15-October-2021 Newsgroup: Teachers – Breathing in Confinement: On Thursday, October 14, 2021, in response to the call of the Iranian Teachers’ Trade Association, and demanding equalization of salaries, employed and retired teachers, held a nationwide rally. Teachers in at least 22 provinces and more than 50 cities staged protest rallies in front of the Provincial […]
19-September-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Labor and Guilds – Breathing in Confinement: Appeal Court upheld the sentence of 6 years in prison for Ismail Gerami, the retired employee of the Social Security Organization. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Branch 36 of the […]
25-August-2021 Newsgroup: Workers and Guilds – Breathing in Confinement: The ongoing miserable economic situation and livelihood pressures, led to the spread of the protest rallies across the country. Over the past one month (July 20 to August 20, 2021), at least 225 protests took place by various groups of people. Despite the spread of delta […]
22-May-2021 Newsgroup: Workers and Guilds – Breathing in Confinement: From April 20 to May 20, 2021, with continuing economic and social problems in Iran and despite the widespread repression, various groups of people staged large-scale protest rallies to pursue their demands. At least 323 protest movements have been held in different cities of the country. […]
Breathing in Confinement: A Kulbar lost his life after falling from the border heights of Marivan city.
Breathing in Confinement, January 25, 2021:A 35-year-old worker, while working in a cement factory in Darab, fell from a crane and died. According to Rokna News Agency, due to some technical issues, 35-year-old man and his 26-year-old colleague, fell fell from a crane while working. A 35-year-old worker died on the spot […]
Breathing in Confinement, January 17, 2021: A group of Haft Tappeh workers in Shush were summoned to the court. According to Haft Tappeh Sugar Cane Mill Labor Syndicate, twenty-eight workers and activists of Haft Tappeh sugarcane Factory have been summoned to the First Branch of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office in Shush […]
Breathing in Confinement, December 14, 2020: Reza Al-Kathir, a fired worker of Haft Tappeh Sugar Cane Factory, took his life by suicide. According to Haft Tappeh Workers’ Union, the 24-year-old fired worker, Reza Al-Kathir, in protest of his dismissal from the factory as well as his poverty, deprivation and hardship because of unemployment, […]
Breathing in Confinement, November 30, 2020: A female worker in Shahroud Cardboard Box Factory, lost her life as a result of workplace safety failings.
Breathing in Confinement, November 24, 2020: A 22-year-old worker at Golchin Manjil Olive Oil Factory, while cleaning the olive press machine, was dragged to the machine and lost his life.