Category: Workers Rights
80 percent of Iranian workers live under poverty line
The head of the Contract Labor Union announced the rate of a labor family’s expenses as 900,000 tomans [about 900 dollars]… Fathollah said that the poverty rate had increased since the Smart Subsidy Plan [in which the government cut subsidies] was carried out. “Currently, 80 percent of laborers in the country live under the poverty [...]
Workers barred from running in elections
(RadioZamaneh) Alireza Mahjoub, the head of Iran’s House of Workers, says the new election law prevents workers from becoming representatives and getting into Parliament. The Iranian Labour News Agency says the head of the House of Workers, who is also a representative in the current Parliament, spoke today at Allameh Tabatabai University, criticizing the newly [...]
Labour activist Mehrdad Vaziri detained in Sanandaj
Iranian labour activist Mehrdad Vaziri has been arrested in Iran’s Kurdistan Province. According to the Mukrian news agency, hours before nationwide opposition protests on 14 February, labour activist Mehrdad Vaziri was arrested at his workplace in the city of Sanandaj. Vaziri’s computer was also confiscated by the security forces who arrested him.
Iran: New Arrests of Labor Activists
Iranian authorities should immediately release dozens of labor and independent trade union activists imprisoned for speaking out peacefully in defense of workers, Human Rights Watch said today. Convictions solely for the peaceful exercise of freedom of association and assembly should be quashed, and charges should be dropped against others facing prosecution for these reasons, Human [...]
Train drivers on strike in northeastern Iran
Railway engine drivers in northeastern Iran have gone on strike to protest work conditions, causing a disruption in train service. The Mardomsalari daily reports that the strike has led to many hours-long delays in the past week. Some drivers reportedly have left their trains in between stops, tying up the tracks for hours. Railway administrators [...]
Iranians forced to get Quran lessons for employment
According to a new government order to executive systems and Provincial Offices, all new employees are obliged to present permits showing that they have gone through Quran lessons in addition to the anticipated lessons. Employees who do not have such a permit have to go through Quran fluency lessons and then go to work. (Khorasan [...]
Labour activist arrested in Sanandaj
RadioZamaneh-Sheys Amani, an executive member of the Union of Free Workers of Iran, has been arrested by Iranian authorities. The union website reports that Amani was arrested on Monday at the Sanadaj courthouse, while he was following up on the cases of two detained workers, Sharif Saedpanah and Mozafar Salehnia. The two detained workers, who [...]
Iranian women banned from labor market
http://www.ilna.ir/newsText.aspx?ID=225254 A social expert and Tehran University professor, Dr. Mohammad Hossein Farjad, cited the increase of the unemployment rate among Iranian women in an interview with ILNA [state-run news agency] and said, “Despite the fact that the level of Iranian women’s education has remarkably increased in comparison to past years, currently we see that the [...]
Janitor tries to commit suicide in protest to not being paid for 7 months
A few minutes ago, the janitor of a government institution went on the roof of this institution and threatened that he would commit suicide. According to reports, this worker says that he has not received his wages for seven months and has lost his patience. Fire department forces in Tehran are currently on the move [...]
Laid Off Textile Worker Threw Shoes at Ahmadinejad
HRANA News Agency – During a ceremony held to honor Ali Kerdan, Iran’s former Secretary of State, a group of workers from Mazandaran Textile Company interrupted the gathering before hurling a shoe at President Ahmadinejad. A laid off worker identified as Rashid Sh. managed to reach the front row and threw a shoe at President [...]
مادران پارک لاله: صدای دادخواهی مادران جان باختگان 33 سال گذشته
مادران پارک لاله: صدای دادخواهی مادران جان باختگان 33 سال گذشتهمادران پارک لالهفراخوان سراسری مادران پارک لاله ایران و حامیان آنان در خارج از کشور به مناسبت 25 نوامبر، روز جهانی مبارزه با خشونت علیه زنان روز جهانی مبارزه با خشونت علیه زنان را به روز دفاع از زندانیان سیاسی- عقیدتی زن در ایران تبدیل [...]
Appeals Court Upheld Heavy Prison Terms for Labor Activists in Tabriz
HRANA News Agency – The Appeals Court has upheld heavy prison sentences issued for four leftist labor activists from Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province. According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the sixth branch of the Appeals Court in East Azerbaijan Province upheld the verdicts against Shahrokh Zamani, Nima Pouryaghob, Mohammad Jarahi [...]
Dairy Manufacturers Demonstrated in Front of Ministry of Industries
HRANA News Agency – Dozens of nation’s dairy producers gathered in front of the Ministry of Industries and Business to protest against the government’s policies and the failure to allocate subsidiaries resulted from the Targeted Plan to the manufacturers. According to a report by Asr Iran Website, demonstrators gathered in front of the Ministry of [...]
بشنو صداي ايران/من بعنوان يك كارگر6ماه حقوق نگرفته ام ازكجابياورم مستاصل شده ام
بشنو صداي ايران/من بعنوان يك كارگر6ماه حقوق نگرفته ام ازكجابياورم مستاصل شده ام به گزارش ايران كارگر: من بعنوان يك كارگر6ماه حقوق نگرفته ام ازكجابياورم مستاصل شده ام . كارگران كارخانه ماشين سازي پارس كه بيش از350نفر ميباشند 4ماه است كه حقوق دريافت نكرده اند كارخانه ماشين سازي پارس درسه مجموعه جداگانه كارميكند كه شامل [...]
Mokhtar Asadi Suspended from Teaching in Kurdistan
HRANA News Agency – Although the new school year began more than two weeks ago in Iran, Mokhtar Asadi is still forbidden to teach in any schools throughout Kurdistan. Mokhtar Asadi is a member of Teachers’ Union of Kurdistan and a human rights activist. According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the [...]
Workers on Strike at Bandar Imam Petrochemical Complex – Day 7
HRANA News Agency – Seven days have passed since 1500 workers of Bandar Imam Petrochemical Complex in Khuzestan Province began their strike. Free Trade Union of Iranian Workers has reported that security agents have arrested 3 workers and taken them to the Intelligence Agency located at the port city of Bandar Imam Khomeini. According to reports [...]
Textile workers on strike stage protest
On Saturday morning, October 1st, in their 62nd day of strike, thousands of textile merchants and shop owners gathered around Malek Mosque to protest Iranian regime’s plundering tax law. To prevent this called for gathering of bazaar shop owners, the clerical regime had stationed great number of repressive forces in Ark Square since Friday night [...]
Leftist labor activists in Tabriz sentenced to a total of 22 years in prison
Shahrokh Zamani, Mohammad Jarahi, Nima Pouryaghoub, and Sasan Vahebivash are students and labor activists in the city of Tabriz. Branch 1 of the Tabriz Revolutionary Court sentenced these 4 individuals to a total of 22 ½ years behind bars while a fifth defendant was found not guilty. According to Human Rights House of Iran, the [...]
Heavy Prison Terms for Labor Activists & Students in Tabriz
HRANA News Agency – Shahrokh Zamani, Nima Pouryaghob, Mohammad Jarahi and Sasan Vahebivash have been sentenced to heavy prison terms in Tabriz, Iran. According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the aforementioned individuals are labor activists and students in the city of Tabriz. The Revolutionary Court, Branch 1, has issued verdicts [...]
Amnesty urges Iran to free detained rights lawyer
LONDON (AFP) — Iran must immediately free Abdolfattah Soltani, a prominent human rights lawyer rearrested at the weekend after spending months behind bars between 2005 and 2009, Amnesty International said on Monday. Soltani, a co-founder of the Centre for Human Rights Defenders along with Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi and others, was arrested Saturday at a [...]