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Workers await decision on May Day demonstration
The Iranian government has not responded to an application to hold a May Day demonstration on the upcoming International Workers Day.ILNA reports that the head of the Tehran House of Workers, Esmail...
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Labour activists fired from Tehran bus company
Three labour activists have been fired by the Vahed Tehran Bus Drivers Company following a decision issued by the dispute-resolution committee of the Labour and Social Welfare office of West...
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Labour activist dies after heart attack in prison
Afshin Osanloo Jailed labour activist Afshin Osanloo died on Saturday June 22 following complications brought on by a cardiac arrest, the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reports.According...
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Activist’s sister says he was dead on arrival
Afshin Osanloo The sister of deceased labour activist Afshin Osanloo has told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that hospital staff informed her that her brother was already dead...
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Labour activist’s mother files complaint over his death
Afshin Osanloo A commemoration ceremony for Afshin Osanloo, the Iranian labour activist who passed away 40 days ago in Rejaishahr Prison, was held in Beheshte Zahra Cemetery amid heavy security...
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Concern mounts for jailed Iranian labour activist
Human rights groups have expressed grave concern regarding the health of jailed labour activist Reza Shahabi in Tehran’s Evin Prison.The Reza Shahabi Defence Committee announced that there is grave...
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Labour activist Hosseiny summoned to court again
Khaled Hosseiny Iranian labour activist Khaled Hosseiny, a member of the Coordination Committee for Establishment of Labour Organizations, has been summoned for the fourth time by the judiciary.The...
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Prisoners refuse food to support sugarcane workers
Two Iranian political prisoners have begun a hunger strike in support of the protest movement by Haft Tapeh Sugarcane Company workers.Shahrokh Zamani and Khaled Hordani announced that as of Tuesday...
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Jailed activist’s hunger strike reaches 35 days
Shahrokh Zamani Jailed Iranian labour activist Shahroukh Zamani is continuing his hunger strike and has now been refusing food for 35 days.According to lawyer Naghi Mahmoudi, Zanmani has been on a...
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Labour activist ends jail strike after promise of relocation
Shahrokh Zamani Jailed Iranian labour activist Shahrokh Zamani finally ended his hunger strike on Monday April 14, after authorities agreed to his demand that he be returned to Rejai Shahr...
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Iranian official says workers should get permit for march
Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani Ayatollah Rafsanjani, the head of Iran’s Expediency Council, has officially called on the administration to issue a permit for a march on International Workers’ Day.On his...
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Workers still detained after May Day arrests
Labour activist Davood Razavi reports that workers arrested on or around International Workers’ Day remain in custody.Razavi told the Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA) that the two independent labour...
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One of two detained labour activists gets released
Jamil Mohammadi, an executive member of the Free Union of Iranian Workers and an organizer of a workers protest petition, has been released by Iranian authorities.Mohammadi was arrested on April 25 in...
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Prosecutor agrees to jailed activist’s demands
Jailed Iranian labour activist Reza Shahabi has ended his 50-day hunger strike after the Tehran Prosecutor agreed to his demands.Reports indicate that one of prosecutor’s deputies, Mehdi Khodabakhshi,...
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Labour activist arrested as worker unrest grows
Hatam Samadi Labour activist Hatam Samadi has been arrested by plainclothes officials and transferred to an unknown location.The Coordination Committee for Establishing Labour Organizations issued a...
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