Tag: Iran
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Trade Union Activists Arrested in Iran: Teachers and Bus Workers Singled Out
Since May Day 2022, a number of trade union activists, especially related to the teachers’ unions and the bus workers’ union, have been arrested in Iran, and are being interrogated … Keep reading »
Into the Light of Hope: Iranian Workers Strike
It is now just over a month since Iranian oil contract workers began their strike. This action, called by the Council for Organizing Protests by Oil Contract Workers (COPOCW), is … Keep reading »
Iranian Workers Unite in Huge Protest
A strike that started amongst one section of oil workers in southern Iran has spread to all oil exploration, refinery, and petrochemical plants in the country and is gaining widespread … Keep reading »
No Short-Term Remedy to Iran’s Economic Challenges
Iran’s economy has never been more vulnerable and fragile. Last month, President Hassan Rouhani complained that the United States has been waging “economic warfare” against Iran by slapping sanctions on … Keep reading »
Iranian Workers Condemn the Killing and Violent Suppression of Protesters
On November 15, 2019, following a sudden 300% gasoline price hike, protests erupted across Iran, mostly by working-class and underprivileged people. Dissatisfaction among Iranians is at such high levels that … Keep reading »
Stand by the Protesters in Iran!
A statement by the Iranian leftist diaspora in the United Kingdom, France and Germany who have formed a loose coalition of academics and militants to express their support for the ongoing popular uprising in Iran. Keep reading »
Trump’s Misguided Policy Against Iran
Trump and his foreign policy heads Bolton and Pompeo have created a dynamic with Iran that is risking a new war in the Middle East. Keep reading »
The Iranian Working Class: History and Tasks Today
The Iranian workers’ movement dates back 120 years. One of the earliest strikes involving eleven thousand oil industry workers took place sometime between 1923 and 1930. This strike was organized by the first Communist Party of Iran. Keep reading »
Sugarcane and Steelworkers’ Strikes in Iran
A review of the strikes by sugarcane and steelworkers in Iran. #IranProtests @IASWIinfo Keep reading »
The Iran Protests: A Third Path to Political Change?
An Alternative to the Politics of “National Security” Emerges Days of protests in Iran have caught statesmen, analysts and observers by surprise, even though the anti-austerity and anti-establishment sentiments behind this … Keep reading »
The Rage of the Poor in Iran
The protests against the high cost of living in the cities of Khorasan province on December 28th soon spread to many cities of Iran incredibly quick and almost turned into a revolt within a week. The protests primarily targeted the high cost of living, financial difficulties and corruption. However, they quickly became politicized and began to target the foundations of the Islamic Republic (IR), namely the religious autocracy. The slogans quickly turned from “death to high cost of living” to “death to the dictator.” Keep reading »
Anti-Regime Protests in Iran
Three statements on the latest anti-regime protests in Iran. Mass protests in over 50 cities across Iran have been taking place since December 28th amid heavy security to raise people’s voices against massive poverty, skyrocketing cost of living, vast corruption and embezzlement by officials on all levels as well as brutal political repression. Keep reading »