Neun am 15. Juni in Karaj festgenommene iranische GewerkschafterInnen weiterhin inhaftiert

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Nine labour activists arrested in Karaj are still in jail

Of the initial 60 labour activists arrested on June 15 nine are still being held in jail.

On Sunday June 24 Maziar Mehrpoor, Cyrus Fathi, Masoud Salimpoor, Faramarz Fetratnejad, Saeed Marzban and Mitra Homayooni were transferred from the Information Ministry Office to the Tashkhis (Quarantine) wing of Lakan prison in Rasht.

All detainees, except Mitra Homayooni, have been allowed to meet close relatives while held behind bars.

The other three remaining prisoners are being held in Rejaii Shahr prison.

Iranian Workers‘ Solidarity Network condemns the Iranian regime’s imprisonment of labour activists and demands the immediate and unconditional release of all labour activists and workers.

Iranian Workers‘ Solidarity Network

28 June 2012

Source: Co-ordination Committee for the Formation of Labour Organisations

Repressionswelle gegen unabhängige Gewerkschaften im Iran

Quelle des nachfolgend dokumentierten Textes Justice for Iranian Workers, weiteres bei International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran (IASWI)

Mahmoud Saleh and 59 activists arrested

On Friday 15th June at noon, 60 members of the Coordinating Committee to Help Form Workers’ Organizations and a number of labour activists were arrested by agents of Karaj city.

According to the latest news, Mitra Homayooni, Vafa Ghaderi, Reyhaneh Ansari, Khaled Hosseini, Mahmoud Salehi, Saeed Moghaddam, Cyrus Fathi, Ghaleb Hosseini, Mohammad Abdipour, Jalal Hosseini, Alireza Asgari, Masoud Salimpour, Abbas Andriyany, Sediq Amjadi, Fattah Soleimani, Maziar Mehrpour, Mhommad Molanai, Vahed Seyyedeh, Jalil Sharifian, Sediq Khosravi, Yusuf Ab Kharabad, Faramarz Fetrat Nejad, Jalil Mohammadi, Nezam Sadeghi, Afshin Nadimi, Hussain Pilooti, Rahman Ebrahim Zadeh, Abbas Hashem Poor are among the detainees. (If new names appear, they will be added to the list).

The detainees were transferred to Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj and until now no further news is available.

We, members of the Coordinating Committee to Help Form Workers’ Organizations, condemn the arrest of the members and other workers activists. We demand the immediate release of all workers activist. We expect all workers activists and organizations to protest against these arrestments. Further news will be announced later.

Coordinating Committee to Help Form Workers’ organizations

UPDATE: As of 16 June, nine still remains in the custody of the intelligence office. Others including Salehi have been released. They are believed to be:- Cyrus Fathi, Alireza Asqari, Jalil Mohammadi, Saeed Marzban, Masood Salim Pour, Maziar Mehrpour, Reyhaneh Ansari, Faramarz Fetrat Nejad and Mitra Homayouni.