On June 15 and 16, 2022, several teachers and teacher union activists were arrested by security forces in the cities of Rasht, Saqqez, Khomeini Shahr, Mariwan, Divandarreh, Sanandaj and Delfan. HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, was able to verify the arrest of 51 individuals.
According to HRANA, dozens of teachers and educators were arrested in different cities.
On Thursday, June 16, 2022, in response to the call of the Coordination Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Associations, active and retired teachers and educators held protests in front of the Ministry of Education in several cities across Iran.
In Tehran, a high number of police and security forces prevented the protestors from gathering near the parliament. Also, in Saqqez and Sanandaj, the heavy presence of plainclothes security agents was evident.
The protesting teachers demanded the immediate release of detained teachers, the implementation of the “Job Ranking Plan” as passed in Iran’s parliament, closing the gap in pensions, free education for students, and a maximum class size of 16.
The following is a confirmed list of individuals arrested in each city:
Rasht, Gilan Province
- Koka Bodaghi
- Aziz Ghasemzadeh
- Mahmood Sedighipour
- Anoosh Adeli
- Javad Saeedi and
- an unidentified woman.
Saqqez, Kurdistan Province
- Khaled Abdollahi
- Mohammad Fatahi
- Taher Ghaderzadeh
- Soleyman Abdi
- Azizi Marzi
- Ahmad Ghaderi
- Keywan Mohammadi
- Hossein Mohammadi
- Loghmanollah Moradi
- Khaled Sheikhi
- Salahedin Hosseini
- Ghader Yasrabi
- Marzieh Talai
- Amanj Amni
- Zahed Moradi
- Anvar Farajzadeh
- Awat Razawi
- Esmail Reihani
- Taher Hamei
- Keywan Ahmadi
- Salah Sorkhi
Qazvin, Qazvin Province
- Mohammad-Reza Behnam-Nejad
- Ali Sadeghi-Nejad
- Mahmood Sabooni
- Mahmood Zamani
- Saayadi (first name unknown)
- Hamid Farokh Amini
- Efekhari (First Name Unknown)
- Razni (first name unknown)
- Kazemi (first name unknown).
Khomeini Shahr, Isfahan Province
- Sattar Zarei (released on bail)
- Mojtaba Abtahi (released on bail)
- Ruhollah Ghadimi (released on bail)
Mariwan, Kurdistan Province
- Tahsin Mostafa
- Sivan Soleimani
- Aram Ghaderi
Divandarreh, Kurdistan Province
- Omid-Shah Mohammadi
- Othman Rezai
- Hiwa Ghoreishi
- Parviz Ahsani
- Kaweh Mohammadzadeh
Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province
- Salah Haji Mirzai
- Mohammad-Reza Moradi
- Ghias Nemati
And in Delfan, Lorestan province, one arrested teacher was identified as Parviz Eini.
