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Iran's Labor News Agency (ILNA) reports that twelve protesting workers arrested on Sunday in the city of Shush have been released.

Workers of the Haft-Tapeh sugar mill complex in Shush, southwestern Iran, have been protesting for their unpaid wages and mismanagement of the factory for the last two weeks.

The situation became tense on Saturday when anti-riot police with guns entered the factory compound. Later on Sunday labor 18 leaders and workers were arrested, along with a female reporter.

On Monday, protests continued in the city and in front of the courthouse by people and workers demanding the release of the detainees.

There is no news about the other six workers and the journalist.

Protests continue today in the city and in front of the governor's office in Shush.

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