Following the crackdown on teachers ‘union activists, the sentence of two years in prison of MohammadTaghi Fallahi, secretary of the Tehran Teachers’ Union, was upheld by the Appeals Branch. He was convicted of conspiracy against the country’s security by participating in the Tehran Teachers’ Union. However, his and other teachers’ union activists’ activities in defence […]

2 October 2020 Detentions of militant activistsDjafar AZIMZADEH, a trade-unionist and secretary of the board of the “Free Union of Iranian Workers” has been convicted on several occasions for his union activities. In 2016 while in prison, he went on hunger strikes, lasting 62 days, which nearly cost him his life.Azimzadeh serving his six-year sentence […]