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Tag : international labor organization

June 3, 2024

Open Letter: Jailed Labor Activists in Iran Demand Action from International Labor Organization

In a joint letter to the International Labor Organization (ILO), prominent imprisoned labor activists Reza Shahabi and Davoud Razavi have issued a stark ...

May 4, 2023

Activists Detained, Workers Threatened as Oil Industry Workers Strike in Iran

ILO Must Speak Out Forcefully Against Islamic Republic’s Abuses Against Labor May 4, 2023 – Strikers in Iran’s oil, gas ...

February 3, 2022

Interview: Suppressing Teachers’ Protests Would be a “Great Risk” for Iran’s Government

Sattar Rahmani, a former teacher and political prisoner in Iran, is an expert on the country's ...

February 14, 2019

Sugar Mill Workers Call for International Action to Free Detained Colleagues Esmail Bakhshi and Sepideh Qoliyan

Esmail Bakhshi and Sepideh Qoliyan Pressured to Retract Torture Allegations A union representing workers of the Haft Tappeh sugar mill in the Iranian city of Shush, Khuzestan Province, has called on individuals and international ...

December 21, 2018

Iranian MP Calls Arrests of Protesting Ahvaz Workers “Violation of the Constitution”

At Least 31 Steel Workers Remain Detained Eleven workers detained during protests by employees of the Iran National Steel Industrial Group (INSIG) in southwestern Iran between December 17-18, 2018, were released on ...

December 17, 2018

Family “Worried” About Ailing, Elderly Labor Activist Held Incommunicado

The family of ailing labor activist Asghar Firouzi has been extremely “worried” about his condition since he was detained by unidentified security agents, ...

December 13, 2018

Iran Must Address Crisis of Unpaid Wages, Not Prosecute People Who Demand Their Pay

15 Petrochemical Workers Sentenced to Prison, Flogging for Protesting Unpaid Wages in Latest Ruling Unpaid Wages Violates Iranian Law, Flogging Violates ...

April 27, 2018

13 Labor Activists Summoned in Iran Ahead of International Labor Day

A week before International Labor Day, when labor rights groups typically hold demonstrations around the world, at least 13 ...

April 12, 2018

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

Esmail Abdi Warns Judiciary of the Consequences of Its “Illegal Rulings” Ahead of Hunger Strike Prominent teachers’ rights advocate Esmail Abdi has ...

December 18, 2017

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

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 ...

December 15, 2017

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

An imprisoned trade unionist, Reza Shahabi, has been denied hospitalization despite suffering a stroke, ...

May 16, 2014

Labor Activists Spend Second Week in Detention without Charges

Two labor activists who were arrested at their homes on April 30, 2014, one day before a planned Labor Day gathering in Tehran, remain in detention without charges or outside contact except for one brief family visit. ...

January 3, 2006

Workers’ Rights

Iranian workers and teachers are denied many protections of basic workers rights, as defined and articulated under longstanding international labor standards. Iranian workers are deprived of such fundamental rights both under Iranian labor law and in practice. ...

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