Iran-Latest news:In solidarity with imprisoned teacher who are on hunger strike 492 person are on hunger strike

In solidarity with teacher imprisoned who are on hunger strike 492 person are on hunger strike according to a statement issued from inside the prison. 

The statement also indicates the situation in the prison which forced these political prisoners to go on hunger strike.

Maryam Rajavie in a massage said:

Hail to the imprisoned Iranian teachers who are on hunger strike to protest unjust verdicts by the mullahs' tribunals.Iranian Resistance calls on human rights bodies to take urgent action to prevent prisoners from being tormented to death

Iranian Resistance demands an int'l fact-finding mission to probeplight of ailing prisoners, especially political prisoners in ‪#‎Iran.

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After 6 day of dry hunger strike ،the life of Mahmoud Beheshti is in danger and the condition of his health is going decline. 

Mahmoud Beheshti has been on hunger strike since April 11th and has started a dry hunger strike (no food, no water) since last Sunday. 

Mr. Abdi started his hunger strike on April 21 and has been on the strike ever since.

Teachers from Marivan City express support for political prisoners

A group of teachers from the western Iranian city of Marivan, on Thursday May 5, 2016 expressed support for two hunger striking teachers, Mr. Esmaiel Abdi and Mahmoud Beheshti. 

Iranian teachers hold protest in Hamedan  Friday, 06 May 2016

NCRI - Iranian teachers held a protest on Friday in Hamedan, western Iran, demanding their basic rights and the release of imprisoned teachers, according to reports from Iran.

The teachers held up banners which pointed out that their colleagues were being arrested in Iran simply for demanding their basic rights, such as fair wages.

Numerous teachers from banned teaching unions have been arrested for their peaceful activities in Iran.

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Iran: Workers' protest and strike in the city of Yazd

According to the paramilitary Basij force linked semi-official news agency in Iran, the Iranian regime's officials from different organizations and institutions have refrained to appear in front of demonstrating workers and people to answer their demands or to even respond to the needs of striking communities and sectors of the society. 

The chaotic and confused economic situation which has been the direct result of incalculable plunders by the regime officials, especially by government elites and the incompetency of the persons in charge have resulted in the closer of almost all industrial sectors and the soaring unemployment amongst workers. These workers are already living under the poverty line and once out of jobs their only source of income which would enable them to live would vanish. 

According to the news agency, the suffering people 'have so far taken part in many sit-ins and protest gatherings in front of the governor's office in the city of Yazd, central Iran. Among the protest gatherings in recent days, the chicken producing industry, truck drivers and company employees have been most noticeable. 

But the officials in the city of Yazd have refrained from appearing in person to answer their grievances despite calling themselves as labor supporters and those who defend the rights of workers. They didn't even bother to step out of their offices and to hear what those hundreds of people have to say.

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Iran: Teachers and education staff stage protests across the country

Teachers’ placards: “Free imprisoned teachers!”, “Teachers, rise up to eliminate discrimination”

In addition to Tehran, the protest move took place in Sanandaj, Marivan, Saqqez, Sardasht, Kermanshah, Isfahan, Shiraz, Hamedan, Mashhad, Torbat Heydarieh, Rasht, Sari, Ahwaz, Khorramshahr, Tabriz, Qazvin, Najafabad, Jiroft, Qom, Karaj, Gheer-o Karzin, Bandar Gaz, Bandar Torkman, Agh Ghela and Aliabad, as well as in the provinces of Golestan, Mazandaran and Khuzistan outside the Department of Education or the Governor’s Office.
Young photographer arrested

Following the call by teachers’ associations to stage nationwide demonstrations, teachers and faculty of education staged protests in Tehran and other cities on October 8. The gatherings on the International Teachers’ Day (October 5) and in protest to “the continuation and escalation of summoning, harassment, arrest and imprisonment of teachers”, the trampling of their most basic rights by the ruling religious fascism, and “the ineptitude of the Education Ministry in fulfilling its duty of educating and fostering.”

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