Iran
Content about workers' struggles, revolution, war and events in Iran.
Iran 2009: A new attempt?
Wildcat analyse the demonstrations and riots sparked during the Iranian elections of 2009.
Globally the left is engaged in a controversial debate about the mobilisations in Iran which took place before and after the elections. Only rarely are these mobilisations related to the global crisis and the severe economic and governmental crisis in Iran itself - although their inter-relatedness is blatant.
Oil Rent
The struggle against Iranian fascism begins with the struggle against Iranian Bolshevism - The Red Menace
Analysis of the political situation in Iran following the end of the Iran-Iraq war in 1988.
Since the Iran-Iraq ceasefire the political map of the Middle East has been undergoing an extensive metamorphosis.
Gulf war or class war?
Leaflet published in response to US intervention in the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.
The recent U.S. shelling of an Iranian oil platform represents a significant escalation of the war in the Gulf. There is no mystery as to why nations go to war - it is for the same reason that small-town gangsters go to war..., economic competition.
Iran anti-government protests photo gallery, June 2009
After the government declared a huge victory in the June 2009 elections, a wave of unrest over alleged corruption swept the country leading many to comment that the protests were the biggest since the revolution in 1979.
Iranian bus workers’ statement on the demonstrations
Statement of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Vahed Bus Company about the recent unrest sparked by discontent with the claimed results of the 2009 election.
Vahed Syndicate – Any Suppression or threat of civil liberty condemned
In line with the recognition of the labour rights, we request that June 26 Action Day – Justice for Iranian workers – to include the human rights of all Iranians who have been deprived of their rights.
The Socialist Workers Party on the Iran-Iraq war, 1987
Brief extracts from Socialist Worker, which illustrate the SWP's support for Iran during the Iran-Iraq war.
“we have no choice but to support the Khomeini regime”
"...it would be wrong to strike...
“socialists should not call for the disruption of military supplies to the front… should not support actions which could lead to the collapse of the military effort”
Socialist Worker - 28/11/87
Textile strike in north-western Iran
Textile factory workers went on strike over not having their salaries paid for past five months yesterday (Monday 8th).
The factory, a subsidiary of giant financial conglomerate Bonyad Mostazafan, is the largest of its kind in northwestern Iran.
The management is trying to sell the factory not paying its huge debts to the struggling workers, themselves trying to keep up with the ever rising costs of living in the impoverished Kurdistan province.
Anti-labour witchhunt in Iran continues
Harsh sentences have been thrown at labour activists in Iran following recent class struggle and repression.
Several labour and union militants have received punitive sentances following on a wave of repression in Iran through 2007 and 2008. In full:
Seyed Qaleb Hosseini, sentenced to 50 lashes and 6 months in prison
Abdullah Khani, sentenced to 40 lashes and 91 days in prison
Khaled Hosseini, sentenced to 30 lashes and a suspended prison sentence
Roundup of a month of strikes in Iran
A round-up of recent strike activity in Iran, including the car industry and agriculture.
After three weeks of not receiving wages workers at the Alborz Elastics Factory began a strike on July 12. Management had reneged on a promise to pay a New Year's bonus to 400 workers, and has refused to pay into a loan fund for workers despite taking regular deductions from salaries.
Iranian autoworkers strike against precarious work
Thousands of workers at the Iran Khodro car manufacturing plant are protesting the exploitation of precarious workers and demanding better wages and conditions.
What began as a hunger strike launched on June 28 has grown to a full-scale strike as thousands of workers at Iran Khodro, the country's largest auto manufacturer, walked off the job to win wage and conditions improvements.
Workers' demands include:
1) Prohibited entry of security guards to workstations;
2) An end to mandatory over-time;
3) Increases in productivity benefits;
