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.

Mansour Osanloo tell which side you are on?

Mansour Osanloo, the former President of the Syndicate of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company (Sherkat-e Vahed), who has been imprisoned several times from 2005 for his trade union activities, was release  in June 2011 from prison.

On January of this year the official website of this union announced Osanloo´s dismissal as the chairman of the board of this union. The news spread like wildfire.

On March 01, 2013, in a press briefing held in central London with members of the international press Amir Hossein Jahanchahi,  the nationalist patriot expat billionaire businessman and Founder of “Green Wave” introduced Mansour Osanlou, via skype for his first interview with the media from a secret location, following his recent escape from Iran.