Tag: Iran
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I Insist
In a letter, Iranian political prisoner Behnam Ebrahimzadeh insists on being released to see his severely sick child stricken with cancer in hospital. Nine other political prisoners have also written a statement calling for pressure to be exerted on the Islamic regime in Iran to release Behnam. See both letters below: Letter from Behnam Ebrahimzadeh,…
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People of Marivan, Iran, stage a general strike against death sentences
Saturday, 12 January 2013 The people of Marivan, in the Kurdistan province in western Iran, have today staged a general strike to protest the death sentences against Zanyar and Loghman Moradi. The strike comes following a call for strike by the International Committee against Execution (ICAE) and the families of the Moradis and a worldwide…
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Labour leader Reza Shahabi on five-day medical leave from jail
Campaign for his release continues! Imprisoned labour leader Reza Shahabi who has been on hunger strike for three weeks in protest against his imprisonment and maltreatment was on Monday released on a five-day medical leave. The brief release has come under the pressure of powerful protests in Iran and worldwide. Reza Shahabi, an executive board…
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List of protests against Execution of Zanyar and Loghman Moradi
Zanyar and Loghman Moradi, two young men, face imminent execution in Iran on trumped up charges of “enmity against god” and “corruption on earth”. Zanyar asks: “Is the world so cruel as to stand by and watch [our] public execution and say and do nothing?”. Please say and do something now… Join below protests in…
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I dreamed that god would be forgiving
UPDATED INFORMATION ON 11 and 12 JANUARY PROTESTS AGAINST IMMINENT EXECUTION OF THE MORADIS “I despair thinking of death; I do not want to be buried with my dreams.” This is 21 year old Zanyar Moradi’s plea in a letter distributed by the International Committee against Execution. He awaits imminent execution along with his cousin…
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Stop persecution of worker activists and political prisoners in Iran. Free them now!
The regime in Iran has again stepped up its persecution of worker activists – from more arrests to harassment of those already in jail and their families. These activists are in prison purely for their trade union activities. They must be freed immediately and unconditionally. Reza Shahabi is a leader of the Union of Workers…
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Iran: Worker campaigners start sit-in outside the National Assembly
Workers behind a petition protesting low pay and deterioration of the labour law today started a sit-in outside the National Assembly in the capital Tehran, according to the Free Union of Iranian Workers. The petition, which has been circulating across the industries in Iran since this summer, has so far attracted over 30,000 signatures. Prior…
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Not one more execution
Don’t forget that today is the international day of protest against executions and for the release of political prisoners in Iran. Join this day of protest to bring attention to and stop the state-sponsored killings. Write protest letters, join actions and rallies in your city of residence, or carry out acts of solidarity… anything that…
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Iran: two sides to the story
Jafar Panahi’s “This is Not a Film” provides an important glimpse into the extent and nature of the Islamic regime of Iran’s oppression and the injustices of Sharia law. His entire film-making career has been – in his own words – “constructed around the notion of restriction, limitation, confinement and boundaries”. Take any week in…
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A killing spree
In the past 48 hours, the Islamic regime of Iran executed 13 people (in a report received by Mina Ahadi and the International Committee against Execution). 3 were executed this Sunday on charges of ‘corruption’ and ‘enmity against god’ in Sistan Baluchestan, namely Yahya Charizehi, Abdoljalil Kahrazehi and Abdolbasset Rigi. 10 others, including Saeed Sadighi and a father…
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So much for human values
Ahmadinejad gave his speech to the UN General Assembly yesterday and has conducted a number of interviews. He didn’t say anything new really – basically his usual same old same old on everything from the nuclear issue, Israel and of course homosexuality. ‘Homosexuality is very ugly behaviour’ and ‘this kind of support of homosexuality is only…
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Cover your damn eyes
Did you hear the report about the mullah who told a girl to cover herself properly whilst on his way to the mosque in a VILLAGE(!) in Iran? Veiling is compulsory there and ‘bad-hejabi’ a form of dissent and resistance. The girl told him to cover his eyes, insulted him and beat him so bad…