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THE International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) demanded the release of imprisoned Iranian trade unionist Reza Shahabi today.
Mr Shahabi, who is treasurer of ITF-affiliated Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company, otherwise known as the Vahed union, was unjustly arrested in 2010 and is now on a hunger strike.
ITF acting general secretary Steve Cotton sent a strongly-worded letter yesterday to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani insisting on his freedom.
Trump threatens war and punitive tariffs to recapture Iranian resources – just as in 1953, when the CIA overthrew Mossadegh and US corporations immediately seized 40% of the oil, says SEVIM DAGDELEN
MOHAMMAD OMIDVAR, a senior figure in the Tudeh Party of Iran, tells the Morning Star that mass protests are rooted in poverty, corruption and neoliberal rule and warns against monarchist revival and US-engineered regime change
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
The Islamic Republic is attempting to deflect from its own failures with a scapegoating campaign against vulnerable and impoverished migrants, writes JAMSHID AHMADI