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in Breaking news, Campaigns, Iran Reports, SolidarityA call for urgent action: 74 lashes and one year jail for 42 AzarAb Industries workers in Iran
Branch 106 of the Arak Criminal Court has sentenced 42 AzarAb Industries workers in Arak each to one year in prison, 74 lashes, and one month of forced labour under the guise of “community service”. The “crime” of these workers is that last year, together with their colleagues, they protested against the delays in payment […] More
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in Breaking news, Campaigns, Iran Reports, Solidarity, UncategorizedIASWI’s Statement on Assassination of Qasem Soleimani and its Aftermath: “Say no categorically and proactively to US warmongering and stand firmly in solidarity with the working class and the poor and oppressed people of Iran, and not the tyrannical Iranian regime, and help strengthen anti-capitalist, anti-poverty and social and economic justice movements in Iran and across the region.”
Say no categorically and proactively to US warmongering and stand firmly in solidarity with the working class and the poor and oppressed people of Iran, and not the tyrannical Iranian regime, and help strengthen anti-capitalist, anti-poverty and social and economic justice movements in Iran and across the region. The US military’ assassination of Qasem Soleimani, […] More
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in Breaking news, Campaigns, Iran Reports, Solidarity, UncategorizedCondemn the killing and violent suppression of protesters in Iran
Statement by: Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company We call on all workers’ and labour organizations around the world to strongly condemn the killing and violent suppression of protesters and to support the struggles of workers and impoverished people in Iran. On November 15, 2019, following a sudden 300% gasoline price hike, protests […] More
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in Breaking news, Campaigns, Iran Reports, SolidarityEsmail Bakhshi was released on heavy bail
Esmail Bakhshi was released on heavy bail اسماعيل بخشي با قيد وثيقه سنگين آزاد شد! Esmail Bakhshi was released on a heavy bail of 750,000,000 toman today, Wednesday, October 30, 2019, from the Evin prison in Tehran. He was welcomed by a number of friends and supporters. #Esmail_Bakhshi is a well-known labour activist in Iran […] More
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in Breaking news, Campaigns, Iran Reports, SolidaritySepideh Gholian, Atefeh Rangriz, Marzieh Amiri, Sanaz Elahyari, Amir Hossein Mohammadi Fard, and Amir Amirgholi, were released on heavy bails
Breaking News: Sepideh Gholian, Atefeh Rangriz, Marzieh Amiri, Sanaz Elahyari, Amir Hossein Mohammadi Fard, and Amir Amirgholi, were released on heavy bails after months of solidarity campaigns Iran: On Saturday, October 26, 2019, 6 well-known jailed workers’ rights defenders and political prisoners, Sepideh Gholian, Atefeh Rangriz, Marzieh Amiri, Sanaz Elahyari, Amir Hossein Mohammadi Fard, and […] More
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Urgent call for action: Condemn long prison and flogging sentences against labour activists in Iran
Sample Protest Letter: Condemn long prison and flogging sentences against labour activists in Iran I (We) am/are writing this to protest against the long prison and flogging sentences against labour activists in Iran issued by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s judiciary against labour activists and workers’ rights defenders across the country. Many labour activists and workers’ rights […] More
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in Breaking news, Iran ReportsIran: Workers Under Continued Political Repression
Violation of Worker’s Rights: For more than four decades Iranian worker’s basic rights including ILO’s conventions on “Freedom of association and Protection of the Right to organize (no 87) and “Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining” (no 98) have been violated by the Government of Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI). Independent workers’ organizations including Syndicate […] More
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Urgent Action in Support of Detained Labour Activists in Iran
URGENT ACTION FOUR WOMEN JAILED FOR ATTENDING MAY DAY RALLY Iranian labour rights activists Anisha Assadolahi, Atefeh Rangriz and Neda Naji and Iranian journalist Marzieh Amiri have been arbitrarily detained, without access to a lawyer, for weeks and accused of spurious national security offences in connection with a peaceful International Workers’ Day gathering in Tehran […] More
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Condemn Continued Detention and Trial of May Day Arrestees
Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company: Condemn continued detention and trial of May Day arrestees July 5, 2019 – More than two months after the brutal crackdown of the peaceful May Day rally in front of Iranian parliament in Tehran, on the occasion of the International Workers’ Day, the pressure on the […] More
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in Breaking news, Campaigns, Iran Reports, SolidarityReza Shahabi released; Hassan Saeidi, Seyed Rasoul Taleb Moghadam & four others still incarcerated
Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company: Updates on May Day arrestees Reza Shahabi released; Hassan Saeidi, Seyed Rasoul Taleb Moghadam & four others still incarcerated May 7, 2019: Over 45 people were arrested on May 1st, 2019 in Tehran (in front of Majles, Iranian parliament) after a violent attack by security and […] More
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LO Norway’s protest letters to authorities in Iran calling for the immediate release of unionists and May Day detainees
LO Norway has sent another protest letter to authorities in Iran calling for the immediate release of unionists and May Day detainees. LO Norway challenges the Iranian government for using the so-called “national security laws” to justify its suppression of legitimate union activities. Click on the following links: Click to access 1738_001.pdf More
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Statement by Tehran bus workers’ syndicate on May Day crackdown and updates
This page might be updated as more confirmed updates are received. Over 40 people were arrested at the May Day rally in Tehran. Currently a number of arrestees have been released. As of May 4, 2019, Five bus workers’ union members Reza Shahabi, Hassan Saeedi, Vahid Fereydouni, Naser Moharamzadeh, Seyed Rasoul Taleb Moghaddam, were still […] More
