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Iranian Workers' Solidarity Network

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Launch statement of a recently formed workers' united action bloc in Iran. [PDF]

Articles from Tashakol
Translations of articles published in Tashakol (Organisation) - an independent workers' paper published in Iran
IWAI statements
Translations of statements issued by Independent Workers' Association of Iran (IWAI)
IWAI articles
Translations of articles written by members of Independent Workers' Association of Iran (IWAI)
ITUIW statements
Translations of statements issued by Independent Trade Union of Iranian Workers (ITUIW)

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Kriegsrecht in Schusch und Massenverhaftungen in der Rohrzuckerfabrik Haft Tapeh (auf Deutsch)
Attack and arrest of twelve Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane workers
Effective martial law in Shush city and widespread arrest of Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane workers
Demonstration by Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane workers in Shush

The workers are shouting "Free jailed workers" and "Down with Saedi" (the MP for Shush)
Widespread support for Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane workers' protests from youth and shopkeepers
Sadra workers go on strike and cut off the shipyard's electricity
Privatisation wave stalks Iranian workers
Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane workers go on all-out strike 
Over 3000 workers go on strike in Haft Tapeh!
Five Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Company workers to appear in court

Esmail Jafari has now been freed!
Free Esmail Jafari!

Kurdish teacher facing execution
Firefighters ordered to douse Kian Tyre workers with boiling water!
Special forces bulldoze their way into Kian Tyre and abduct 1000 workers
Sadra shipbuilding workers go on strike again
Mahmoud Salehi freed!

Mahmoud Salehi on hunger strike

Open letter to President Hugo Chavez from Iranian Workers' Solidarity Network

Carta abierta al presidente Hugo Chávez de la Red de Solidaridad con los Trabajadores Iraníes

Offener Brief der Netzwerks Iranische Arbeitersolidarität an Venezuela Staatspräsident Hugo Chávez

London 6 March 2008
International action day - 6 March 2008

On 6th March there were protests in defence of jailed Iranian trade unionists in around 40 countries.
Three labour activists lashed and fined - with eight more to follow!
auf Deutsch -  en español
Abolfazl Abdini Nasr freed
Journalist accused of "media support" for workers has been released from jail

Open letter to President Chavez from Iranian labour and student activists


Statement by the Co-operation Council of Labour Organisations and Activists
Freedom will come: the story of Mansour Osanloo

Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane workers in southern Iran go on strike

London picket in defence of Mansour Osanloo and Mahmood Salehi

Osanloo & Salehi picket
EDM 1846 submitted by John McDonnell on the general repression against labour activists and Mahmoud Salehi's situation
The new Iranian labour movement stands at a crucial turning point: with your support we can help it move forwards in restoring its previous gains.

Mexico City picket
Mexico City picket
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Sign the campaign's petition
IRAN ON THE BRINK
Rising Workers and Threats of War
By Andreas Malm and Shora Esmailian
Questions and comments on the book and the situation in Iran. From the book launch at Housemans Bookshop, London 06 March 2007.
Listen here >> Part 1 audio >> Part 2 audio
From Middle East Panorama on Resonance FM
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More photos of the book launch.

Workers shut off Iran Sadra's Bushehr shipyard's gate
"We'll stay on strike until we achieve our goal"

Mansour Osanloo has been released!
May Day in Tehran

Job classification system comes into effect in Iran Khodro Company

The job classification system, one of the Iran Khodro workers' demands, has now been officially implemented. Its coming into effect raises the company's workers' wages by about 10 percent. More >>
Riot police on 28 Sep. 2006
International appeal for the release of all Vahed workers, their families, students and other supporters
We are launching an appeal for the release of everyone arrested by the security forces in Tehran. Here is a model letter that you can send to the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Ossanlou
Statement of the Trade Union of the Vahed Bus Company of Tehran and Suburbs

On behalf of the 17,000 workers of the Vahed Bus Company of Tehran we inform the workers' organisations of the world and all those who have been moved by the suppression of the most basic human rights, that today, 28 January, our widespread strike was confronted by the unprecedented attack of the agents of the Islamic Republic. More...

The regime is trying a variety of measures to suppress the new wave of trade union activity that has developed. More ...
Deutsch - Svenska - Español
Workers’ Action Committee and Iranian Workers’ Solidarity Network statement
On the verdicts on Salehi, Hosseini, Tanoomand and Khodkam

The English language site of 'The workers of Iran are not alone' campaign - including the latest reports from Sweden, Spain and Pakistan.
The workers of Iran are not alone!
A solidarity campaign involving pickets, meeting, signature collection and fundraising.
The statement and latest signatures: English, Swedish, German, French, Spanish, Dutch and Italian.
I demand the immediate release of my husband, Borhan Divangar!
Borhan Divangar's wife's letter to Guy Ryder, the General Secretary of the ICFTU; Amnesty International and all trade unions and human rights organisations
Dismissals of 17 trade unionists at Vahed Bus Company
Letter of Guy Ryder, the General Secretary of the ICFTU, to Khatami

Letter of Iran Khodro car workers to the ILO
A group of Iran Khodro car workers have added their voice to the protest against the presence of Hassan Sadeghi and Parviz Ahmadi Panjaki at the ILO annual conference

Picket against the presence of Hassan Sadeghi and Parviz Ahmadi Panjaki at the ILO annual conference on 14 June
We call on labour rights activists to support the picket outside the ILO annual conference on 14 June
Independent labour organisations' protest letter against ILO recognition of official 'union' delegation
Letter to the ILO Director-General by four independent labour organisations in Iran

'Labour House' hands off Iranian workers

By an activist of Workers' Action Committee
Support the Sanandaj textile workers' strike!
Textile workers in Kurdistan bring production to a standstill
In French:
Grève dans le Kurdistan
Convergences Révolutionnaires, Numéro 37, janvier-février 2005
Support the Sanandaj textile workers' strike!
Textile workers in Kurdistan bring production to a standstill
In Spanish:
Stop the Saghez activists’ sham trial!
Monday 20 September
Pakistan, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Austria, Greece and England.

Leading British trade unionists support Saghez workers

Pickets against the sham trial of the Saghez activists in three continents
Monday 20 September (marxist.com site)
Pakistan, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Austria, Greece and England.
Workers' Action Committee
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Launch statement of a recently formed workers' united action bloc in Iran.
Also available as a formatted PDF.
Support letters and messages for the workers and activists arrested in Saghez
(7 May 2004)
Support from Germany, Italy, the US, Austria, Belgium, Greece, Spain and France
We condemn the sacking of Iran Khodro workers
Leaflet produced in Iran condemning the sacking of 16 workers in the Khodro car factory. (February, 2004)

This campaign has been launched to highlight the plight of Iranian workers and to raise solidarity with their struggles against the oppressive Islamic regime. Its initial sponsors are Jeremy Dear (General Secretary of the National Union of Journalists) in Britain, and Ahmed Manzoor, the President of the Pakistan Trade Union Defence Campaign and a member of Parliament in Pakistan.

Model resolution on Iran's labour conditions and support for IWSN
Information sheet for trade union activists
Sponsors and supporters

Last updated: July 6, 2008
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Open letter to President Hugo Chavez from IWSN

Chavez & Khatami
This letter was first published on the Hands Off Venezuela website.