Dozens of Teachers Arrested in Iran During Workers’ Day Protests
Iranian security forces arrested at least 28 teachers in the four days leading up to international workers’ day, between April 28 and May ...
Tag : international workers’ day
April 29, 2022
Iran’s Government Should Respect—Not Crush—Workers’ Rights
On the eve of International Workers’ Day, state security forces in Iran have been summoning, arresting and harassing activists to prevent them from protesting on May Day ...
June 7, 2019
Haft Tappeh Workers Urge International Labor Organization to Investigate Suppression of Labor Protests
*A group of workers in the Iranian city of Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, have published an open letter calling on the International Labor Organization (ILO) to investigate ...
May 1, 2019
Crackdown in Iran: Several Arrested at May Day Protests
A peaceful demonstration by people demanding workers’ rights in front of Iran’s Parliament in Tehran on International Workers’ Day, May 1, 2019, was violently repressed after police and plainclothes security agents attacked the crowd and arrested dozens of workers. ...
May 1, 2019
Security Forces Arrest Protesters in Front of Iran’s Parliament on Labor Day
A peaceful demonstration by people demanding workers’ rights in front of Iran’s Parliament in Tehran on International Workers’ Day, May 1, ...
January 10, 2019
Labor Activist’s Revelation of Torture During Detention Prompts Wave of Reports of Abuse in Iran’s Prisons
Esmail Bakhshi’s lawyer says her client is under intense pressure to retract statements about his torture Labor activist Esmail Bakhshi’s public ...
December 3, 2018
Detained Protester Reportedly Tortured as Iranian Sugar Mill Workers Demand Unpaid Wages
Detained labor activist Esmail Bakhshi was hospitalized after being tortured under interrogation, according to Iranian labor sources. Bakhshi’s ...
November 19, 2018
Steel and Sugarcane Workers Rally in Ahvaz to Demand Unpaid Wages
Workers from the Iran National Steel Industrial Group (NSIG) in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, held rallies November 10-14, 2018, demanding ...
October 31, 2018
15 HEPCO Workers in Iran Issued Suspended Prison, Lashing Sentences For Demanding Unpaid Wages
Fifteen staff members of the HEPCO manufacturing company in Markazi Province, Iran, have been issued suspended ...
August 22, 2018
Unpaid Workers Arrested at Protests Against Iran’s Biggest Sugar Production Company
After security forces attempted to violently repress protests at the Haft Tappeh sugarcane company in southeastern Iran, at least ...
September 15, 2015
Imprisoned Labor Activist Dies of Stroke after Being Denied Medical Care
Shahrokh Zamani, Labor activist Authorities Routinely Refuse Medical Treatment to Political Prisoners September 16, 2015—Labor activist Shahrokh Zamani ...
May 8, 2009
Release All Activists Detained on May Day
(8 May 2009) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran called for the release of all labor activists and six members of the One Million Signatures Campaign still in detention after their violent arrest on 1 May as they gathered to peacefully celebrate ...