Wife, mother & slave

Photo essay: Brick factory in Varamin

by Ako Salemi
19-Oct-2007
 
The brick kiln workers in Pakdasht in Varamin city. Varamin is located in south east of Tehran. The whole families of the workers are engaged in the labor and majority of them are women. Most of these workers are Kurdish immigrants from villages. 14 hours of hard work a day does not leave any free time for attending children and the family. These workers work six months a year>>>Kargah.com
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To Iranican5

by Rosie T. (not verified) on

Yes, there are MANY people working two, three jobs in the US, and it is indefensible. Don't you know that this is because of the combination of multinationals moving almost all manufacturing to the Second and Third World in order to circumvent paying the salaries of factory workers here, which were unionized, of these same multinationals outsourcing low-level high tech and customer service jobs to English-speaking places like India for similar reasons, and of corporate CEO's and other high executives making grotesquely, unprecedentedly high salaries while LOWERING workers' wages? Do you have any idea what MISERABLE lives these people lead working for really low wages without even benefits or job security? Don't you know that this trend has only been going on for about one generation? Do YOU work eighteen hours a day? Do you have CHILDREN and work eighteen hours a day? Is YOUR eighteen-hour a day job or your two or three jobs adding up to eighteen hours a day back-breaking work?
To use the degeneration of the American dream into the American nightmare as a justification for deplorable work conditions in Iran is... well... deplorable. Don't you understand this?


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well said markux

by Anony (not verified) on

couldn't have said it better.


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Hnoorable work...............

by Faribors maleknasri M.D. (not verified) on

1.I think we would better not expect that a stranger comes and help us to have a better life. According to the proncipal that We say in Farsi: KAS NAKHARAD POSHTE MAN JOS NAKHONE ANGOSHTE MAN.
2. I think Mr. Bush is the least talented and most unsuitable for the job. According to the principal we say in FARSI: KAL AGAER TABIB BUDI SARE KHOD DAVA NEMUDI.
3. I think we can learn from the eastern germans. For many many years, from 1945 to 1989/90/91 they dreamed from rich brother in western germany. they dreamed and hopped the rich brother come someday and bring them prosperity and wealth. Well the big brother came and took even away the little they had. so now is Mr. Bush our brother? may be he is. a handsam young Iranian from Yasd - so it is said - had ajob as a driver by his Mother of the Mr. president. Unfortunately he does not know it. So he would come, if he could come, and take us again the little we have away. Do we want it? Of course not. he does not even dare to come as a enemy. Since so many years he is barking, standing in sure distance. But biting? he can not. His expiry date is run out. Greeting


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Be realistic...........

by Faribors Maleknasri M.D. (not verified) on

I think the pictures are recent. But i have no hint about what salary the womenworkers get. I do not know if they are cheapworkers. why nearly every one who writes a comment is sure the workers are only cheep workers? why nobody treis to make it sure? Other day the Guests of "Iranian" complain there are no jobs in Iran. Now we see that at least these women do have ajob. But we do not want to take this side of the matter in to account. somebody, a commenwriter wants to make love to ayatollahs to get rid of his unpleasant reaktion he has because of the fotos. As if it would solve any problem. I mean not even his own personal problem get a solution after all.? my be he gets, with God`s help a better idea getting rid at least of his own problems. Greetings
I doubt it. Greeting


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slave? I guess.............

by Faribors maleknasri M.D. (not verified) on

better either our Women do not learn anything from strangers nor our men. let us better be original. Those 70 Million fanatics have started with beeing original. I think it was about 1978/ 79. at that time they counted only 30 Millions, now they are allready 70 Millions. I am sure the future is theirs. The expiry date of westerns is allready over so is of all hegemonists and Hatefull people who can not stand the success of others. Greetings


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wife, Mother, honourable woman

by Faribors Maleknasri M.D. (not verified) on

I like the pictures. i have downloaded them all. i am happy to poses them. Let us analyse them together.
1. Which hit do i get, when i see that this work is done by women? We see only one coworker, one man. so it means the work is physikaly not a heavy work. and why women get this job? because the men have other hardworks. right? It is a honourable job for a woman, not comprable with the jobs the women get in western countries.
2. the ones who remember the time in the 1950 and 60 and lateron know that at that time this work was done by men. they had to load hotboilling tiles on GARI DASTI and drive them down a dusty road. not rarely flew the GARY DASTY on the side, the tiles had to be loaded again AND: Those workers were paid by piece! the work area was called KUREHA. and how these our honourable sisters are paid? i wonder why NOBODY asks, nobody is interessted in the background facts. How is the healthcare, how is this and that, why no one asks these questions? and demands answeres?
3. In opposit to the inhuman working conditions in the past, now the invironment is just full of humanity. The workers can bring their childeren to work. And the little boy does have a tricycle. I ask me: Has have EVER a child of a worker could only dream of a tricycle in Iran?
4. i mean only we must first clear thousends of questions before we go and say bad words. I mean only: Please be logical. let the strangers hate us. it is not our Job to do that! Greeting


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خان بزرگ:عمقلی

WHATEVER (not verified)


خان بزرگ:عمقلی شما بزرگی بفرمایید یخورده زودتربه کاروان مدرنیته بپیوندید. تازه دارم میفهمم چرا میگن "زنهای مدرن و مردهای سنتی ایرانی"تربیت یعنی چی ,شما اگه تربیت داشتی با توپ پر اینحوری به ما نمیتوپیدی.این شلخته ها درستن این شمایی که همچین یه خورده احساس insecurity میکنی. در ضمن این نشاندهنده شرایط بد اقتصادی است که خانمها حاضرند برای گذران امور زندگی کار سخت بکنند. فقط امیدوارم یک روز آن بیل را دست اون آقازاده ها ببینم.


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Slave? I guess they learn from the American manufacturers.

by markux (not verified) on

I guess this would be wasted comment, but if you can not substantiate your claim save your breath and shut up. Think constructively and figure out what you would do once this government is overthrown hopefully by the people within Iran, not the like of you. Forget the Shah and quick wet dreaming about that.


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Afarin Sad Afarin

by Khan Bozorg (not verified) on

Zanhayeh Irooni ro bayad intoori tarbiat kard. Che khoob bood ke yek kooreh ajori (yadash bekheir) ham dar Los Angeles va dar San Francisco bzanim, va in shelakhteharo dorost konim.


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fuck the Ayatoolahs

by watch mullahs (not verified) on

some of the girls young as 9 years old send ( forced) to the home of the Ayatollahs to he have sex with them and this is a part of the Islamic law in Iran. I had friend in Iran he was bodyguard, and he told me there is so many girls young as 9 years old are bring here to groups old Mullahs and ayatollahs having sex with them call in Islam, Sigea,


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Shir Zaneh Aryayi

by hamedi (not verified) on

In aksa ro oon patiareh hayeh los angelesi bebinan keh khaterateh sexeshono too havapeima o zireh derakhteh khoonashoon too shemroon dastan mikonan. Yekam yad begirid.

Ooon daiiosayeh los angelsi keh az sobh ta shab eshgho hal mikonan va dameh eid keh misheh yedeh teharoon mioftan bebinan. Pofioza


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Be realistic people!

by farrad02 on

Regardless of what system of government comes in Iran, there will be a need for bricks (ajor) and therefore they will need cheap labor to work in these brick factories (ajor pazi).

My point is....I know the pictures you see are recent, but they could have easily been taken 5 years before the revolution or 20 years from now. Some things never change, unfortunately!

 


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age marde iran mard bud chera rango rokham zard bood?

by sarekar (not verified) on

zanane iran az in hame khianat,kesafatkari,bigheiratiye mardaye iran besotooh miyan va unvaghte ke khahid did khashme una che bar sare harchi bigheirate miyare.unayi ke bordaneshoon too koorepaz khoone ha,unayi ke ENGHELAB kardan,unayi ke paye manghal zendegiro soozoondan,unayi ke rahbar shodan,chador roo sareshun andakhtan,havoo ovordan,bachashoono azashun gereftan,Daryaye mazandaran ro be bigane va bekhatere khaale zan haye roosi(roospi) bebaad dadan,unayi ke akhoondaye fokol kerevati e persian club boro hastan,unayi ke dokhtaramuno be sheikhaye arab forookhatn..marg bar shoma,nang bar shoma ke badddtarin mardane rooye zaminid,.


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This Rose will Never die = Lady d'Arbanville

by cat stevens (not verified) on


salim

NICE PHOTOS

by salim on

Ako jan,

 

Great photos. I have been absent from foto.ir until recently so it's good to see your newer work.

 

Gorbanat,


Salim


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JJ look in this link

by Anonymous54 (not verified) on


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they rape the young girls in this kind place in Iran

by poor child (not verified) on

این تمام ماحرا نیست دختران حوان اینها توسط دیگران و صا حبان کار حآنه ها مورد تحآوز قرآ ر میگیرند همون کس کش هآئی که بعضی از آنها به حارح هم رفتو آمد دارند.....


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So what about my belovd father?

by iranican5 (not verified) on

Why do you have to talk about my beloved father? So what if he is a spiritual leader in his community and he covers my house and education from high school to phd so that I can go and serve my country. Maybe I can build their machines for them when I go back and make Iran better.
Hajiagha: I do not drink any alcohol.

Brick laying is honerable work and it has to be done by someone. What are you doing for Iran? Just complaining?


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On a different note. Haji

by Anonymous34343444 (not verified) on

On a different note. Haji agha? BOOB program? WHAT?????????


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Honorable work is great,

by Anonymous3434334 (not verified) on

Honorable work is great, even if it is manual. As long as it is in good conditions. These people are bad bakht. The poorest of the poor.

Now akhunds can burn alive in the fires we will set for them some day. However. poverty exists every where. Even if bush came to help us change the regime, you think poverty would be extinct?

We have natural resources enough to help us walk on Jupiter. However, until our government and the international community is stealing from us, these workers will be working. If Bush does anything, it will make it worse.

It's up to us to make changes and bull shitting on this site does nothing. So stop swearing at mullahs and let's swear at ourselves. We are a bunch of mother fuckers because we allow this sort of thing to go on in our land.


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down with Mullahs

by hajiagha on

//cartoonist.hajiagha.tripod.com

وقتی پسر کس کش نا طق نوری در نورت ونکور کا نادا شبی هزار دلار بده برای حنده بازی و دیگر الاغ زاده های ملا ها و ولخرحی از حیب ملت.....وقتی مسافرت کس کش یک آخوند و خرح حفا ظت وهمرا هان آنها برابر با شش ماه کار سخت این زحمت کشا ن است.....اگر من دستم به صا حبان این کوره پز خانه ها روزی برسه مثل همون آحر اینها رو میریزم داخل کوره......فرش و کار گران فر ش با ف هم زند گی شان سخت است....


Mazloom

To Iranican5

by Mazloom on

I am not sure what point you are trying to make, but I’ll try to answer your questions.  What do I think she would be doing if this type of work were mechanized?  I would think she would be working in an environment where a machine would do most of physical work.  Would I think she would be a streetwalker in Tehran or Esfehan?  No I wouldn’t.  I don’t think honorable hardworking people like these women who are so committed to their families are going to be prostitutes.  What is wrong with honorable work like this?  There is nothing wrong with honorable work, however brick laying by hand should have been extinct by now.


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joke ghazwini wa pesar

by ariaram (not verified) on

joke ghazwini wa pesar batsche ra shenidi.
barsche dad mizaneh komak, ghazwini mige babam jan agar kasi komak kone , un be man komak mokone.
ghazwini ham alan bosh ast.


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حا نباز حنگ و برادر شهید هستم

hajiagha


//cartoonist.hajiagha.tripod.com

in USA or in Canada we are hard working yes. but we have right to complaine ,or change are job also we have health care and.....but in Iran is slavery , only cost $1000 to this worker have uniform, and basics of the technology to delivery this break buy machine not buy hand , because this is cost pain in back, and when they became older most of them are going to die young as 40 because of the dust and damages to organ and body hard working I know because I born in this kind society ashamed on mother fucker mullahs in Iran spending 4 billion dolor on nuclear boob programs or 100 million dolor a years on terrorist and Palestine or hezbollah's .....fuck your Koran and your imam and your Islam if this is a Islam they are going to pay I promise , Mullahs are going to pay and I hops Bush going to support us in this way


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brick laying

by iranican5 (not verified) on

Mazloom Ast,

If this work was mechanized, what do you think she would be doing right now? Streetwalking in Tehran and Esfehan? There are people working 2, 3 jobs right here in the US every day. Hard work is everywhere and I'm sure is not new to Iran. American Iranians so rich that they just can't comprehend that a lot of people around the world (and in the US) have to do hard manual labor every day. Not everyone can own a rug store or a restaurant fellas, but even those people probably put in 18 hours a day a lot.


Mazloom

paid by the number of bricks

by Mazloom on

The brick workers get paid by the number of bricks they lay every day, which is not much, that’s why they have to work so many long hours every day.  I believe the conditions are cruel and inhumane.  This type of manual labor should have been mechanized years ago.  I do not believe this is slavery in a legal and economical sense where a person has legal ownership of another person.  Never the less condemnation to the IRI regime for even having such conditions.  


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What do you mean, Slave?

by Iranican5 (not verified) on

this is hard work. Women have to do horrible things all over the third world. What is wrong with honorable work like this?


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down with mullahs . Bush please attack on Iran

by janbaz (not verified) on

من شرمسار و اشک در چشما نم حلقه می زند ....که این بود حکومت مستضعفا ن و حما یت از زحمت کشان.....آن وقت بچه آخوند ها کونی در ایران و خارح با پول این زحمت کشان چه فساد هائ.......آقای بوش ترا به خون همه شهدا ی ما و وهر چه ما به آن اعتقا د داشتیم ...یا خودت این بی شرف آخوند ها را بمبا ران کن یا به ما امکانات بده تا برای برقرآری عدالت واقعی قیام کنیم.....دل ما حا نبازان و خا نواد ه شهدا هم خون آست که چرآ نمی توا نیم به این مردم زحمت کش خد مت کنیم.....کحا ست این رهبر کسکش شیره ای ایران .....رحا ئی بر دست این زحمت کشان بو سه زد....آخوند کثیف مرگ برتو


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down with Mullahs in Iran, and soon change regime in Iran

by hezbollahs (not verified) on

we must kill all mullahs in Iran all of them
hezbollahs