“Free Them Now” is an organisation to get international support for the jailed workers in Iran. It was initiated in 2005 by Iranian labour activists living in different countries outside Iran.
“Free Them Now” also tries to help worker-activists who are in danger of persecution and are forced to run away from the country. FTN officially was registered in 2013 in Norway.
“Free Them Now” stands for immediate and unconditional release of all the jailed workers and political prisoners in Iran.
“Free Them Now” is in contact with many worker-activists in Iran and publishes and broadcasts their struggles, news and reports.
“Free Them Now” tries to ensure that labour-activists and their efforts are noticed across the globe and the international community is informed about the ongoing struggles of the workers, teachers, retirees and nurses for their rights.
“Free Them Now” organizes pickets and information desks in public places in different countries.
We stand for human rights for absolutely all people:
“Free Them Now” is against capital punishment and helps the campaign to “Stop Death Penalty” in Iran.
“Free Them Now” stands for unconditional political and social freedoms and improved standards of living for all.
“Free Them Now” stands for workers’ right to independent organizations, the right to assembly, the right to strike and all the basic rights that workers are denied in Iran.
Some of FTN achievements:
“Free Them Now” has contact with workers unions and international workers’ organizations and receives their help for many calls of support.
“Free Them now” has obtained the endorsement of many unions and their leaders in the world. .
Numerous international figures and activists have supported FTN’s statement declaring the Islamic regime of Iran, the regime of flogging, execution, and repression must be boycotted worldwide (November 27, 2020). Some of its activities include, helping workers activists that are fleeing Iran and stay in Turkey seeking asylum. FTN helps activists & their families in Iran while they are under arrest. It also obtains endorsement from different unions in order to kick Islamic regime delegates out of ILO. It has performed several demonstrations at ILO conference and in front of the conference to put pressure on Islamic regime and has campaigned to spread awareness about workers condition in Iran. On June 17, 2022, The National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) with more than 400,000 members across Canada passed the resolution to expel the Islamic regime of Iran from ILO. We have got more supports from other unions in other countries. For more information, see the link: Islamic Regime must be expelled from ILO: – Free Them Now (free-them-now.com)
Join us! Support us in any way you can, support jailed workers in Iran and demand immediate and unconditional release of all the jailed workers, teachers, and other civil rights activists.
Support the struggle of workers In Iran. Demand the abolition of all the “Islamic punishments” such as flogging. Demand expulsion of Islamic Republic of Iran from ILO.
https://www.instagram.com/free.themnow/?hl=en
Apart from the online sites and media, we also broadcast a weekly television programme aimed at Iran
Shahla Daneshfar spoke person of FTN
The names of FTN leading members are as follows:
Shahla Daneshfar, labour-activist for over 40 years and spoke-person for FTN.
Kazem Nik-khah, labour-activist for over 45 years and head of international relations of FTN.
Tahmineh Sadeghi, member of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and contact person for FTN in West Coast of Canada. She has also been helping refugees and social activists in Vancouver Canada for over 30 years.
Masoud Arzhang, chairperson of local 803 Community Health Services Workers, BCGEU in Vancouver and a contact person of FTN in West Coast of Canada.
Abbas Mandegar, member of Unifor (Canada’s largest private sector union) with over 35 years labour and social activism in Victoria, Canada; He is a contact person for FTN in West Coast of Canada.
Daved Aram, long time labour activist and contact person for FTN in East Coast of Canada.
Hashem Fazeli, long time labour activist, contact person for FTN in Switzerland.
Siamak Zare, long time labour activist, contact person of FTN in Germany,
Arsalan Nazeri, long time labour activist, contact person of FTN in Australia.
Saber Rahimi, long time labour activist, contact person of FTN in Norway.
Hoshyar Soroush, long time labour activist, contact person of FTN in Sweden.
Soleyman Sigarchi, long time social activists, in charge of FTN finances
Susan Saberi long time social activist member of Free Them now in Sweden
