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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
IRANIAN authorities unexpectedly released six activists at the weekend.
The activists had all been jailed for participating in strikes or labour movement protests and were all released on payment of huge bails — that of veterinary student and social activist Sepideh Gholian, who had supported a strike by sugar mill workers over unpaid wages, was set at over £100,000.
Ms Gholian was sentenced to 18 years behind bars in September. In November she made a TV confession which prompted allegations that she had been tortured.
Behind the language of military strategy is a confrontation that risks drawing the wider Middle East into war, says STEVE BISHOP
With attacks on industry, healthcare and education intensifying, JAMSHID AHMADI warns of a deliberate drive to cripple Iran and calls for urgent global action
A packed fringe meeting at the National Education Union conference heard from Iranian teachers, campaigners and journalists
The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (Codir) welcomes demonstrations across Iran, which have put pressure upon the theocratic dictatorship, but warns against intervention by the United States to force Iran in a particular direction