February 7, 2018

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

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 ...

September 13, 2017

Iranian Labor Activist Peacefully Rejects New Prison Sentence

Labor activist Ali Nejati is refusing to serve a six-month prison sentence for engaging in lawful protests against one of Iran’s largest agro-industrial companies near the city of Shush in Khuzestan Province. ...

August 9, 2017

Workers at Iranian Sugarcane Company Summoned to Court After Protesting Unpaid Wages

Workers of the Haft Tappeh sugarcane company protest for their unpaid wages. Fifty-three workers of Iran’s Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Agro Industrial Company who have been peacefully demanding back pay and ...