The issue of trade unionists being jailed in Iran has been covered many times previously (see here, here, here and here). These arrests are a reflection of the Iranian government’s unrelenting campaign against labour activists in order to prevent workers improving their wages and conditions. This week, Shahrokh Zamani died in prison due to ill health caused by torture and ill treatment while in prison. Shahrokh had been a member of the Founding Board of the Syndicate of Paint Workers of Tehran and the Committee to Pursue the Establishment of Workers Organisations. Shahrokh was a tireless fighter for workers rights and the Iranian working class has lost another leader to the repressive apparatus of the Iranian Government. Click here for video of his funeral.
Organising is not a crime
Release all labour activists in Iran
The issue of trade unionists being jailed in Iran has been covered many times previously (see here, here, here and here). These arrests are a reflection of the Iranian government’s unrelenting campaign against labour activists in order to prevent workers improving their wages and conditions. This week, Shahrokh Zamani died in prison due to ill health caused by torture and ill treatment while in prison. Shahrokh had been a member of the Founding Board of the Syndicate of Paint Workers of Tehran and the Committee to Pursue the Establishment of Workers Organisations. Shahrokh was a tireless fighter for workers rights and the Iranian working class has lost another leader to the repressive apparatus of the Iranian Government. Click here for video of his funeral.
Organising is not a crime
Release all labour activists in Iran
