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
A meeting to address the problems of the 3,000 striking workers at the Kerman coal mines was held without the presence of the protesting workers’ representatives! Continue reading
Posted in Workers' struggles
Ten days have passed since the arrest of Nahid Fathalian. Ms Fathalian is a retired labour activist and a volunteer supporter of Iran’s flood victims. Continue reading
Posted in Political prisoners, Workers' struggles
Mohammad-Hossein Sepehri, a teacher jailed in Mashhad’s Vakilabad prison, has contracted Corona virus. Continue reading
Posted in Political prisoners, Teachers, Workers' struggles
Esmail Abdi, the former General Secretary of the Tehran Teachers’ Trade Association, was temporarily released from jail on March 17th.
Posted in Political prisoners, Teachers, Workers' struggles
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!
Tehran, January 2020
Posted in Repression, Workers' struggles
Hassan Saidi, one of the May Day 2019 detainees and a member of the Trade Union of the Tehran and Suburbs Vahed Bus Company, had been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in a lower court. The appeal court has now upheld his sentence. Continue reading
Khuzestan Vanguard Socialist Workers’ Cell. Organiser: Comrade Martin.
