اطلاعيه شماره ٤٠

مظفر صالح نیا از اعضای هیئت مدیره اتحادیه آزاد کارگران ایران به دادگاه جمهوري اسلامي در سنندج احضار شد

بنا بر خبر منتشر شده در سايت اتحاد، مظفر صالح نیا از اعضا هیئت مدیره اتحادیه آزاد کارگران ایران ساعت ١٠ صبح روز ١٢ بهمن با احضاريه اي كتبي از سوي شعبه ٤ دادياري دادگاه انقلاب جمهوري اسلامي در شهر سنندج حضور پيدا كرد و بعنوان آخرين دفاعيه تمامي اتهاماتي كه بر او وارد شده بود را رد كرده و فعالين صنفي و دفاع از حقوق انساني و اجتماعي كارگران را حق مسلم خود اعلام داشت.

مظفر صالح نيا در روز ١٥ دی ماه به خاطر اعتراض انسانيش به خوابيدن يك كارتن خواب در كنار خيابان و هواي سرد بازداشت و پس از ١٥ روز زندان به همراه شريف ساعد پناه يكي ديگر از اعضاي هيات مديره اتحاديه آزاد در ميان استقبال پرشور خانواده و مردمي كه براي آزادي آنها در مقابل زندان جمع بودند، آزاد شد.

جمهوري اسلامي فعالين كارگري و فعالين سياسي در عرصه هاي مختلف اعتراضي را دستگير ميكند، تا جلوي سازمانيافتن مبارزات كارگران و كل جامعه را بگيرد. خصوصا اكنون در شرايطي كه جامعه از شدت اعتراض حالتي انفجاري دارد، اين دستگيري ها تشديد شده است. رژيم با اين كار ميخواهد مانع اعتراض كردن، جمع شدن و گسترش مبارزات توده هاي مردم بشود. بايد در برابر اين تهديدات و فشارها ايستاد. اجازه نداد كه فعالين كارگري و معترضان سياسي را چنين به دادگاههايشان فرا بخوانند و مورد بازجويي و محاكمه قرار دهند. بايد تمامي پرونده هاي قضايي اي كه براي آنان تشكيل شده است تماما لغو شود و همه كارگران زنداني و زندانيان سياسي بدون قيد و شرط از زندان آزاد شوند.

كمپين براي آزادي كارگران زنداني

١٤ بهمن ٩٠، ٣ فوريه ٢٠١٢

Shahla_daneshfar@yahoo.com

Bahram.Soroush@gmail.com

http://free-them-now.blogspot.com/

Iran: Two trade unionists released, but more arrested

Two worker activists by the name Sharif Saed Panah and Mozaffar Saleh Nia, both members of the Free Union of Iranian Workers, who were arrested earlier this month, have been released on bail. The release follows several weeks of campaigning both inside and outside Iran. The released workers were jubilantly greeted by their family and supporters outside the offices of the Ministry of Intelligence in Sanandaj.

However, a number of other trade unionists have been detained, or summoned to the Intelligence Ministry: In Tabriz, Shahrokh Zamani and Mohammad Jarahi were detained while out on bail, while Nima Poor-Yaghoub and Sasan Vahebi-Vash were summoned. Zamani and Jarahi are both members of the Follow-up Committee to Set up Free Labour Organisations. Last August, a court sentenced all four to long prison terms: Zamani to 11 years, Jarahi to five years and six months, Poor-Yaghoub to six years and Vahebi-Vash to six months.

Almost simultaneously in Sanandaj, Sheis Amani, well-known leader of the city’s textile workers and a board member of the Free Union of Iranian Workers, was detained when enquiring about the cases of other jailed workers at the Prosecutor’s Office.

Meanwhile, other trade unionists, such as Reza Shahabi and Ebrahim Madadi, leaders of Tehran’s bus workers’ union, Behnam Ebrahimzadeh, member of the Follow-up Committee to Set up Free Labour Organisations, Ali Nejati, leader of the sugar cane workers’ union and Rasoul Bodaghi, from the Teachers’ Trade Association, continue to serve long prison terms for their union activity.

We call on all trade unions and human rights organisations to condemn the latest arrests and the continued jailing of trade unionists, and to demand the immediate and unconditional release of all those detained.

Free Them Now! Campaign to Free Jailed Workers in Iran
http://free-them-now.blogspot.com/
For further info, contact: Shahla_Daneshfar@yahoo.com Bahram.Soroush@gmail.com

More trade unionists arrested in Iran

Letter

8 January 2012

To all trade unions and human rights organisations

We are writing to inform you that in the past two weeks there have been a further intensification of attacks by the Islamic Republic on worker activists in Iran.

The latest incident is the arrest this morning of Sharif Saed Panah, member of the executive board of the Free Union of Iranian Workers. This follows the arrest on 5th January of Union member Mozaffar Saleh Nia in the city of Sanandaj, and two weeks earlier of Mohammad Hosseini, a worker activist in Damavand City. All three have been detained for their union activity.

In the mean time, Reza Shahabi, who is a member of the executive board of Tehran and District Bus Workers’ Union, has been admitted to hospital following a ten-day hunger strike in protest against his arbitrary arrest and imprisonment. In a letter from hospital, Shahabi has protested against his treatment as a prisoner while in hospital, with restrictions even on visits by his family, and has said he would refuse medical treatment until the restrictions are lifted. Ebrahim Madadi, also an executive board member of the bus workers’ union, continues to be detained, as are Behnam Ebrahimzadeh, member of the Follow-up Committee to Form Free Trade Unions, Rasoul Bodaghi, member of the Teachers’ Trade Association, and many student and civil rights activists.

We call on all trade unions and human rights organisations to express their revulsion against the latest arrests and the continued persecution of trade unionists and political dissidents in Iran, and to demand their immediate and unconditional release.

Free Them Now!
Campaign to Free Jailed Workers in Iran

http://free-them-now.blogspot.com/

For further info, contact:
Shahla_daneshfar@yahoo.com
Bahram.Soroush@gmail.com

5 Nov 2011 International Day of Solidarity with Iranian Workers

30 cities in 13 countries and counting…

SWEDEN

Stockholm
Time: Saturday 5 November 2011, 1-3 pm
Place: In front of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic
Contact: Göran Gustavsson 0704009033 & Faramarz Ghorbani 0765647616

Gothenberg
Time: Saturday 5 November 2011, 1-3 pm
Place: Brunnsparken
Contact: Abe Asadi 07317178819

Borås
Time: Saturday 5th November 2011, 2-4pm
Place: Stora torget
Contact: Esmail Mardokhi 0 737 59 85 66

Helsingborg
Time: Saturday 5th November 2011, 2.30-5pm
Place: Stortorget
Contact: Gabi Hosseini 0760879874

Sävsjö
Time: Saturday 5th November 2011, 11am-1pm
Arian Mirzolfaghari 0700773423
zolfaghariarian4@gmail.com
Details forthcoming

Malmö
Time: Saturday 5th November 2011, 1-3 pm
Place: Triangeln
Contact: Hasan Salehi 0703171102
Farideh Arman 0703638088

Karlskrona
Time: Saturday 5th November 2011, 2-4 pm
Place: Ronnebygatan 43 till 47 i Centrum
Contact: Amir Kamrani; amir_ung@yahoo.com 0046704 53 10 47
nasserkhassaee@yahoo.com 0046762835308

UK

London
Time: Saturday 5 November 2011, 2-4 pm
Place: Trafalgar Sq., North Terrace, in front of the National Gallery
Then at 5pm we will gather outside the offices of the BBC Persian Service, Broadcasting House, 2-22 Portland Place, W1A 1AA
Contact: Behrooz Bahari 07838156819
Alireza Rashidi 07712810675

CANADA

Toronto
Time: Saturday 5 November 2011, 1-3 pm
Place: Yonge St & Dundas Intersection
Contact: Yadi Mahmoudi 416-471-7138
hkki.vca@gmail.com

Vancouver
Time: Saturday 5th November, 3-5 pm
Place: Art Gallery, Robson side
Contact: Masoud Arjang 001-6046495453
Vancouver District Labour Council also supports this call

HOLLAND

Amsterdam
Time: Saturday 5 November 2011, 1-3 pm
Place: Beursplein
Contact: Bahman Khani 0651273261

NORWAY

Oslo
Time: Saturday 5th November, 1-2 pm
Place: In front of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic
Contact: Saber Rahimi 0798694001
Abolghasem Kardar 04133-3268

GERMANY

Frankfurt
Time: Saturday 5th November 2011, 11am-1pm
Hauptwache Rathenauplatz
Contact: Shahnaz Moratab 015774650186

Berlin
Time: Saturday 5th, 2-4 pm
Place: Joachimstaler platz, am U-Bahnhof Kurfürstendamm
Contact: Farzaneh Derakhshan

Cologne
Time: Saturday 5th, 4 pm
Place: In front of Dom
Contact: Mohamad Nemati 01635522356

Hannover
Time: Saturday 5th November 2011 4-6pm
Place: Kropke
Contact: Naser kashkooli 0177 8348592

Würzburg
Time: Saturday 5th November 2011, 2.30-5 pm
Abdolbaset Soleimani, baset_marx@yahoo.com
Details forthcoming

Hamburg
Time: Saturday 5th November 2011, 1.30 pm
Place: Hamburg Hauptbahnhof, Glockengießerwall
Contact: Nazanin Borumand 0172-4044323, Pedram Rezazadeh
017648325613

Dortmund
Time: Saturday 5th November
Contact: Maryam Jabbarzadeh 01786703944
daryagermany@yahoo.de
Details forthcoming

Leipzig
Time: Saturday 5th Nov
Contact: 017629319819
Details forthcoming

USA

Washington DC
Time: Sunday, November 6, 2011, 1pm
Place: 2209 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington DC (offices of the Islamic regime at the Pakistani Embassy) with march down to Georgetown to hand out flyers.
Contact: maria.rohaly@gmail.com
Organizers: Mission Free Iran & Unity for Democracy and Justice

Philadelphia
Time: Saturday 5th, 1 pm
Love Park, Broad and JFK Street
Contact: Soheila Nikpour 267-439-7185

FRANCE

Lyon
Time: Saturday 5th November 2011, 4-5 pm
Contact: Payam Azar
Details forthcoming

FINLAND

Helsinki
Time: Saturday 5th, 2- 4 pm
Place: At 14:00 hours we will gather in Helsingin rautatientori and at 14:20 we will start our march towards Narinkkatori behind Kamppi building.
Contact: abroadcommittee@gmail.com

CYPRUS

Nicosia
Time: Saturday 5th November 2011, 10-11 am
Place: In front of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic
Contact: Amir Masoud Khaghani, 96484292
amirmasoud.khaghani@gmail.com
jonbeshhoghoghpanahjo.cyprus@gmail.com

Limassol
Time: Saturday 5th November
Location forthcoming
Contact: Amir Masoud Khaghani, 96484292
amirmasoud.khaghani@gmail.com
jonbeshhoghoghpanahjo.cyprus@gmail.com

Larnaca
Time: Saturday 5th November
Location forthcoming
Contact: Amir Masoud Khaghani, 96484292
amirmasoud.khaghani@gmail.com
jonbeshhoghoghpanahjo.cyprus@gmail.com

JAPAN

Tokyo
On 5 and 6 Nov, Jamal Saberi, Worker-communist Party of Iran's cadre and an activist of the "Free Jailed Workers Campaign", will be speaking at the Railway Union meeting. Labour union representatives from Brazil, USA and South Korea will be present in the meeting, and the topic of the meeting is jailed workers in Iran.

GREECE

Athens
Time: Saturday 5th November, 5 pm
Place: Athens Polytechnic in Patission Street
Contact: Naser Aghbashloo 00306957954975

DENMARK

Copenhagen
Time: Saturday 5th November, 2-3 pm
Place: In front of the Embassy of Islamic Republic
Engskiftevej 6 - 2100 københavn
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This list is regularly updated. For the latest info, please see:
http://free-them-now.blogspot.com/ www.iranpoliticalprisoners.com http://on.fb.me/oWSQb8 www.missionfree iran.org

Detained workers released as strike by thousands of petrochemical workers in Iran enters its ninth day

The strike by 6,500 petrochemical workers in Iran’s southern city of Mahshahr has entered its ninth day. The workers are demanding that the management honour the pledge made at the end of their great strike in April this year, namely elimination of contracting companies as intermediaries and introduction of direct employment contracts within three months following the strike. The workers took strike action as the company reneged on the deal even after a two-month extension granted by the workers, which expired on 22 September.

Meanwhile, according to the Free Union of Iranian Workers, two workers’ reps and another worker who were arrested on Saturday and detained by the Intelligence Ministry have been released. Mohammad Bagher Bagheri, Mansoor Abbasi and Jasem Badrani were told on Sunday that they may be recalled to the Intelligence Ministry for questioning at a later time.

Taking part in the strike since Sunday 25 September have been the workers of four companies of the Petrochemical Complex, namely Bandar Imam, Arvand, Amirkabir and Tondguyan, all based in the Special Economic Zone of Mahshahr. There have been daily rallies in the square facing the headquarters of the petrochemical company. In the protest gathering on Saturday the workers also demanded the release of their three detained colleagues.

The united strike of the petrochemical workers is a strong challenge to the Islamic Republic, and can provide a great impetus for a resurgence in worker struggles across all industries in Iran.

November 5th is the International Day of Solidarity with Iranian Workers. Join us on this day of action!

To all labour and human rights organisations

Protest against the heavy sentences for imprisoned workers and political activists in Iran and demand their immediate and unconditional release!

The Islamic Republic has recently handed down heavy prison sentences to labour and political activists in Iran. These criminal acts of repression must be met by an international protest.

Calling for the release of imprisoned workers and all political activists in Iran, we, together with a number of labour and human rights organisations, declare Saturday November 5th the International Day of Solidarity with Iranian Workers!

All sentences against jailed workers and political activists must be overturned, and all political prisoners must be released immediately and unconditionally. Such a regime should be thrown out of all international bodies, and from the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

We expect the strongest support from labour and human rights organisations across the world. We call on you to join this day of action and support the imprisoned workers in Iran in any way you can.

Free Them Now! (Campaign to Free Jailed Workers in Iran)

http://free-them-now.blogspot.com/     info.free.them.now@gmail.com

Canada
Masoud Arjang
001-6046495453

Norway
Saber Rahimi
rahimi37@yahoo.com

Germany
Shahnaz Morattab
shahnaz1@t-online.de

Sweden
Mamad Amiri
mamad_amiri67@yahoo.se
Hasan Salehi
hasan_salehi2001@yahoo.com

UK
Shiva Mahbobi
freepoliticalprisoners@gmail.com

Australia
Arsalan Nazeri
ilscaustralianb@optusnet.com.au

Japan
Jamal Saberi
jjsaberi@yahoo.co.jp

29 September 2011

New wave of attack on labour activists in Iran

 11 and 5 years in jail for union activity

In the past few weeks the regime in Iran has stepped up its persecution of labour activists. Heavy prison sentences have been handed down against trade unionists in an attempt to suppress workers’ and popular protests. In the north-western city of Tabriz two workers and two students were given long prison sentences on charges of ‘building dissident groups’ and ‘publicity against the system’. Mr Shahrokh Zamani and Mohammad Jarahi, members of the workers’ group the Follow-up Committee to Build Free Labour Organisations in Iran, were sentenced to 11 and 5 years in prison, respectively. The same court (which like all courts in Iran operates under the instruction of the government) sentenced student activists Nima Pouryaghoub and Sasan Vahebivash to 5 years and 6 months, respectively. In another attack on worker activists, a number of striking workers of Tabriz Tractor Manufacturing Company were arrested, kept in solitary confinement, had their hair cut for humiliation and fired from their jobs.

These activists join a number of other trade unionists already in jail or about to be jailed:

• Reza Shahabi and Ebrahim Madadi (jailed leaders of Tehran’s bus workers’ union)
• Behnam Ebrahimzadeh (jailed member of the Follow-up Committee to Build Free Labour Organisations)
• Korosh Bakhshandeh (worker activist currently in the custody of the Intelligence Ministry)
• Ali Nejati (leader of Haft Tapeh sugar cane workers’ union, about to begin a one-year sentence for union activity)
• Davoud Razavi (board member of the bus workers’ union, summoned to court)
• Mansoor Ossanlou (jailed leader of the bus workers’ union, currently out on sick leave having spent four years in jail, whose sentence has still not been revoked)
• Rasoul Bodaghi (member of Teachers’ Trade Association, sentenced to 6 years in jail for union activity)

We call on trade unions and human rights organisations around the world to join us in condemning these attacks and calling for the immediate release of all jailed workers and political prisoners in Iran.

Free Them Now! (Campaign to Free Jailed Workers in Iran)

http://free-them-now.blogspot.com/

Email: info.free.them.now@gmail.com

Tel: Shahla Daneshfar 0044 (0) 7779 898968 Bahram Soroush 0044 (0) 7852 338334

20 September 2011