Workers movement

On 15th November 2018, the Coordinating Council of the Teachers’ Associations of Iran published a statement detailing the issues teachers face and calls for another two-day nationwide strike on 13th…

Esmail Bakhshi, the elected representative of workers’ council of sugar cane factory of Haft Tapeh, has published an open letter on 10th November 2018, addressed to Mr Sadeghi, head of…

The teacher activist who was kidnapped on 23rd October and admitted to the acute ward of the Ibn-e-Sina psychiatric hospital in Mashhad by Iranian authorities has been released from the…

Hassan Rouhani, President Palestine Avenue, Pasteur St., Pasteur Sq. Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran E-mail:  media@rouhani.ir Dear President Rouhani: Subject:  Solidarity with Imprisoned Truck Drivers and Teachers The Vancouver and…

On 5th November 2018, a group of teachers including family members of Hashem Khastar, the kidnapped activist, gathered in front of  Ebne Sina psychiatric hospital and called for his freedom.…

On 4th November 2018, truck drivers’ strike in Iran has expanded to 50 cities in 23 provinces. The first demand of the striking drivers is “immediate and unconditional release” of…

Sugar cane workers resume strike in Iran as employers fail to meet their demands  On 5th November 2018, sugar cane workers of Haft Tapeh in Khuzestan province in south Iran…

On 23rd October 2018, Hashem Khastar, retired headteacher and former member of Coordinating Council of Teachers’ Association of Khorasan province in Iran, left home to visit his garden but didn’t…

-Retired teachers in Iran call for an assembly to protest embezzlement of their funds Retired teachers in Iran have called for an assembly in front of the office of  the…

HEPCO workers in Arak province who protested non payment of 8 months of their wages have received five years suspended sentence of between 6 and 12 months prison, and 74…