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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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  • Bulletin

    Protests spread across Iran as executions, poverty and repression intensify

    June 24, 2026
    Iranian society is in motion. Across Iran, protests are spreading among prisoners, students, workers, pensioners, healthcare staff, artists, war-affected families and local communities. The “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign has reached its 126th week in 57 prisons, while workers strike [...]
  • Bulletin

    Workers, students, pensioners and prisoners push back as the regime deepens war, poverty and repression

    June 9, 2026
    Sepideh Gholian has been released from prison — and her first message was clear: she may tire of many things, but not of reaching freedom. Across Iran, protests are spreading again: students in more than 15 cities, pensioners in Shush, [...]
  • Articles

    Asghar Farhadi and the killing of innocent people – interview with Keyvan Javid

    May 21, 2026
    In this interview, Keyvan Javid emphasises that the 39-day war by the United States and Israel against the Islamic Republic is not only not condemnable, but could have been part of the continuation of the people of Iran’s struggle for [...]
  • Articles

    Councils and the “agency of the people” – Interview with Hamid Taqvaee

    May 14, 2026
    What does the “agency of the people” really mean beyond slogans? In this interview, Hamid Taqvaee argues that people can only play a decisive role when they are organised — in the struggle to overthrow the Islamic Republic, in the [...]
  • Bulletin

    Anti-Execution campaign continues as workers protest layoffs, unpaid wages and deadly workplaces

    May 7, 2026
    The “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign has entered its 119th week across 56 prisons, despite threats and punishment against women political prisoners in Evin. At the same time, laid-off Ilam Gas Refinery workers and Kish Choub factory workers are protesting [...]
  • Bulletin

    Workers’ protests continue – wage delays, strikes, and anti-execution mobilisation

    May 4, 2026
    An international anti-execution campaign—supported by 175 organisations across 14 countries and 35 cities—is gaining momentum. A global conference on 9 May will bring together forces fighting executions and defending political prisoners. Inside Iran, protests continue as workers strike over unpaid [...]
  • Latest

    Statement on the occasion of May Day, International Workers’ Day: Workers of all countries, support the Woman, Life, Freedom revolution in Iran!

    May 1, 2026
    Statement on the occasion of May Day, International Workers’ Day Workers of all countries, support the Woman, Life, Freedom revolution in Iran! The current war and the critical situation in the region and the world require that the urgent task [...]
  • Bulletin

    Pensioners protest, internet shutdown sparks backlash, anti-execution campaign grows

    May 1, 2026
    Steel pensioners are protesting the termination of their health insurance, while anger is growing over internet shutdowns that are deepening economic crisis and repression. At the same time, the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign continues inside prisons, backed by a [...]
  • Bulletin

    Layoffs, wage delays, and growing protests across workplaces

    April 27, 2026
    From mine workers in Tabas to university staff, protests are growing against job cuts and months of unpaid salaries. Thousands have been laid off as the regime shifts the cost of war onto workers. Workers are being pushed to the [...]
  • Latest

    May Day is the day to proclaim the necessity of socialism across the whole world. Workers of the world, unite!

    April 26, 2026
    May 1st, International Workers’ Day, is the day to show the determination and will of workers and millions of wealth-creating people in protest against inequality, injustice, and the trampling of human dignity by the utterly vile system of wage slavery [...]
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