Iran

The Iranian government also has an internal crisis on its hands. The country's high level of poverty has triggered a series of intense social struggles.

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The following letter, addressing world labour organisations, was issued in Tehran on Monday by the Tehran bus workers’ union Syndica Vahed.

A demonstration will be held tomorrow evening in support of the arrested Iranian bus drivers who've been striking since the end of last month.

The latest attack on workers' rights around the world is now hitting the people who make public transportation possible in many of the world's metro areas.

200 imprisoned union bus workers released; all were denied the right to return to their jobs. Hundreds more are still in prison.

Hundreds of striking bus workers of the state-owned Vahed bus company are still in detention in Tehran today following the vicious attack by thousands of members of the security forces on their strike on Saturday 28th January.

Iranian bus drivers in Tehran are on strike again, in the face of mass arrests and repression, including the families of the four main union leaders.

Fourteen leaders of Tehran’s transport workers’ union were arrested last month after staging a no-ticket action (when bus drivers refused to collect fares) against Sherkate Vahed, a state owned bus company, to demand higher wages.

From Communism #7.

Organising efforts by the Syndicate of Workers Of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company in the Vahed Bus Company have resulted in the dismissal of 17 union activists.

Brighton campaigers successfully prevented the deportation of an Iranian dissident journalist who faced torture and persecution.