During a Persian new year’s party...at Iran’s flagship South Pars project...where the world’s largest known gasfield is being tapped, a labourer called on Iran’s workers to unite. Behnam Khodadadi demanded better pay and conditions, and a proper trade union... A week later he was fired from his job at Iran Industrial Networks Development, a contractor for the state-owned National Iranian Oil Company...Iran does not recognise independent unions...several bakers were arrested for allegedly organising their colleagues...workers at a tractor-making company in Tabriz...signed a letter accusing managers of “brutal treatment, intimidation and failing to pay wages”.