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Four Teachers’ Union Activists Held Without Charge After May Day Protest

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Labor and Guilds, News, Prisoners
Ahmad Heydari, Evin Prison, Hossein Ebadian, Mehdi Farahi Shandiz, Vali Mirza Seyedi

HRANA News Agency – Vali Mirza Seyedi, Ahmad Heydari, Hossein Ebadian, and Mehdi Farahi Shandiz, four teachers’ union activists, remain held in Ward 209 of Evin Prison. They were arrested last week during a protest in Tehran on International Workers’ Day.

According to HRANA, quoting the Telegram channel of the Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers’ Union Organizations, the four activists are still in custody.
The report states that Vali Mirza Seyedi, Ahmad Heydari, and Hossein Ebadian are retired teachers, while Mehdi Farahi Shandiz is a former part-time teacher. They are currently detained in Ward 209 of Evin Prison without formal charges.

As of the time this report was prepared, no information has been released about the charges brought against these union activists.

Hossein Ebadian, a retired teacher from Malayer and resident of Shahriar, was arrested on Thursday, May 1, during a teachers’ protest in Tehran held in conjunction with International Workers’ Day. Mehdi Farahi Shandiz and Ahmad Heydari were also arrested during the same protest.

At Least Seven Teachers Arrested During Nationwide Teacher and Educator Protests

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Labor and Guilds, News
Ahmad Heydari, Ahmadi and Davoudi, Ali Zahmatkesh, Asghar Amirzadegan, Ghahreman Kiani, Jabbar Doosti, Shaaban Mohammadi

On January 31, at least seven teachers were arrested and transferred to an unidentified location amid nationwide protests of teachers and educators. In response to a call by the Coordination Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Associations, the retired and working teachers and educators protested yesterday and today in numerous cities across the country.

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, on Monday, January 31, at least seven teachers were arrested and transferred to an unidentified location.

Mohammad Habibi, the spokesperson of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Associations, mentioned on his personal social media that have the following teachers were arrested during the protests: Ali Zahmatkesh, Asghar Amirzadegan and Ghahreman Kiani in Shiraz, Ahmad Heydari, Ahmadi and Davoudi in Tehran, and Jabbar Doosti in Mariwan

Yesterday, Shaaban Mohammadi, a member of the Kurdistan Teachers’ Trade Association was arrested in Mariwan.

Dozens Arrested and Summoned in Ahwaz

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Religious Minorities
Abbas Sharifi, Abdullah Sa'edi Abu Ta'ha, Ahmad Daghghelah, Ahmad Heydari, Ali Bavi, Aziz Kanani, Fahd Hemadi, Hadi Sabei, Haidar Savari, Hassan Delphi, Hassan Haywi, Javad Hashemi, Khosro Sa'edi, Milad Afravi, Morteza Nisi, Nabi Nisi, Riyaz Zahiri, Sajjad Nasiri, Saleh Manabi, Shakir Sharifi, Yasser Sillavi, Yousef Khesraj

HRANA News Agency – Dozens of Arab civilians have been arrested by security forces in different parts of Ahwaz. Local sources estimate the number of detainees to be 24 in addition to 9 other who have been summoned.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), security forces arrested a large number of Arab civilians in Ahwaz, who mostly live in the neighborhood of Malashie of this city. Continue reading “Dozens Arrested and Summoned in Ahwaz”