Iran: Shocking secret execution of young man in relation to “Woman Life Freedom” uprising
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The recent explosion at the privately owned Ma’adanJo mine in Tabas, in Khorasan Province East Iran, has trapped at least 69 miners in tunnels, hundreds of meters deep and, at the most recent count, resulted in 51 deaths.
Iran’s women’s rights movement now joins widespread unrest, as pensioners, steelworkers and students unite against corruption, repression and economic mismanagement by the theocratic regime, writes STEVE BISHOP
People in Iran continue to endure the devastating consequences of the authorities’ brutal crackdown on the “Woman Life Freedom” uprising amid systematic impunity for crimes under international law, Amnesty International said today, ahead of the two-year anniversary of the protests that saw people across Iran challenge decades of oppression and gender-based discrimination.
Activists who are carrying forward the democratic struggle of the Iranian people for peace, human rights and social progress need our urgent solidarity, says JAMSHID AHMADI
The Autumn issue of Iran Today, the quarterly Bulletin of CODIR, the progressive campaign for peace, human and democratic rights, and social justice in Iran was published by CODIR! – Editorial: Crises, Resistance, and Change! Page 2 – Iranian elections […]
05.01.2018 – With the demonstrations starting on 28 December 2017, Iran faces widespread protests against the rising cost of living. The protests quickly spread to many cities as people raised their voices against poverty, corruption and embezzlement by officials, and […]
Trump and Netanyahu are trying to take credit, but this movement is all about the people. By Vijay Prashad / AlterNet January 3, 2018, 8:50 AM GMT All eyes are on Iran. On December 28, as if from nowhere, protests broke out in […]
Owen Tudor 02 Jan 2018 Over the New Year, a wave of protests has erupted in Iran, as people in towns all over the country took to the streets to air their grievances. Many protests were about basic economics – […]
The government cannot move its forces from one city to another because the protests have spread everywhere. It has no effective means to suppress the people. IRANWIRE 01.03.18 5:39 AM ET The spark that ignited nationwide protests in Iran was lit on […]
Recent protests across Iran have brought the Islamic Republic once more into the international spotlight. JANE GREEN assesses the current situation. THE rising tide of dissatisfaction among the people of Iran has burst its banks for the first time since […]
TWELVE people have already been killed in continuing protests across Iran, with armed groups trying to take over unidentified security depots, state TV reported today. “Some armed protesters tried to take over some police stations and military bases but faced […]
The much publicised trip of UK Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, to Tehran appears not to have secured the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in spite of the high hopes that the UK media attached to the visit. This should not come […]
06.12.2017 More than 1,000 workers added their names to a petition to the public broadcaster, calling on the organization to send an investigative team to report on terrible working conditions and unpaid wages. The petition was organized by IndustriALL Global […]
Recent events in the Middle East have brought the threat of a wider armed conflict in the region closer than ever. Jane Green considers the issues and the current balance of forces. Peace in the Middle East has, for many […]
Geneva, 15 November 2017 H.E. Hassan Rouhani President Islamic Republic of Iran Email: media@rouhani.ir ; mission.iran@ties.itu.int; info_leader@leader.ir; contact@leader.ir; info@humanrights-iran.ir; iran@un.int Dear Mr. President, I am writing this letter to you as the General Secretary of IndustriALL Global Union , which represents more than fifty million workers in mining, […]
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