Yesterday, Friday 15th of June at 12 noon 60 members of the Coordinating Committee to Help Form Workers' organizations and a number of labor activists were arrested in the city of Karaj. According to the latest news, Mitra Homayooni, Vafa Ghaderi, Reyhaneh Ansari, Khaled Hosseini, Mahmoud Salehi, Saeed Moghaddam, Cyrus Fathi, Ghaleb Hoss are amongst those ...
Besieged workers in Iran urgently needs our solidarity, reports Chris Strafford Repression, economic crisis, mass unemployment, withdrawal of subsidies and the imminent threat of US led bombings have led to a great immiseration for the working class within Iran. The growth of poverty within Iran is stark, last month the cost of vegetables rose 92%, rice ...
Vahed bus drivers' union executive member Reza Shahabi has been sentenced to 6 years in prison and a further five year ban from trade union activism. He has also been ordered to return around secen million Toman's which had been raised in solidarity to help imprisoned trade union activists. This is after two and a ...
Below is a statement organised by Iranian left activists. The Farsi version is linked at the bottom of this piece Following the recent rumours of a military attack on Iran, several Israeli citizens have initiated a campaign, opposing the probable war of the American and Israeli states against Iran. In doing so, they are sending messages ...
Cat Rylance gave this speech to the 2012 conference of Stop the War Coalition, on behalf of Communist Students There are lots of motions here today on Iran and Syria, but ours is different. It spells out some issues that other motions don’t. Namely: the government of Iran is not our friend and is not the ...
Around 40 people attended last Sunday’s third annual solidarity cricket match between Hands Off the People of Iran and the Labour Representation Committee - and raised well over £500 for Workers Fund Iran in the process. Bathed in sunshine, the picturesque corner of leafy Islington that was Wray Crescent pitch made for a wonderful cricketing environment. ...
Report posted by the leftwing Bazr student group The Arab spring has reached Tehran. It is the morning of February 14 and crowds are already gathering. People are exchanging smiles even if they don’t know each other. Security forces are trying to stop shopkeepers shutting their businesses, but most don’t pay any attention. Vassl Square: I am ...
Sign the petition here We demand the immediate release of Dr. Fariborz Raisdana We have learned the astonishing news of “Dr. Raisdana’s arrest” by the security agents of the Islamic republic on the early morning of December 19th, 2010 at his home in Tehran. Dr. Fariborz Raisdana is a well known intellectual, economist, social activist, and active ...
From Libcom.org - In early December 2010, in the context of struggle against cuts and privatisation, students in university occupations at UCL, Manchester, Sheffield, SOAS, Brighton, Goldsmiths and Bath write a solidarity massage to Iranian students. A few days later, Iranian students inside the country as well as studying abroad respond. To our fellow students in Iran: We ...
Ben Lewis reports on the campaign to free all political prisoners in Iran. Jafar Panahi, the Iranian film maker recently released after three months in Iran’s notorious Evin prison, protests that at the moment he has little hope of making another film - all he can do is produce one in his head. However, he adds ...
Ben Lewis reports on the campaign to free the outspoken film maker imprisoned by the Iranian regime. Activists in Hands Off the People of Iran have been informed that Jafar Panahi, the internationally acclaimed film maker who has been incarcerated for over two months, has begun a hunger strike in Evin prison. This is the latest brave ...
Today students held a mass protest at Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran. It ended in clashes with security forces.
Wednesday, May 12, 6pm. Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, London W1 With an introduction by John McDonnell MP. The event is co-sponsored by the Labour Representation Committee (click here to read their letter, urging support for the event). For details of screenings in Glasgow and Manchester, click here. Jafar Panahi – the well known Iranian film maker ...