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Soheil Arabi with his daughter
by Mina Ahadi

JOIN THE CAMPAIGN TO DEFEND SOHEIL ARABI AND ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS AND PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE IN IRAN

July 29, 2019

  17th August 2019 has been announced as the international day for the freedom of Soheil Arabi, critics of Islam, and all political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in Iran by the “Atheist Republic” organization. […]

Haft Tapeh sugar cane workers in Iran start fresh protest to free their leader, Esmaeil Bakhshi
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Haft Tapeh sugar cane workers in Iran start fresh protest to free their leader, Esmaeil Bakhshi

March 16, 2019

On 14th March 2019, sugar cane workers of Haft Tapeh in Khuzestan province, Iran, circulated a petition in support of their jailed leader, Esmaeil Bakhshi. Many workers signed the petition and started a fresh protest […]

Haft Tapeh sugar cane workers in Iran march with Esmaeil Bakhshi's mother for his freedom
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Haft Tapeh sugar cane workers in Iran march with Esmaeil Bakhshi’s mother for his freedom

March 15, 2019

On 11th March 2019, Esmaeil Bakhshi’s mother, along with dozens of workers held an assembly in front of the security office of the Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Corporation. They then marched towards the office of […]

Worker-communist Party of Iran condemns heinous sentences of imprisonment and flogging against Nasrin Sotoudeh
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Worker-communist Party of Iran condemns heinous sentences of imprisonment and flogging against Nasrin Sotoudeh

March 12, 2019

Human rights lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh has been sentenced to 38 years in prison and 148 lashes by one of the Islamic Republic’s bogus courts, without the presence of her lawyer. The judge, Mohammad Moghiseh, one […]

Jafar Azimzadeh director of the Free Workers Union of Iran sentenced to 30 lashes and 6 years in prison
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Workers in Iran continue with strikes and protests as the regime sentences workers’ leader to 30 lashes

March 7, 2019

On 6th March 2019, Mohamdali Jedari Foroughi, lawyer of Jafar Azimzadeh, stated that the Islamic Republic’s judiciary has sentenced him to 30 lashes on top of the six years in prison. The excuse for such […]

Teachers in over 100 cities in Iran hold 3-day national strike over poverty, injustice and oppression
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Teachers in over 100 cities in Iran hold 3-day national strike over poverty, injustice and oppression

March 7, 2019

On 5th March 2019, teachers in Iran held their last day of a 3-day national strike which had expanded to over 100 cities. As the striking teachers shared pictures of their sit-in, Mr Amir Ali […]

Iran- Workers’ activist Parvin Mohammadi has been released on bail
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Iran: Workers’ activist Parvin Mohammadi has been released on bail. Jafar Azimzadeh is serving 6 years in prison

March 5, 2019

We are pleased to report that Parvin Mohammadi, vice president of the Free Union of Iranian Workers and well-known workers’ leader, who spent over one month in custody, was released on bail on 4th March […]

family and friends of Esmaeil Bakhshi protest
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Iran: Esmaeil Bakhshi and his family under pressure to fire his lawyer

March 1, 2019

On 27th February 2019, relatives and friends of Esmaeil Bakhshi gathered in front of the governor’s office in Shush city and demanded his release. The protesters held banners that read “Esmaeil Bakhshi must be freed”. […]

When Political Power is in Our Hands - Worker-communist party of Iran
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When Political Power is in Our Hands

February 20, 2019

With the toppling of the Islamic regime of Iran: 1. We will declare the end of any religious state forever. We will put an end to the interference of religion in the lives of the […]

family of Esmaeil Bakhshi protest in Iran
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Iran: mother of Esmaeil Bakhshi, the jailed workers’ leader, has been arrested

February 20, 2019

On 17th February 2019, the family of Esmaeil Bakhshi (the jailed workers’ leader of Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Corporation in Khuzestan province, Iran) went to Shush prison to ask about Esmaeil but the authorities aggressively […]

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  • Statements

    Let us build mutual aid networks everywhere

    March 4, 2026

    Amid wartime conditions in Iran, this statement urges social activists, workers, students, doctors and Woman, Life, Freedom activists to organise mutual aid networks so no injured or vulnerable person is left alone and communities can strengthen solidarity. […]

  • Bulletin

    “No to Executions Tuesdays” marks week 110; grave concerns over political prisoners

    March 4, 2026

    The “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign marks week 110 across 56 prisons in Iran, warning of rising executions, new death sentences against detainees from the January uprising, and grave risks facing political prisoners including Peyman Farahavar. Growing concern surrounds prisoner transfers from Evin and calls intensify for the immediate release of all detainees. […]

  • Bulletin

    Urgent alert: lives of political prisoners at risk amid wartime conditions

    March 2, 2026
    Airstrikes have heavily damaged Greater Tehran Prison. Reports describe food and water shortages, lack of medical care, chaos inside Evin, forced transfers to unknown locations, and fears of secret executions. Families cannot reach their loved ones. Thousands of prisoners are [...]
  • Articles

    The people’s answer to the war: the overthrow of the Iranian Regime – Interview with Hamid Taqvaee

    March 1, 2026

    In a New Channel TV interview, Hamid Taqvaee discusses the US–Israel attack on the Islamic Republic, arguing that the regime’s nuclear enrichment, missile programme and regional policies led to the conflict. He states that the Islamic He calls on people to stop work, paralyse the regime and fight for the overthrow of the Islamic Republic. […]

  • Bulletin

    Death of Khamenei and the spread of popular celebrations

    March 1, 2026

    Following US and Israeli strikes on the Supreme Leader’s office and IRGC centres, reports indicate the death of Ali Khamenei and senior Islamic Republic officials. Public celebrations spread across multiple cities amid internet shutdowns and security crackdowns, while urgent demands are raised for the immediate release of political prisoners and the complete overthrow of the regime. […]

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    On the US and Israeli military attack on centres of the Islamic Republic

    February 28, 2026

    Following US and Israeli military attacks on centres of the Islamic Republic in Tehran, Qom, Tabriz and other cities, this statement argues that the regime’s policies led to the current situation and calls for political strikes, expanded mutual aid and organised action to overthrow the Islamic Republic. […]

  • Articles

    End of the line for the regime… Uprising of the people

    February 28, 2026

    Bahram Soroush argues that the Islamic Republic is approaching collapse after decades of rule. In the context of military escalation and growing unrest, he calls for nationwide uprising, popular organisation and the decisive overthrow of the regime. […]

  • Articles

    Widespread US and Israeli military strikes on the Islamic Republic across the country

    February 28, 2026

    Following widespread US and Israeli strikes on key military and political centres of the Islamic Republic, this statement by Asqar Karimi argues that unlike the objectives of the twelve-day war, the aim this time appears to be political changes at the top of the ruling structure, and that regardless of the goals of the USA and Israel in this operation, people should aim for the strengthening of their political and popular organisations in the current situation so in the critical developments ahead the initiative falls into their hands. […]

  • Bulletin

    Nationwide solidarity grows: nurses, teachers, students, workers and retirees demand freedom for detainees

    February 28, 2026

    Nationwide solidarity is expanding across Iran as nurses, lawyers, teachers, students, truck drivers and retirees demand the immediate release of detainees, an end to executions and repression, and accountability for the January massacre. Universities move online amid protests, while international trade unions declare support. […]

  • Latest

    We condemn Reza Pahlavi’s threats against the people and political forces of Kurdistan

    February 26, 2026

    The Worker-communist Party of Iran condemns Reza Pahlavi’s threats against so-called “separatists” in Kurdistan, rejecting militarisation and repression as solutions to national discrimination. The statement calls for equality, democratic rights, voluntary unity and recognition of self-determination through free referendum rather than force. […]

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