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British-Iranian Labour Activist Detained: Mehran Raoof [Amnesty International] 2021-02-23

Iranian auto workers strike against non-payment of wages [IndustriALL] 2021-02-11

IFJ calls on Turkish authorities not to extradite Iranian journalist [IFJ] 2021-01-19

Journalist arrested after tweets [IFJ] 2020-12-04

Authorities Order Guillotine Machine to Amputate Prisoners’ Fingers Days After Flogging a Labour Rights Activist [Amnesty International] 2020-12-03

Davoud Rafiei a Workers Rights Activist has been punished with 74 lashes in Iran [Libcom.org] 2020-12-03

Halt the execution of Iranian academic Ahmadreza Djalali [Education International] 2020-11-26

Navid Afkari: How sport must respond [UNI Global Union] 2020-09-18

Journalist sentenced to more than four years in prison [IFJ] 2020-09-07

Iran’s #MeToo movement challenges patriarchy and western stereotypes [Opendemocracy] 2020-09-01

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British-Iranian Labour Activist Detained: Mehran Raoof 2021-02-23 [Amnesty International]

Haft Tappeh workers: We condemn the court summons of Ali Nejati, our retired colleague! For more info 2021-02-20 [SZAC]

Iranian auto workers strike against non-payment of wages 2021-02-11 [IndustriALL]

Almost 100 Kurdish activists and citizens arrested For more info 2021-02-07 [SZAC]

Corona vaccination: Immediate – Free – Universal For more info 2021-01-26 [SZAC]

IFJ calls on Turkish authorities not to extradite Iranian journalist 2021-01-19 [IFJ]

Pensioners, educators, medical staff and university lecturers protest in Tehran For more info 2021-01-11 [SZAC]

Tehran protest in support of Haft Tappeh workers For more info 2020-12-23 [SZAC]

UN urgent appeal about threats to BBC journalists 2020-12-20 [NUJ]

Haft Tappeh workers: No to privatisation! For more info 2020-12-16 [SZAC]

Labor protests continue in cities, officials warn of another uprising 2020-12-15 [https://english.mojahedin.org/]

Workers and pensioners demand economic rights in several cities across Iran 2020-12-13 [https://irannewswire.org/]

Keyvan Samimi, 72-year-old journalist, jailed for three years! For more info 2020-12-11 [SZAC]

Medicine import official denies sanctions hinder Iran’s COVID-19 vaccine transactions 2020-12-10 [https://irannewswire.org/]

VIDEO Security forces shoot and kill two Kurd border porters in NW and SE Iran 2020-12-08 [https://irannewswire.org/]

Protests are inevitable – Iran economic analyst 2020-12-08 [https://irannewswire.org/]

Iranians pay for bread in installments in southern Iran – Report 2020-12-08 [https://irannewswire.org/]

The effects of rampant inflation on Iranians’ lives 2020-12-06 [The Levant]

Journalist arrested after tweets 2020-12-04 [IFJ]

Authorities Order Guillotine Machine to Amputate Prisoners’ Fingers Days After Flogging a Labour Rights Activist 2020-12-03 [Amnesty International]

Davoud Rafiei a Workers Rights Activist has been punished with 74 lashes in Iran 2020-12-03 [Libcom.org]

Worker lashed 74 times without prior notice or judicial sentence 2020-11-29 [https://irannewswire.org/]

Davoud Rafii, auto worker, flogged 74 times for “insulting” Labour Minister For more info 2020-11-28 [SZAC]

VIDEO IITUC condemns Iran’s mass killing of protesters in November 2019 2020-11-27 [https://irannewswire.org/]

Halt the execution of Iranian academic Ahmadreza Djalali 2020-11-26 [Education International]

IUF calls on ILO to help secure wage arrears for hungry sugar workers in Iran 2020-11-15 [iuf.org]

One third of Iran’s healthcare workers infected with COVID-19 – health official 2020-11-13 [https://irannewswire.org/]

VIDEO Laid off north Iran mine worker self-immolates in protest 2020-11-05 [Iran News Wire]

Four Haft Tappeh reps still under arrest For more info 2020-11-01 [SZAC]

Hundreds of Haft Tappeh workers protest against arrests of four reps For more info 2020-10-31 [SZAC]

VIDEO Navid Afkari’s brother: I heard the hanging platform opening under him 2020-10-30 [Iran News Wire]

Comparison of food prices rising over past 8 years 2020-10-29 [Iran News Wire]

VIDEO Protesting retired employees of oil sector were attacked by the police 2020-10-27 [Iran News Wire]

Iranians gather at the grave of Navid Afkari in Shiraz 2020-10-22 [Iran News Wire]

Locals report shortage of bread in 7 Iran provinces, regime denies it 2020-10-21 [Iran News Wire]

VIDEO Iranians hold over 9 protests to express economic woes 2020-10-21 [Iran News Wire]

Homeless “cardboard sleepers” on the rise in Iran 2020-10-21 [Iran News Wire]

Lamerd’s Parsian refinery workers go on strike over unpaid wages For more info 2020-10-18 [SZAC]

child students commit suicide from poverty, lack of access to smartphones 2020-10-15 [Iran News Wire]

VIDEO Tired of combatting COVID-19 without pay and support, Iranian nurses are leaving the country 2020-10-15 [Iran News Wire]

VIDEO Iranians mourn legendary singer, loved for his music and anti-regime rhetoric 2020-10-10 [Iran News Wire]

IOC HAS NEGLECTED ITS DUTY TO CARE FOR ATHLETES BY FAILING TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST IRAN 2020-10-10 [Global Athelete]

Half of Iran’s population live in “absolute poverty” – official stats 2020-10-09 [Iran News Wire]

BBC journalists express solidarity with colleagues at Iran International 2020-10-08 [NUJ]

Central Iran workers conceal COVID-19 infection for fear of losing job 2020-10-05 [Iran News Wire]

NUJ slams sham redundancy exercise at Iran International 2020-10-05 [NUJ]

NUJ slams sham redundancy exercise at Iran International 2020-10-05 [IFJ]

Two options facing Haft Tappeh: workers’ ownership or workers’ supervision For more info 2020-10-02 [SZAC]

VIDEO New Fact about workers conditions 2020-09-28 [Iran News Wire]

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