Truck Driver Shahab Darabi Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Supporting Strike Action
26-August-2025
Category: Prisoners
26 August 2025
News group: Prisoners –
Breathing in Confinement – Shahab Darabi, a truck driver and resident of Eslamabad-e Gharb, has been sentenced by the Revolutionary Court to three years and one day in prison for supporting the nationwide truck drivers’ strike.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the main charge against Mr Darabi was publishing posts on social media and calling on drivers to join the nationwide strike in support of their professional demands.
The truck drivers’ strike was organised in protest at insufficient diesel fuel allocations, low freight rates, and the sharp rise in operating costs.
On 27 May 2025, after posting a statement of support on his Instagram page and calling for professional solidarity, Shahab Darabi was violently arrested by security forces.
This sentence constitutes a clear violation of the rights to freedom of expression, freedom of association, and peaceful assembly, as recognised under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Iran is a signatory. The use of violence during his arrest also represents a flagrant breach of the principle of human dignity and the prohibition of cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment.