David S. Cloud reporter from the "Wall Street Journal" wrote an article on October 10 of this year called "Iran Oil Workers Strike as Antigovernment Protest Expand." In this article, the reporter talks about how the unrest spread to the oil industry when the workers at a petrochemical complex in southern Iran went on strike on Monday and how the UK government put more sanctions on security officials for alleged human rights violations. This week the workers joined the protest by blocking roads and protesting at a plant in Assaluyeh in the oil-rich province of Bushehr on the Persian Gulf. This demonstration marked the first time the unrest had spread outside retail outlets and small businesses. Further, the government has been even more hashed to the Kurdish population after the protest began. So the UK government has responded by imposing sanctions on senior Iranian security officers for alleged human rights violations. These sanctions include banning Gholamreza Soleimani, head of Iran Basij Force, and Hassan Karami, commander of a police special forces unit from entering the UK and freezing their assets in the country. Finally, the Uk government is imposing sanctions to send a clear message to the Iranian authorities that they would be held accountable for their actions and there would be consequences for their actions.
Sergio Bracco
https://www.wsj.com/articles/iran-oil-workers-strike-as-antigovernment-protests-expand-11665416396
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