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Tag : Labor activist

August 8, 2019

Major Trade Union Federations Call on Iran to Release Detained Workers’ Rights Activists

The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL–CIO) have called on Iranian authorities to release detained workers' rights activists including Esmail Bakhshi and ...

July 22, 2019

Iran: Release Four Women Detained at Labor Day Protest

From left to right: Marzieh ...

March 28, 2019

Peaceful Labor Activist Arsham Rezaee Sentenced to Prison Without Access to Counsel

Rezaee Struggling to Financially Support Family from Prison Labor activist Mahmoud Arsham Rezaee has been issued a lengthy prison sentence at a trial that ...

January 31, 2019

Labor Activist Ali Nejati Denied Medical Treatment Against Doctor’s Orders

Petition Signed by 800 People Calls on Iran to Release Striking Haft Tappeh Workers Detained labor rights activist Ali Nejati is being denied medical treatment for ...

January 22, 2019

Iran: Release Labor Activists Re-Arrested For Revealing They’d Been Tortured

Esmail Bakhshi and Sepideh Qoliyan Both At Risk of Serious Harm January 22, 2019—The arrests of labor activist Esmail Bakhshi...

January 17, 2019

Sham Investigation of Labor Activist’s Alleged Torture Lacks Impartiality, Ignores Witnesses

Iran Must Re-Open an Independent and Impartial Investigation into Labor Activist’s Abuse Multiple Cases of Alleged Torture Must Be Thoroughly Investigated January 17, ...

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 ...

June 14, 2018

60 Steelworkers Arrested in Iran For Demanding Three Months Back Wages

More than 60 workers at the Iran National Steel Industrial Group (INSIG) in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, have been arrested for demanding their salaries, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

November 17, 2017

Rajaee Shahr Prison Inmates Fed With Livestock Feed

A political prisoner in Rajaee Shahr Prison in Iran, labor activist Reza Shahabi...

November 13, 2017

Labor Activist Without Kidneys Returned to Prison Against Medical Advice

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 ...

November 6, 2017

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

Imprisoned labor activist Mahmoud Salehi remains in intensive care three days after being rushed from a prison in ...

October 31, 2017

Agents Interrupt Labor Activist’s Dialysis Treatment to Transport Him to Prison

Labor activist Mahmoud Salehi was detained by security agents on October 28, 2017, while undergoing dialysis at ...

September 21, 2017

Workers Peacefully Demanding Unpaid Wages Beaten and Arrested by Anti-Riot Police in Iranian City of Arak

“Poor workers don’t deserve to be beaten.” Anti-riot police forces stormed peaceful protests by workers at two industrial units in Arak, the capital ...

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 ...

September 12, 2017

Iranian Union Considers Mass Strike as Imprisoned Labor Activist’s Condition Deteriorates

An Iranian union is considering a mass strike to protest a prominent labor activist being returned to prison to ...

June 16, 2017

Iran’s Judiciary Prevents Top Labor Activists From Attending International Conference

A travel ban imposed by the Iranian judiciary has prevented prominent labor rights activists Reza Shahabi and ...

May 24, 2017

Activists Acquitted of National Security Charges for Peaceful Defense of Labor Rights

Trade union activists Jafar Azimzadeh and Shapour Ehsani-Rad have been acquitted of the charge of ‘acting against national security’ for peacefully advocating for labor rights ...

May 5, 2017

Rouhani Promises to Withdraw Anti-Labor Amendments While Police Quash Peaceful Protests

During a ceremony marking International Labor Day on May 1, 2017, President Hassan Rouhani, who will ...

May 5, 2017

Deadly Coal Mine Explosion in Iran: Who’s Responsible?

The employer, and possibly the government are legally liable for the explosion at a coal mine in northern Iran that killed ...

May 4, 2017

Labor Activist Freed From Rajaee Shahr Prison After Serving Seven Years Behind Bars

After serving seven years, labor activist As’ad (Behnam) Ebrahimzadeh was released from Rajaee Shahr Prison in Karaj, ...

February 22, 2017

Largest Trade Union Body Asks Iran’s Leader to End Persecution of Prominent Activist

The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has written to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei calling for an ...

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