An Iranian court has sentenced 17 people to fines and flogging for protesting last year the management practices of their employer, state-owned Iran National Steel Industrial Group, and their employment status, local media report.
The semi-official ILNA news agency reported that the Revolutionary Court of the southern city of Ahvaz ordered the workers to pay a fine of 2.5 million tomans ($50) as a substitute for serving three months in prison on the charge of "disrupting public order by inciting disturbance and controversy."
The convicts were also sentenced to 74 lashes each, but that punishment won't be carried out unless they are found guilty of crimes during a period of three years.
Iran National Steel Industrial Group is one of the biggest employers in Ahvaz.
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