The following is a statement published on the Haft Tappeh Sugar Cane Company workers’ independent Telegram channel.
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On December 23rd tens of students, pensioners, teachers and political activists demonstrated in front of the Iranian regime’s Justice Department in Tehran.
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Keyvan Samimi, one of the May Day 2019 detainees, is a 72-year-old journalist and political activist. On Monday morning, December 7th, he was arrested at Evin Courthouse and transferred to Evin Prison to serve a three-year sentence.
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Davoud Rafii, a worker fired from the Pars Khodro car plant in 2012 for his union activities, has been flogged 74 times for “insulting” the Iranian regime’s former Labour Minister.
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The following is the speech of Nasim Sedaghat, Shahrokh Zamani Action Campaign activist in Canada, at a Vancouver rally in support of Haft Tappeh and other workers in Iran.
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The trial of Atena Daemi, a civil rights activist jailed in Evin Prison, was held on June 28th. Continue reading
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On Saturday May 23rd the Iranian regime dropped charges against a number of workers and labour activists as part of its Eid amnesty. Continue reading
Mohammad Davari, a 26-years-old political and labour activist, has been released on 15 billion rial ($356,928) bail pending appeal. He was being held in Shiraz’s Adelabad jail.
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After 303 days in detention, Neda Naji has been released temporarily. She was arrested at a peaceful May Day rally outside the Iranian regime’s parliament on May 1st 2019.
See also: Neda Naji: 300 days in prison!
Khuzestan Vanguard Socialist Workers’ Cell. Organiser: Comrade Martin.
Shahrokh Zamani Action Campaign 