Labor activist, Shahrokh Zamani died in Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj

Labor activist, Shahrokh Zamani died in Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj. According to the reports from prison, Shahrokh was found on September 13th, 5 pm by his fellow prisoners with a mouth full of blood and visible bruises on the face and head in his bed; they took him immediately to the prison sick ward, but the doctor said that he died of a heart attack.

 Afshin Osanloo also died of a so-called ”heart attack" in June 2013

Shahrokh Zamani was a house painter and member of the Committee to Pursue the Establishment of Workers Organizations, a group campaigning for the establishment of independent trade unions in Iran. He was last arrested in June 2011 and sentenced to 11 years of imprisonment.

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Afshin Osanloo died in prison

Reza Shahabi's life in danger

Reza Shahbi is since 37 days in hunger strike. 

Shahabi, the Board member and treasurer of the Tehran and Suburbs Bus Drivers Syndicate has been transferred to Rejaishahr prison Evin prison on June 1, 2014.

Shahabi deamds:Being returned to the Ward 350 of Evin PrisonMedical leave for surgery and treatment of his lumbar disc Implementation of the new Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code

Parole law enforcement

Reza Shahabi on Medical Treatment strike

Reza Shahabi was also attacked as recently the security forces raided the section 350 of Evin-prison and physical abused and assaulted the prisoners.

They tugged Reza Shahabi and threw him violently out of bed by holding his feet. This brutal act intensified the back and leg pain of Reza.

Despite this situation the chief of sick ward of prison refuse to send him and other political prisoners to a hospital out of the prison with the feeble excuses such as: the minimum number of requests is not reached or you simulate. Even accessing the sick ward in prison means many body searches, insult and offense.

In protest against these conditions Reza Shahabi started a Medical Treatment Refusal beginning August 11, 2013.

Three labour activists sentenced to imprisonment

The “revolutionary court” of Mahabad city sentenced Yusof Ab Kharabat, Vahed Sayedeh and Mohammad Molanai, labour activists and members of the Coordinating Committee to help Workers´ Organizations, each to two years in prison. The labour activists were arrested in January 2013.

Strike at Mehvarsazan Company in South Pars

The workers of Mehvarsazan company are since July 31st on strike in protest against their unpaid wages for three months. 

Although, the employer received a 9 million Toman payment from its customer “South Pars” for the project Pars Oil & Gas Field Development in Special Economy Energy Zone- Iran, but refused to pay the workers’ wages. The Management argued that we have to put this payment in other projects.

Mehvarsazan is a Private Joint Stock company in the field of Engineering and Construction of oil & gas refineries and petrochemical factories.

500 workers of Haft-Tapeh Sugar Cane factory on strike

Five hundred workers of the Haft-Tapeh Sugar Cane factory are since July 29th on strike. 

They demand:

1- Review and implementation of job classification at this factory.
2- Dismissal of five factory board members, who have two jobs. One of them is Borzoo Ahmadi, who is the former chief of the Intelligence Bureau of city Shushtar and made significant contribution to the dismissal of protesting workers of this factory in 2007 and 2008.
3- The current CEO should remain on job. Farshid Momen Gharib has a long period of employment with the company and there is a rumor about his dismissal.
4- Non handover of Haft-Tapeh Sugar Cane Company and the company housing to the revolutionary guards. 
5- End of terrorizing atmosphere at this factory, which is in place since 2007 and led to dismissal of many protesting workers and board members of the Haft-Tapeh Sugar Cane Company union such as Ali Nejati, Fraydon Nikufar, Mohammad Heidari, Jalil Ahmadi, Reza Rkhshan, and Ghorban Alipour. 

Ghaleb Hosseini sentenced to 18 months imprisonment

Ghaleb Hosseini, the labour activist sentenced to one year imprisonment because of membership of the Coordinating Committee to Help Form Workers' Organization and “connectivity” to the opposition parties abroad, and also to six months imprisonment because of propaganda against the system. 

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Ghaleb Hosseini in court

Pedram Nassrolahi again on trial

Pedram Nassrolahi, the imprisoned worker activist and member of the Coordinating Committee to Help Form Workers´ Organizations was put on trial due to his message to the workers and people on the occasion of May 1^st 2013. The Ministry of Intelligence of city Sanandaj declared Pedram’s May 1^st message as an illegal act. Pedram was taken back to prison after the court session. The court set a ten million Toman bail until the court decision is announced. 

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6 Members of the Coordinating Committee summoned to Court

Six members of the Coordinating Committee to Help Form Workers´ Organizations are summoned to appear in the court in the city of Rasht. 

Faramarz Fetratnejad, Massoud Salimpour, Sirous Fathi, Maziar Mehrpour, Saeed Moghadam and Mrs. Mitra Homayouni were also among the arrested members of the Coordinating Committee at their General Assembly, attacked by the regime in June 2012.

Hamed Mahmoudnejad summoned to court

Hamed Mahmoudnejad, the labour activist and member of the Coordinating Committee to Help Form Workers' Organization is summoned to appear before court. He got two separate summons however with two different dates, one is scheduled for July 13th and the other for July 24th. The labour activist is accused of “Acting against the national security”.

Hamed was arrested in March this year and released on a 50 million Toman bail after 32 days imprisonment in the Ministry of Intelligence of city Sanandaj. He was arrested once more just twenty days after his release. This time he was released after 16 days on a 50 million Toman bail. 

Khaled Hosseini sentenced in absentia

The “Revolutionary Court” of the city of Sanandaj sentenced Khaled Hosseini, the labour activist and member of the Coordinating Committee to Help Form Workers' Organization in absentia; to one year in prison on July 6^th . He is charged with “Propaganda against the system”. The court session was held without informing him.

Jalil Mohammadi released on bail

Jalil Mohammadi, the labour activist was released on July 3th after 2 months imprisonment in the Ministry of Intelligence of city Sanandaj on a bail amount of 50 Million Toman.

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http://iran-worker.blogspot.de/2013/05/jalil-mohammadi-and-hamed-mahmoudnejad.html

Behzad Farajollahi sentenced to imprisonment

The labour activist Behzad Farajollahi was sentenced in absentia to one year imprisonment by the Sanandaj “Revolutionary Court” on charges of “propaganda against the system” on July3^th. Behzad is a member of the Coordinating Committee to Help Form Workers' Organization.

Vafa Ghaderi sentenced to imprisonment

The “Revolutionary Court” in the city of Sanandaj, sentenced the labour activist Vafa Ghaderi to one year imprisonment, he is charged with “acting against the national security”on July 2^nd. Vafa is a member of the Coordinating Committee to Help Form Workers' Organization.

Ghaleb Hosseini in court

Ghaleb Hosseini was put on trial by the “Revolutionary Court” in the city of Sanandaj on July 2^nd.  The labour activist is accused of membership of the Coordinating Committee to Help Form Workers' Organization and connectivity to the opposition parties abroad. 

Behnam Ebrahimzadeh temporary released

The defense Committee of Behnam Ebrahimzadeh reports that Behnam Ebrahimzadeh, the labour and children’s rights activist and a member of the “Committee to Follow-up on formation of Free Trade unions in Iran” was released on June 26th together with four other prisoners: Farokh Vazehan, Ali Amini, Saeed Jalalifar and Khosravi Rad. They are released temporary for four days. 

What was the cause of Afshin Osanloo’s death?

The director of Tehran prisons confirmed the Afshin´s death in a hospital. But as Afshin’s sister asked the nurses about the cause of death, they said that he was already dead before he arrived here.  She added: my mother visited him last week, he was fine. He had no heart complaint, we can´t believe this.

Afshin is not the first political prisoner, who died in prison, Satar Beheshti (blogger), Akbar Mohammadi (student activist) and others died under suspicious circumstances in prisons of Islamic Regime in Iran.

Afshin Osanloo was arrested in 2010 and spent four months in Ward 209 of Evin Prison, where he was severely tortured. The injuries caused by torture were still visible up to his death. Repeated beating with cables left a deep wound in his foot and a tumor in the scapula.

The intelligent Ministry of Regime did not permit holding a memorial ceremony for him in a mosque.

Afshin Osanloo died of a heart attack in prison

Afshin Osanloo, one of the founders of the Tehran Suburbs Bus Drivers union and brother of Masour Osanloo died on June 20th of a heart attack. After a heart attack, the other political prisoners carried Afshin to the sick ward of the Rajayee Shahr prison; he was later transferred to a hospital in the city.

Afshin was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment with the charge of “gathering and conspiracy”; this sentence was also confirmed by the Court of appeal of Tehran.

Afshin was 42 years old.

Shahrokh Zamani in solitary cell

The “Shahrokh Zamani Defense Committee” reports that the prison wards attempted to take Shahrokh Zamani with prison uniform to the Court, on June 16^th. Following the resistance of Shahrokh to appear in Court in prison cloths, he was transferred to solitary cell.

Communiqué number 54 of “Reza Shahabi Defense Committee“

The back pain of Reza Shahabi has now referred to his left leg, so that he was transferred to the sick ward of the Evin- prison last week. Due to the lack of medical treatment and being insulted by the sick ward responsible and the physician Reza requested to go back to prison. He has severe pain and can walk with the help of his prison mates; he receives morphine and cortisone injections against his severe pain. The prison authorities refused to transfer him to hospital for MRT, because of critical conditions of “election”.  They accuse him to exaggerate his pain and pomposity.