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5th May 2015, 15:21
On April 01, 2015 the Iranian state news agency "Ilna" reported that five Iranian mining workers were convicted due to an indictment of their employer to prison and lashes.
The reason for the prosecution was the joining of the workers on strike and the protests of the past year. The prosecution was directed simultaneously against another 25 workers who were, however, acquitted.
The workers of the iron mines in the region Chadormalu have repeatedly gone on strike in the last two years. The workers are demanding, the return of the dismissed employee representative to his workplace, an increase in surcharges and the implementation of occupational classification. Thousands of workers participated in the strike.
This is not the first time that labour activists are sentenced to imprisonment or lashes. The condemnation of petrochemical workers in 2013, the Department of Transportation of the oil refinery in Abadan, the iron mine "Bafgh" and others, are examples of this repressive approach.
Since taking power the Islamic government has attacked workers' rights in favor of capitalists and suppresses workers struggles. This policy was intensified during the tenure of Rohani. Rohani has named Mr. Ali Rabiei, who worked in the past for the Iranian security service, as Minister of Labour. Since then, the capitalist-Islamic regime is more brutal in its actions against the workers.
Organization Fadaian (aghaliat) condemns the repressive measures of the reactionary Islamic government against the workers and calls for an immediate and unconditional release of the detained workers.
We insist that the right to strike is a natural and basic right and support the demands of the workers.
Down with the Islamic government- long live the workers councils!
Long live freedom! - Long live socialism!
The organization of the Fadaian (aghaliyat)
April 1, 2015
Work - bread - freedom - Soviet State
The reason for the prosecution was the joining of the workers on strike and the protests of the past year. The prosecution was directed simultaneously against another 25 workers who were, however, acquitted.
The workers of the iron mines in the region Chadormalu have repeatedly gone on strike in the last two years. The workers are demanding, the return of the dismissed employee representative to his workplace, an increase in surcharges and the implementation of occupational classification. Thousands of workers participated in the strike.
This is not the first time that labour activists are sentenced to imprisonment or lashes. The condemnation of petrochemical workers in 2013, the Department of Transportation of the oil refinery in Abadan, the iron mine "Bafgh" and others, are examples of this repressive approach.
Since taking power the Islamic government has attacked workers' rights in favor of capitalists and suppresses workers struggles. This policy was intensified during the tenure of Rohani. Rohani has named Mr. Ali Rabiei, who worked in the past for the Iranian security service, as Minister of Labour. Since then, the capitalist-Islamic regime is more brutal in its actions against the workers.
Organization Fadaian (aghaliat) condemns the repressive measures of the reactionary Islamic government against the workers and calls for an immediate and unconditional release of the detained workers.
We insist that the right to strike is a natural and basic right and support the demands of the workers.
Down with the Islamic government- long live the workers councils!
Long live freedom! - Long live socialism!
The organization of the Fadaian (aghaliyat)
April 1, 2015
Work - bread - freedom - Soviet State