An Unofficial report: Osanloo and Madadi will be given jail sentences.

October 29, 2007- According to the latest news from Iran, Mansour Osanloo has been told unofficially that his verdict has been re-affirmed by court for 5 years imprisonment and that he will soon be transferred to another section of the Evin Prison. Mansour Osanloo has been transferred from hospital to the Evin prison’s medical clinic. He is scheduled to stay in this clinic for about a month and half. Doctors had recommended three months of total rest in an appropriate facility but this clinic is not suitable for his stay. Osanloo had an eye surgery on October 20, 2007 which was successful, but he needs another operation on his eye soon.

Ebrahim Madadi has also been told verbally that his sentence is confirmed for 3.5 years imprisonment. Ebrahim Madadi, the Vice President of the Syndicate of Workers of Vahed Company, was arrested on August 9, 2007 and was taken to Evin Prison. He was transferred to Gezelhesar prison on October 16, 2007. According to the Syndicate’s news release, on October 23, 2007, Madadi was taken to the Public Prosecutor Office of Tehran Revolutionary Court, and his case went on trial at branch 28 in presence of his attorneys, Dr. Yousef Mowlaie and Mr. Parviz Khorshid. He defended himself from the charges, and he is expecting the Chair of the branch 28 of the court to render the verdict.

As of this time, their lawyers have not seen any court order or verdict. Osanloo has objected this and has refused to recognize this unofficial verdict and objected and he demands that a written verdict to be sent to his lawyers.

Latest Report on Majid Hamidi

Majid Hamid was released from Amir Alam Hospital in Tehran and returned to Sanandaj. His surgery was not completely done because doctors were unable to remove one of the bullets that hit him in his neck, because by removing that bullet there would have been a great risk of damaging his nervous system around his eyes and mouth. Mr. Hamidi has issued a statement in which he condemned the attempted assassination against himself as a cowardly act by those that are extremely scared of the rise of the Iranian labour movement. Mr. Hamidi thanked all individuals and organizations that have been condemning this attempted assassination. He vowed to continue his activities as a labour activist for the achievement of the working class demands. Following the Majid Hamidi assassination attempt, many labour activists and organizations in Iran and abroad strongly condemned this brutal act and demanded an end to the systematic violence against workers perpetuated by the government and its agents in Iran.*

Mr. Hamidi, who is a well-known labour activist in Cit of Sanandaj, received seven bullets into his body on October 18^th. Witnesses and Mr. Hamidi himself report that the assassins fired about 14 shots towards him. After getting the first shot, Mr. Hamidi tried to rescue himself but they followed him and fired more bullets at him but some were missed. They then escaped from the scene with a motorcycle. 

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Iran: Attempted assassination of labour activist

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On the morning of Thursday 18 October, 2007, three masked men shot Majid Hamidi, a 48-year old grocery worker and labour activist in Sanandaj, Iran, seven times in his arm, shoulder and neck. Hamidi was eventually taken to Tehran for specialist surgery and remains in critical condition. Iranian labour activists are convinced that armed attacks of this type are done with the knowledge and support of the government. Already Iranian labour activists face jailings, beatings, and other forms of persecution, including the jailing of labour leaders Mahmoud Salehi, Mansour Osanloo and Ebrahim Madadi, as well as the severe repression of strikers at the state-owned Haft Tapeh sugar cane company. But this represents a considerable escalation. Iran is a member of the International Labour Organization and we call upon the ILO to press the government in Tehran to stop these attacks immediately.

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Background Information: www.workers-iran.org

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