Ali Nejati, Member of Haft Tappeh Sugar Cane Workers Syndicate, Summoned to Revolutionary Court
Ali Nejati, a labor activist and member of the board of directors of the Haft Tappeh Sugar Cane Workers Syndicate, has been summoned to the Revolutionary Court of Tehran via text message.
According to a report from the Telegram channel of the Haft Tappeh Sugar Cane Workers Syndicate, on Tuesday, November 5th, this labor activist was summoned to Branch 28 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court according to a summons that was electronically sent to Farzaneh Zilabi, the lawyer representing the Haft Tappeh workers.
Based on this summons, Ali Nejati is required to appear at the Revolutionary Court on Sunday, November 19th for the hearing of his case.
Farzaneh Zilabi, the lawyer representing the Haft Tappeh workers, had previously reported in mid-July that the cases of Ali Nejati, a retired worker and member of the board of directors of the Haft Tappeh Workers Syndicate, and “Ismail Bakhshi,” the representative and spokesperson of the workers of this company, had been sent to Branch 28 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, stating that the case was awaiting a hearing date.
According to the lawyer, the judicial charges against this retired worker include “assembly and collusion with intent to act against national security” and “propaganda activities against the system.”
The Haft Tappeh Sugar Cane Workers Syndicate, by releasing this news, condemned any intimidation, threats, and charges against workers and defenders of the labor movement, and called on the Islamic Republic authorities to end such prosecutions.
Ali Nejati, a member of the board of directors of the Haft Tappeh Workers Syndicate, was arrested at his home on October 30th of last year on charges of involvement in strikes by Haft Tappeh Sugar Cane workers, and after some time, on February 27th of the same year, he was released from prison due to heart and respiratory illness by obtaining medical leave.
The United States has also repeatedly condemned Iran’s security measures against workers, and previously, the Persian-language account of the U.S. State Department on Twitter had announced by posting a message that the Islamic Republic regime, with the amount it spent in Syria, could have paid workers’ salaries in Iran.
Additionally, in February of last year, Amnesty International in a report called 2018 the “year of shame” for the Islamic Republic and announced that 467 workers were arrested in Iran in that year.
Source: Voice of America
