Some Artists, The Visual Language of Protest in Iran, Poupeh Missaghi
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 …
Leftists worldwide, stand by the protesters in Iran!
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 …
Till försvar av de politiska fångarna och ett fördömande av den den kapitalistiska Islamistiska regimen i Iran
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 …
In defense of the political prisoners and a condemnation of the capitalist Islamic regime in Iran
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 …
No to the detention and torture of renowned figures of the Iranian labor movement by the Islamic Republic of Iran
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 …
Bus Driver Union Leader Reza Shahabi’s Speech at the Congress of the General Confederation of Labour in Dijon/France
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 …
Freedom for Arash and all political prisoners!
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. …
A radical political turning point
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 …
1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners (Annihilation of the enemy of Islam)
Even though the execution of opponents in Iran started at the inception of the Islamic Republic of Iran, what makes the 1988 massacre a genocide is the political purge without precedence in modern Iranian history, both in terms of scope and cover-up. Pursuant to a fatwa issued by Khomeini immediately …