Workers movement

January 28, 2019 Via emai: leader@leader.ir and media@rouhani.ir Leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Hassan Rouhani Re: Rearrest of Ismaeil…

Today, 29th January 2019, Jafar Azimzadeh, general director of the Free Workers’ Union of Iran was arrested and was taken away to an unknown location by four security agents of…

To all international workers’ and human rights organisations: On 20th January 2019, Esmaeil Bakhshi, the popular leader of sugar cane workers of Haft Tapeh, and Sepideh Gholiyan, student activist and…

From: Free Them Now -Campaign to Free Jailed Workers in Iran To: Mr Guy Ryder, Director-General of ILO Dear Mr. Guy Ryder! I write this letter to protest your policy…

Previously we informed you that Emaeil Bakhshi, the beloved and well-known leader of sugar cane workers of Haft Tapeh in Ahvaz, Iran, in an open letter which he published on…

Fearful of strike and protests, Haft Tapeh bosses issue new contracts for protesting workers On 10th January 2019, workers of Haft Tapeh sugar cane factory in Khuzestan, Iran, protested again…

Dear comrade, We have been informed by the international trade union federations about the struggle of the sugar cane workers of Haft-Tapeh in Iran. On behalf of the Austrian Manufacturing…

Esmaeil Bakhshi, the beloved leader of sugar cane workers of Haft Tapeh in Iran, has published an open letter on his Instagram page in which he reveals the tortures he…

Mehdi Yarahi is a Iranian pop singer and songwriter from Ahvaz, Khuzestan province. His permission to perform has been revoked by Cultural Ministry of Islamic Republic of Iran for excuse…

On 25th December 2018, Ms Farzaneh Zilaie, solicitor of the Haft Tapeh sugar cane workers, reported that the cases of 15 of the arrested workers’ representatives who were later released…