All teachers who were arrested on July 22, 2015 outside and near the Iranian parliament in Tehran have been released. Many of the arrestees were forced by the government authorities to sign a statement in which they had to express...
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For immediate release: Gathering of teachers outside Iranian parliament crushed: Scores of protesters were arrested July 22, 2015: This morning, groups of teachers, from across the country, gathered outside Iranian Parliament in Tehran to raise their collective voices against...
On Tuesday, July 14, 2015, after more than seventeen days in jail, Mr. Esmail Abdi, the general secretary of the Iranian Teachers’ Trade Association was able to meet with his family. His wife, three children and his mother were able to...
Organising workers in Iran and international solidarity Interview with Farid C. Partovi from the International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran on the workers movement in Iran and how best to work together internationally. Asia Pacific Currents is a...
July 6, 2015 His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei” Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Email: [email protected] To His Excellency Hassan Rouhani President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Email: [email protected] Sirs, I am writing...
Esmail Abdi, the general secretary of the Iranian Teachers’ Trade Association, was arrested following his attempt to obtain a visa to attend the 7th Education International World Congress in Ottawa, Canada later this month. According to reports, Iranian Teachers’ Trade...
The International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran (IASWI) was formed in 1999 in Toronto-Canada and formally announced its formation in January 2000. In nearly two decades of continuous activism, we have played an impactful role in securing international support for Iranian workers’ struggles against the Islamic Republic of Iran, employers, and the inhumane conditions the capitalist order has imposed on working-class lives in Iran. During these years, our politics and the foundational basis guiding our activism have been predicated on working-class traditions with an uncompromising emphasis on working-class independence and autonomy.