THE BOOK In July 1988, the Islamic Republic of Iran agreed to bring an end to the brutal eight-year war with Iraq. Over the next two months, under the orders of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini, political prisoners around the country were secretly brought before a tribunal panel that would later …
Some Artists is a group of anonymous Iranian artists who, following the January 2018 protests in Iran, have used Facebook and Twitter to express, through art, their solidarity with the people on the streets of Iran and elsewhere. Barkhi Honarmandaan [Some Artists] identifies itself as “a group of artists who …
A statement signed by more than 70 academics, militants and independent political groups calls upon the global left to break its silence and express its solidarity with the people of Iran. The following is a statement by the Iranian leftist diaspora in the United Kingdom, France and Germany who have …
Vartannat år hålls ett världstäckande forum med överlevande före detta politiska fångar samt rättighetsförsvarare till nuvarande politiska fångar. Det åttonde världsforumet genomförs i år mellan trettonde och femtonde september i Göteborg, med deltagare från olika Europeiska länder samt Kanada och USA. Tanken med forumet är både att minnas alla de …
Every two years, a world-wide forum is held with former political prisoners and rights defenders of current political prisoners. The eighth World Forum will be held this year between September 13th and 15th in Gothenburg, with participants from various European countries as well as Canada and the United States. The …
Come and join our political Sit-In on 2 August 2019, 9 am, infront of DIE LINKE, Karl-Liebknecht-Haus, Kleine Alexanderstr. 28, 10178 Berlin WE PROTEST No to the detention and torture of renowned figures of the Iranian labor movement by the Islamic Republic of Iran No to the increase of state …
Reza Shahabi’s recent speech at the 52nd Congress of the General Confederation of Labour (France) in Dijon, May 13, 2019 Comrades and Friends, I am Reza Shahabi. I am a member of the board of directors of the Syndicate of Bus Drivers. First, I must say that I am honoured …
On September 20, Arash Dosthossein was arrested in the Munich department for district administration (KVR). He was there in the Foreigners‘ Office (Ausländerbüro) because the authorities had asked him to come to extend his documents. When he arrived at the KVR, police officers waited for him with an arrest warrant. …
Monday 12 March 2018, by Houshang Sepehr In the history books of modern Iran, the first week of January 2018, which saw a wave of popular uprisings in many cities across the country, will be recorded as a new historical milestone. A turning point after which the Iranian political scene was …