Workers

'If South Africa could change, so can you'

'Set the children of Iran free' Desmond Tutu tells Khamenei

Desmond Tutu, archbishop emeritus of Cape Town, has called on the rulers of Iran to “bend to the will of the people” and to cease the use “of imprisonment, torture, and murder in the name of religion.”

Marking the 3-year anniversary of 25 Khordad rallies

Coordination Council calls for ‘silent’ commemoration of 2009 protest anniversary

The Coordination Council of the Green Path of Hope has called for commemorations to be held on the third anniversary of the electoral coup that sparked the largest demonstrations in Iran since the 1979 revolution.

'Happy Green day'

Ahead of election anniversary, activists launch green Facebook campaign

Just days before Iranians mark the third anniversary of the widely contested 2009 presidential elections, a group of opposition supporters are using the social networking site Facebook as a platform for commemorating the election and its aftermath.

Student activist Moeen Ghamin detained in Mazandaran

Student activist Moeen Ghamin has been detained, according to human rights sources in Iran.

Unemployment double amongst women

100,000 labour layoffs in last year, says official

More than 100,000 Iranian workers lost their jobs in the past year alone, says the head of Iran’s House of Labour.

'No right' for Iranian workers

Stop repressing Iranian workers, say Turkish labour activists

Stop the repression of Iran’s working class, says a group of Turkish labour activists.

Shaheed urges moratorium on death penalty

UN Report documents 'striking pattern' of human rights violations in Iran

In his second report, Ahmad Shaheed, the United Nations' Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, has documented a “striking pattern of violations of fundamental human rights” in the country and called for the government's “meaningful cooperation” with the organisation's human rights mechanisms.

Video: Occupy Wall Street activists' message for Iran's political prisoners

Labour activist Mehrdad Vaziri detained in Sanandaj

Iranian labour activist Mehrdad Vaziri has been arrested in Iran’s Kurdistan Province.

'Protests to mark first anniversary of 14 February protests'

Iran opposition calls for fresh demonstrations

GVF — Iran’s opposition Green Movement has called for fresh protests on 14 February, just three days after Iran marks the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.