Reza agreed to end his hunger strike after 50 days following his transfer to the Imam Khomeini Hospital and promises made by Mr. Khodabakhshi, the representative of Tehran’s Prosecutor. They agreed to facilitate Reza’s medical treatments in the hospital and...
September 5, 2014: From the ruins of our towns and cities in Gaza, we send our heartfelt appreciation to all those who stood with us and mobilized during the latest Israeli massacre. In the occupied West Bank, Israel has embarked...
By Alireza Navaie (IASWI-Paris), Ayob Rahmani (IASWI-London) Translated by Hoshang Tarehgol Strike by miners of Bafgh Iron Ore Central Corporation on May 2014 was one of the largest and longest strikes in recent years. At the height of this...
After ending their first round of strike Bafgh workers had given a grace period of two months to the company as a window of opportunity to satisfactorily resolve all remaining issues. But instead of resolving the remaining issues the mining...
Petition alleges that Jewish employers are using the police to intimidate Arab workers trying to unionize. The Judea and Samaria District Police is sometimes enlisted by Jewish employers in the West Bank to break attempts by Palestinian workers to organize...
IASWI strongly condemns these acts of violence towards labour activists and their family members in Iran. As we have emphasized previously, this is part of a coordinated policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran to maximize pressures on jailed...
Reza Shahabi – an Iranian labour activist member of the executive committee of the VAHED Bus Union - has been on hunger strike for almost 40 days in prison in Iran. According to the latest reports from Tehran, his protest...
Statement of the International Alliance In Support of Workers in Iran on the brutal attacks of the Israeli Government and the killing of the Palestinian people International Alliance in support of Workers in Iran strongly condemns the massacre of the...
Reza Shahabi’s Defense Committee fully supports all the demands of this unjustly incarcerated worker and a board member of Bus Workers Syndicate of Tehran. We also demand a dignified and respectful treatment of Reza Shahabi by the authorities, removal of...
For everyone who hears my voice, who is compassionate and values humanity I would urge them to do endeavor as much as they can so my father could be next to me and free, because all this stress is really...
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.