Formal workers in Behregan, Lavan, and South Pars—including Refineries 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and Fajr Jam Refinery—held protests, some of which included two-hour work stoppages.
