Eskandar Lotfi and Masoud Nikkhah detained teachers and members of the Teachers’ Trade Association of Mariwan, have been on hunger strike since their arrest last Sunday.

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, quoting the Telegram account of “Teachers’ Union” (Kanale Senfi Moaleman), on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, detained teachers Eskandar Lotfi and Masoud Nikkhah have been on hunger strike since the arrest last Sunday. The two teachers were arrested with Shaaban Mohammadi.

Lotfi, a teacher union activist and the inspector of the Coordination Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Association, has faced other arrests and convictions for his civil activities.

On Sunday, May 1, in response to a call by the Coordination Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Association, the retired and working teachers in 45 cities assembled in front of the building of the Ministry of Education. In Mariwan and Bushehr, these protests were attacked by the police and several protestors were arrested.