https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGF8MDw9ywU&feature=youtu.be Iran: May 7, 2017: Mine workers protest against the Islamic Republic of Iran's President Hasan Rouhani outside Yort (Yurt) mine following the May 3rd explosion that have killed about 35 workers and inured tens of others. Workers stopped Rouhani's...
At least 35 mine workers have died and scores injured after an explosion in northern Iran on Wednesday, May 3, 2017. We believe the Iranian government and the mine owners are directly responsible for the explosion at Zemestan-Yort mine in...
Well-known Iranian labour and children’s rights’ activist, Behnam Ebrahimzadeh, was released from Rajee Shahr prison, on May 1, 2017, after spending nearly 7 years in prison. May 2, 2017: IASWI and many other labour solidarity organizations around the world...
Esmail Abdi, who is currently incarcerated in section 350 of Evin Prison, has gone on a hunger strike since April 30, 2017 (Iranian Calendar: Ordibehesht 10, 1396). *Also, on the occasion of Teacher's Day (Ordibehesht 12, 1396/ May 2, 2017),...
Esmail Abdi, who has already spent about a year and 4 months in notorious Evin prison, was suddenly transferred from ward 8 to ward 350 within the same prison! Ward 350 of Evin prison does not have any telephone and...
In a protest letter to the authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran, CUPE National is calling for an end to persecution of Reza Shahabi and other labour activists in Iran: Click here: Canadian Union of Public Employees: Reza Shahabi...
Iranian teacher union leader once again faces possibility serving full prison sentence (14 February 2017) Esmail Abdi, a leader of the Tehran Teacher Trade Association, has seen his judicial appeal rejected by Branch 33 of the Supreme Court on 4...
The appeal for retrial of Esmail Abdi, a member of the board of directors of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Association, was rejected in February 2017 by Branch 33 of the Supreme Court of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Samaneh Asadkhani, Abdi’s...
In a joint statement on February 10, 2017, the French trade union federations (CFDT, CGT, FSU, Solidaires and UNSA) expressed their serious concerns about the fate of Reza Shahabi who is summoned to return to the prison. Reza Shahabi is currently on...
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/5332/2016/en/ URGENT ACTION Teacher union activist must be released Iranian teacher union activist Esmail Abdi, the Secretary General of the Iranian Teachers’ Trade Association (ITTA), was arrested on 9 November and taken to Tehran’s Evin Prison to begin serving a six-year...
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.