The Iranian regime once again showed its fear of the country’s teachers by arresting many of their activists on the night of April 30th. This was yet another intimidation tactic that was meant to deter teachers across Iran from once again protesting against low wages and other basic demands on May Day and Teachers’ Day (May 2nd). The new detainees joined the ranks of many teachers’ activists who were already in jail.
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The following message was published on the Haft Tappeh Workers’ Independent Channel on Telegram on February 28th 2022.
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The physical condition of Sepideh Gholian – a student, social rights’ activists and journalist imprisoned in Bushehr Prison – has deteriorated due to contracting COVID-19.
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On Thursday, December 23rd, teachers in over 100 towns and cities protested against low wages. Despite their union activists being summoned by the Iranian regime’s security agencies and told to cancel their planned demonstrations, the nationwide strike still went ahead.
Teachers and educators gathered in front of education departments in various towns and cities throughout Iran to continue their recent protests against the job classification scheme approved by the regime’s so-called ‘parliament’.
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The following is a post published on the Haft Tappeh Sugar Cane Company workers’ independent Telegram channel.
“At Haft Tappeh we have proved that a [workers’] representatives’ assembly is superior to a trade union and the Islamic Council” – from Ebrahim Abbasi’s speech.
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The following is a statement published on the Haft Tappeh Sugar Cane Company workers’ independent Telegram channel.
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The following is a statement published on the Voice of Iran’s Oil Workers Telegram channel.
The forty-fifth day of oil workers’ strike in 112 refineries, petrochemical centres and power plants in 35 cities
The nationwide strike of contract workers in the oil and petrochemical industries, which began on June 19th in protest against low wages and difficult working conditions, continues on Monday, August 2, for the forty-fifth consecutive day.
The strike of the contract workers has so far spread to refineries, petrochemical industries, power plants and facilities related to the oil industry in the cities of Tehran, Arak, Esfahan, Ahvaz, Abadan, Mahshahr, Jask, Asaluyeh, Gachsaran and others.
Translation: Shahrokh Zamani Action Campaign
The following is a statement published on the Haft Tappeh Sugar Cane Company workers’ independent Telegram channel.
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Shahrokh Zamani Action Campaign 