Strike

Abbas Lesani transferred to solitary confinement following hunger strike

Abbas Lisani, who had been on a hunger strike in prison to protest the lack of access to his case summary, was placed in solitary confinement…

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International Workers' Day: Imposing the right to strike on the government and employers

Fair wages, job security, the elimination of temporary contracts, and the right to organize and assemble are among the main demands of the Iranian labor community. Workers…

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Authorities agree to treatment outside prison; Nazanin Zaghari and Narges Mohammadi end hunger strike

Richard Ratcliffe announced that his wife Nazanin Zaghari and Narges Mohammadi were released from prison after judicial authorities failed to treat the…

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Reza Khandan released, Farhad Mothimi ends hunger strike

A lawyer reports the release of civil activist Reza Khandan, husband of Nasrin Sotoudeh, and the end of Farhad Meysami's hunger strike...

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Security response to union demands: Summoning a number of teachers for participating in a two-day strike

A teachers' union activist told the Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that in addition to the arrest of Mohammad Reza Ramezanzadeh on the 22nd…

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Increase in arrested drivers coincides with Aegean order to deal with strikers

The arrests of striking truckers and drivers continued despite the warning from the First Deputy Chief of Judiciary. It seems…

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Truckers' strike intensifies in Iranian cities on Wednesday

The new round of truck drivers' strike, which began on October 1, continues for the fourth day in various cities in Iran…

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Widespread strike in western Iranian cities to protest execution of Kurdish prisoners and IRGC missile barrage

Photos and videos sent to Voice of America show markets and merchants in some cities in western Iran taking action...

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