Archive for February, 2017

February 15th, 2017 Features, Labour News

Global Trade Union leader calls for respect for workers’ rights in Iran

Anders Ferbe, the leader of Sweden’s Metalworkers and Industrial Union, while visiting Tehran as a member of an official high-level Swedish government delegation, issued an important statement supporting trade union rights in Iran on Saturday 11 February 2017. His initiative – […]

February 15th, 2017 Features, News & Analysis

Iran Should Take American Threats Seriously

by Shireen T. Hunter It was not surprising that Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, national security adviser to President Donald Trump, “officially put…Iran on notice,” following what he cited as “recent Iranian actions, including a provocative ballistic missile launch and an […]

February 9th, 2017 Features, Human Rights Reports

IRANIAN ACADEMIC COULD BE SENTENCED TO DEATH

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL URGENT ACTION Iranian academic specializing in disaster medicine Dr Ahmadreza Djalali, a resident of Sweden detained in Iran since 25 April 2016, has been threatened with the death penalty. He has been on hunger strike since 26 December […]

February 7th, 2017 CODIR says..., Features

Solidarity group expresses concern over rising US/Iran tensions

6th February 2017 Press Release For Immediate Use Solidarity organisation, the Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR), has expressed concern that the Iranian people will be the main losers in the current war of words between the […]

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