Teachers announced a two day nationwide sit-in strike

The Teachers' Associations Coordinating Council (TACC) announced a two day nationwide sit-in strike by teachers across Iran, the foreign-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reported. “Pictures published by HRANA purport to show teachers carrying the placards protesting against the imprisonment of prominent teacher activists, demanding higher pay and pensions, and opposing the privatization of public schools.” [BBC Monitoring Middle East, 16 October 2018].