Trade union activist

Release of 3 teachers' union activists detained in Fars

On Wednesday, July 5, Mohammad Alishundi, Asghar Amirzadegan, and Hamid Abbasi, three members of the Fars Teachers' Union, were released.…

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Families of two teachers' union activists unaware of their conditions in prison

The Coordination Council of Iranian Teachers' Unions announced that the families of Rasoul Badaghi and Jafar Ebrahimi, two imprisoned teachers' union activists,…

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Petition signed by 3,000 Iranian union activists protesting the violation of teachers' and workers' rights

As pressure on labor activists and teachers in Iran intensifies, three thousand union activists have signed a petition addressed to the…

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Mansoureh Erfanian, a teacher union activist in Mashhad, was released.

On Thursday, May 5, Mansoureh Erfanian, a teacher union activist in Mashhad, was released. On Sunday, May 1, she was…

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Officers raid homes of union-activist teachers; number of arrests reaches dozens

Following the publication of a public call for teachers to hold protest rallies on Sunday, May 1, a wave of arrests of teachers and…

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Security pressures on trade union activists; two teachers accused of "propaganda against the system"

At the same time as a new round of judicial and security pressures on trade union and cultural activists, Mahmoud Beheshti Langroodi and Salah Azadi…

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Ismael Abdi was transferred from Evin Prison to Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj.

Esmaeil Abdi, a teacher union activist, was transferred from Evin Prison to Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj on Tuesday, March 16. Mr.…

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Mohammad Habibi, a imprisoned teacher, was dismissed from education.

Mohammad Habibi, a imprisoned teacher who is an activist in the education union and a member of the board of directors of the Tehran Province Teachers Association, was sentenced to…

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