The following is a statement by the Trade Union of the Tehran and Suburbs Vahed Bus Company translated by the Shahrokh Zamani Action Campaign.
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The following is a report of a demonstration outside the Majles in support of Reza Shahabi.
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After 24 days on hunger strike Reza Shahabi’s health is deterioration. His condition is now said to be serious.
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Reza Shahabi, a member of the Executive Committee of the Trade Union of the Tehran and Suburbs Vahed Bus Company, was ordered to return to prison on August 8th.
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Branch 36 of the Tehran Appeals Court has approved the six-year sentence of Esmail Abdi, General Secretary of the Teachers’ Trade Association (TTA).
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Jafar Azimzadeh, a prominent labour activist who has been on hunger strike since April 29th, has sent a message to the 105th Session of the International Labour Conference, opening on May 30th. A number of Iranian labour activists and organisations have recently sent messages and open letters to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) drawing its attention – yet again! – to the plight of workers in Iran and pointing out that the so-called workers’ delegates attending the Conference are regime lackeys and not workers’ genuine representatives.
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On May 20th a group of IG Metall union members and supporters of Workers’ Action Committee (Iran) gathered outside Engels-Haus in Wuppertal to show their support for Jafar Azimzadeh and all jailed labour activists in Iran.
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Khuzestan Vanguard Socialist Workers’ Cell. Organiser: Comrade Martin.
Shahrokh Zamani Action Campaign 