Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by STERNFELD Lior
Israel prefers hardline leaders to maintain a monolithic view of the enemy. Its assassination in Tehran now forces the reformist Pezeshkian into a corner.
On July 5, Masoud Pezeshkian won the run-off elections in Iran to replace Ebrahim Raisi as president of the Islamic Republic, after the (…)
, by AMANI Elahe
Amidst the sham or state-orchestrated presidential election in Iran, a grim reality unfolds. Women are being violently arrested by the Morality Police for refusing to comply with mandatory hijab rules or wearing “improper” hijab, dubbed “Bad Hijab.” This misogynistic backlash follows the (…)
, by Against the Current
ALTHOUGH THIS JUNE the Iranian Supreme Court overturned the death sentence for dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi (33), rather than freeing him they sent his case back to a lower court.
Sentenced to death on April 24 for his participation in the “Woman Life Freedom” demonstrations, he has been (…)
, by AFARY Frieda
In a poll conducted by Zamaneh in June 2024, Iranians overwhelmingly said that the presidential election will not improve their lives. 69% wanted a fundamental transformation of the political system.
Iran’s Presidential Election Puts Spotlight on Domestic Situation
While Iran’s nuclear (…)
, by Vahed Syndicate
Sharifeh Mohammadi, a labour and civil rights activist, was put on trial by the first branch of the Rasht Revolutionary Court and sentenced to death without going through any transparent or legal procedures.
This verdict was issued on July 4, 2024 based on the false and baseless charge of (…)
, by HENGAW
Sharifeh Mohammadi, a labor activist detained seven months ago, is currently imprisoned in the women’s ward of Rasht’s Lakan Prison (Rasht Central Prison). Recently, she has been sentenced to death by the Iranian Judiciary on charges of “rebellion”.
According to the report received by the (…)
, by RAZAVI Davoud, SHAHABI Reza
Greetings to our dear colleagues and friends, and a wish for the victory of workers all over the world.
We were wondering whether it was still necessary to write again about the suppression of the labour movement and the violation of international conventions on freedom of association, (…)
, by KIA Babak
The death of President Raissi on 19 May in a helicopter crash will not really affect the way the Islamic Republic operates. In the current institutional system, the real power is held by the Leader, who decides on the main policy directions. The President is merely number 2, an executor.
Photo (…)
, by CFDT, CGAS (Genève), CGT, FSU, SSP Enseignement - Genève, Union syndicale Solidaires, UNSA
On the occasion of the International Labour Conference of the ILO (International Labour Organization), the undersigned labour organisations call for a gathering in front of ILO head office in Geneva, on Friday 7th June 2024.
Our organisations hereby denounce firmly against the recent brutal (…)
, by LUCAS Scott
Iran’s president and foreign minister killed in helicopter crash – we ask an expert what might happen next.
A helicopter carrying Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and other officials crashed in the mountainous north-west reaches of Iran on Sunday May 19, sparking (…)
, by PARENT Deepa
Iran’s supreme leader has announced a five-day mourning period, but there have been fireworks and cheering in the country since the death was confirmed
The president was declared dead on 20 May after rescue teams found his crashed helicopter in a fog-shrouded western mountain region. (…)
, by DAHER Joseph
On the night of April 13, 2024, the Iranian regime launched operation “True Promise,” which fired more than three hundred drones and missiles on Israel in retaliation for its strike against the Iranian embassy annex in Damascus on April 1. That Israeli attack killed sixteen people, including (…)
, by ACHCAR Gilbert
Israel will complete the genocidal war that it has been waging against Gaza for six and a half months, before inexorably directing its military efforts against Iran and its Lebanese auxiliary, Hezbollah.
Last Friday, the Israeli government contented itself with a very limited attack on Iranian (…)
, by STERNFELD Lior
Had Iran wanted to seriously escalate its conflict with Israel, its response to the Damascus embassy bombing would have looked very different.
Iran’s dramatic attack on Israel on April 13 was no bolt from the blue. It had been building for years, in response to Israel’s increasingly brazen (…)
, by Iranian Civil Rights Activists
We believe that in the current situation, saying “no to warmongering” is a necessary position both to reject the militarist structure of the Islamic Republic and to clearly delineate a stand against war and bloodshed in the region.
At a time when the tensions between Iran and Israel have (…)
, by ACHCAR Gilbert, BARBANCEY Pierre
Franco-Lebanese researcher Gilbert Achcar, professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, reviews the Israeli attack on April 1st against the consulate in Damascus and analyses the response of the Islamic Republic. He also examines the effects of this (…)
, by KOHLER Noémie
Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris have been held hostage in Iran since 7 May 2022 in appalling conditions. Held separately in a high-security section of Evin prison in Tehran, they are cut off from the world. The mistreatment to which they are subjected leads us to fear serious repercussions for (…)
, by UDDIN Rayhan
UK, Poland and Australia ask Israel to ’explain’ how it killed World Central Kitchen workers as the military claims responsibility
Australian citizen Lalzawmi “Zomi” Frankcom, 44, (Lef) in a social media video on 25 March in Deir el-Balah. World Central Kitchen has provided more than 37 (…)
Conservative sources say Mojtaba still has a chance at succeeding his father, despite the briefings suggesting the opposite
Son of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mojtaba Khamenei in 2019 (Reuters/Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto)
As Ali Khamenei grows older, and no clear favourite (…)
, par Union syndicale Solidaires
Women are the first victims of Iran’s patriarchal regime. Discrimination against women is institutionalized and organized, as underlined by the misogynistic laws based for the most part on Sharia law, which relegate them to the status of second-class citizens.
In addition to the fact that the (…)
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