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Labor Rights

These Four Educators Were Behind Bars in Iran on World Teachers’ Day 2018

These Four Educators Were Behind Bars in Iran on World Teachers’ Day 2018

October 8, 2018

Four teachers are currently behind bars in Iranian prisons for engaging in peaceful trade union activities, according to Rassoul Bodaghi, a formerly imprisoned labor activist and senior member of the Iranian Teachers’ Trade Association (ITTA). Speaking to the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) on the ...

New UN Special Rapporteur Javaid Rehman Requests Entry to Iran

New UN Special Rapporteur Javaid Rehman Requests Entry to Iran

October 1, 2018

UN SRs on Human Rights Banned From Visiting Since 2005 The new special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Javaid Rehman, has requested that Iran break its 13-year ban on UN human rights experts visiting the country and allow him ...

Rouhani Should Be Called to Account for Human Rights Abuses in Iran at UN Gathering

Rouhani Should Be Called to Account for Human Rights Abuses in Iran at UN Gathering

September 19, 2018

Mobile Billboard with Photos of Iran’s Political Prisoners to Circle UN Headquarters During Meetings September 19, 2018—As President Hassan Rouhani comes to NY to attend the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) urges the international community to directly address ...

Unpaid Workers Arrested at Protests Against Iran’s Biggest Sugar Production Company

Unpaid Workers Arrested at Protests Against Iran’s Biggest Sugar Production Company

August 22, 2018

After security forces attempted to violently repress protests at the Haft Tappeh sugarcane company in southeastern Iran, at least five workers were charged with national security crimes, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned.  The independent ...

Imprisoned Teacher Denied Hospitalization Amid Two-Month Hunger Strike

Imprisoned Teacher Denied Hospitalization Amid Two-Month Hunger Strike

August 2, 2018

After refusing food for nearly two months, imprisoned teacher Rouhollah Mardani’s health is deteriorating in Evin Prison in Tehran, a relative told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) on August 1, 2018. “During the first month, he had problems like dizziness, low ...

Iranian American and US Permanent Resident Released on Bail From Iran’s Evin Prison

Iranian American and US Permanent Resident Released on Bail From Iran’s Evin Prison

July 24, 2018

Karan Vafadari and Afarin Neyssari Awaiting Appeal in Tehran Two years after being sentenced to long prison sentences without due process in Iran, Iranian American Karan Vafadari and his American permanent resident wife Afarin Neyssari were released on ...

Detained Teachers’ Rights Activist Denied Months of Salary Due to “Fault of Others”

Detained Teachers’ Rights Activist Denied Months of Salary Due to “Fault of Others”

July 21, 2018

Detained teachers’ rights activist Mohammad Habibi is being denied his monthly state salary despite not being convicted of any crime, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has been informed. Habibi, a 29-year-old member of the Iranian Teachers’ Trade Association ...

Labor Reps in Iran Protest Disappearing Benefits as Hard Hit Workers Struggle Under Ailing Economy

Labor Reps in Iran Protest Disappearing Benefits as Hard Hit Workers Struggle Under Ailing Economy

July 21, 2018

A group of labor representatives from around Iran gathered during the country’s 2018 national Social Security Day, July 16, in front of the Health Ministry in Tehran to protest what they describe as the erosion of workers’ health and other benefits. ...

Leading Teachers’ Rights Activist Mahmoud Beheshti-Langroudi Refusing Food to Protest “Unjust” Sentence

Leading Teachers’ Rights Activist Mahmoud Beheshti-Langroudi Refusing Food to Protest “Unjust” Sentence

July 14, 2018

Beheshti Warns of Further Uprisings as Officials Continue to Ignore People’s Demands Prominent Iranian teachers’ rights activist Mahmoud Beheshti-Langroudi has been on hunger strike in Tehran’s Evin Prison since July 10, 2018, to protest the judiciary’s refusal to review his case and the ...

60 Steelworkers Arrested in Iran For Demanding Three Months Back Wages

60 Steelworkers Arrested in Iran For Demanding Three Months Back Wages

June 14, 2018

More than 60 workers at the Iran National Steel Industrial Group (INSIG) in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, have been arrested for demanding their salaries, which have not been paid to them for the last three months, according to an independent Iranian labor organization. The Free Workers Union of Iran ...

10 Iranian HEPCO Workers Striking For Unpaid Wages Charged With “Disturbing Public Order”

10 Iranian HEPCO Workers Striking For Unpaid Wages Charged With “Disturbing Public Order”

May 30, 2018

Ten striking workers at Iran's Heavy Equipment Production Company (HEPCO) in the city of Arak, south of Tehran, were charged with “disturbing public order” for participating in protests billed as “illegal gatherings” after they appeared in court on May 28, 2018.  The semi-official ...

13 Labor Activists Summoned in Iran Ahead of International Labor Day

13 Labor Activists Summoned in Iran Ahead of International Labor Day

April 27, 2018

A week before International Labor Day, when labor rights groups typically hold demonstrations around the world, at least 13 labor activists have been summoned in Iran’s Western provinces of Khuzestan and Kurdistan, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned.  “It ...

Teachers’ Rights Advocate Writes Scathing Letter From Prison on Revolutionary Iran’s Failed Promises

Teachers’ Rights Advocate Writes Scathing Letter From Prison on Revolutionary Iran’s Failed Promises

April 12, 2018

Esmail Abdi Warns Judiciary of the Consequences of Its “Illegal Rulings” Ahead of Hunger Strike Prominent teachers’ rights advocate Esmail Abdi has written a letter from Evin Prison strongly criticizing Iranian officials’ for their failure to uphold the promises of the country’s 1979 ...

Revolutionary Guards Violently Arrest Teachers’ Rights Activist in Front of High School Students

Revolutionary Guards Violently Arrest Teachers’ Rights Activist in Front of High School Students

March 14, 2018

29 Teachers Advocate For Habibi’s Freedom Teacher and trade union activist Mohammad Habibi was beaten and arrested by agents of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in front of his students at Andisheh Technical High School in the city of Shahriar on March 3, 2018. “The agents in civilian ...

“This is Slavery” 30 Sugar Plant Workers Arrested in Iran For Demanding Unpaid Wages

“This is Slavery” 30 Sugar Plant Workers Arrested in Iran For Demanding Unpaid Wages

February 7, 2018

Police arrested more than 30 protesters on the fourth day of a strike by hundreds of workers on February 4, 2018, at a major sugar plant near the city of Shush, in Iran’s Khuzestan Province. In a video message posted ...

Political Prisoners in Rajaee Shahr Prison Denied Basic Rights Including Heat in Cold Winter Months

Political Prisoners in Rajaee Shahr Prison Denied Basic Rights Including Heat in Cold Winter Months

December 22, 2017

“All they want to do is harass the political prisoners.” The authorities of Rajaee Shahr Prison are keeping political prisoners in unbearably cold conditions without providing protection, a source with contacts inside the facility told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). ...

Iran’s Judiciary Should Free Labor Activist Reza Shahabi Who Suffered Stroke

Iran’s Judiciary Should Free Labor Activist Reza Shahabi Who Suffered Stroke

December 18, 2017

Update: Reza Shahabi was released on March 19, 2018. December 19, 2017—The Iranian judiciary should immediately free ailing trade unionist Reza Shahabi, who recently suffered a stroke in Rajaee Shahr Prison, and allow him to receive full medical attention, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) ...

Rajaee Shahr Prison Officials Refuse to Hospitalize Labor Activist Reza Shahabi After He Has a Stroke

Rajaee Shahr Prison Officials Refuse to Hospitalize Labor Activist Reza Shahabi After He Has a Stroke

December 15, 2017

An imprisoned trade unionist, Reza Shahabi, has been denied hospitalization despite suffering a stroke, according to a statement by the Union of Workers of the Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company (UWTSBC) published on December 14, ...

Three Activists Sentenced to Prison in Trial “Directed” by Iran’s Intelligence Ministry

Three Activists Sentenced to Prison in Trial “Directed” by Iran’s Intelligence Ministry

December 4, 2017

Political prisoners Majid Assadi, Payam Shakiba, and Mohammad Banazadeh were sentenced to prison and exile after the Intelligence Ministry pressured the court, a family member of one of the prisoners ...

Political Prisoners in Rajaee Shahr Prison Slapped With New Charges for Engaging in Peaceful Protest

Political Prisoners in Rajaee Shahr Prison Slapped With New Charges for Engaging in Peaceful Protest

November 28, 2017

Christian convert Ebrahim Firoozi and political activist Saeed Shirzad. Three prisoners in Iran’s Rajaee Shahr Prison are facing new charges for participating in a mass protest at the prison in August 2017. In ...

Iran Attempts to Deflect Responsibility by Criticizing UN Resolution on Its Human Rights Record

Iran Attempts to Deflect Responsibility by Criticizing UN Resolution on Its Human Rights Record

November 22, 2017

Iran has responded to a draft UN resolution condemning the country’s human rights record by attempting to deflect responsibility and verbally criticizing the sponsors of the draft ...

Rajaee Shahr Prison Inmates Fed With Livestock Feed

Rajaee Shahr Prison Inmates Fed With Livestock Feed

November 17, 2017

A political prisoner in Rajaee Shahr Prison in Iran, labor activist Reza Shahabi, has revealed that prison authorities have been providing inmates with livestock feed and mistreating them in the prison’s hospital. According to a ...

83 Countries Vote to Pass UN Resolution Expressing “Serious Concern” over Human Rights in Iran

83 Countries Vote to Pass UN Resolution Expressing “Serious Concern” over Human Rights in Iran

November 14, 2017

In an overwhelming sign of international support for human rights in Iran, 83 countries approved a resolution by the UN Third Committee today criticizing the state of human rights in the Islamic Republic ...

Labor Activist Without Kidneys Returned to Prison Against Medical Advice

Labor Activist Without Kidneys Returned to Prison Against Medical Advice

November 13, 2017

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry and the chief prosecutor of Kurdistan Province have refused to accept a medical examiner’s recommendation to hospitalize imprisoned labor activist Mahmoud Salehi, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned. Salehi, who has no kidneys, was rushed to a local hospital on November 3, 2017, ...

Imprisoned Labor Activist With No Kidneys Hospitalized After Being Forced to Sleep on Cell Floor

Imprisoned Labor Activist With No Kidneys Hospitalized After Being Forced to Sleep on Cell Floor

November 6, 2017

Imprisoned labor activist Mahmoud Salehi remains in intensive care three days after being rushed from a prison in Saqqez, in Iran’s Kurdistan Province, to a local hospital. Salehi’s wife, Najibeh Salehzadeh, told the Center for Human Rights ...

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