Workers in a number of cities in Iran held, or attempted to hold, May Day rallies despite a heavy clampdown by the government. Rallies were held in the western cities of Sanandaj, Kermanshah and Saqez. However, the planned rally in the industrial zone of Asalooye was broken up when the security forces moved in to arrest the organisers and remove placards. Those arrested include Javanmir Moradi and Taha Azadi, from the leadership of the newly formed Free Union of Iranian Workers.
Ahead of May Day, the authorities turned down numerous applications for permits to hold rallies, and on 23 April arrested Sheis Amani, the head of the National Union of Dismissed and Unemployed Workers. Amani is still in detention.
Over 100 workers attended a rally in Sanandaj called by the Free Union of Iranian Workers. The event had to be held in the outskirts of the city as the authorities had refused to grant permits for rallies in downtown Sanandaj. A resolution, outlining workers’ major demands, including release of jailed workers, was passed amid continuous claps by the crowd. However, after the ceremony, the security forces arrested seven workers, who have been named as:
Salah Zamani
Shiva Kheir Abadi
Abdollah Najjar
Ghaaleb Hosseini
Ali Hosseini
Bahaoddin Sadooghi
Susan Raazani
Friday 2 May 2008 at 23:58
[scum - some sort of dickhead with a need to expound gas out of their arse that also doubles as their mouth arrangement]
Saturday 3 May 2008 at 0:31
[thick scum back again — par for the course with HP Saucer types — they don’t like it up ‘em]
Saturday 3 May 2008 at 0:40
[thick - they never learn]
Saturday 3 May 2008 at 0:44
[as I said — they never learn]
Saturday 3 May 2008 at 0:48
[more evidence that saucer scum never learn]
Tuesday 6 May 2008 at 1:01
http://threescoreyearsandten.blogspot.com/2008/05/may-day-in-baghdad.html
Tuesday 6 May 2008 at 12:32
http://www.kargaran.org/international%20labor%20solidarity/may-08-8arrest.htm
Tuesday 6 May 2008 at 13:12
That link appears buggered.
From the WPI:
Workers in a number of cities in Iran held, or attempted to hold, May Day rallies despite a heavy clampdown by the government. Rallies were held in the western cities of Sanandaj, Kermanshah and Saqez. However, the planned rally in the industrial zone of Asalooye was broken up when the security forces moved in to arrest the organisers and remove placards. Those arrested include Javanmir Moradi and Taha Azadi, from the leadership of the newly formed Free Union of Iranian Workers.
Ahead of May Day, the authorities turned down numerous applications for permits to hold rallies, and on 23 April arrested Sheis Amani, the head of the National Union of Dismissed and Unemployed Workers. Amani is still in detention.
Over 100 workers attended a rally in Sanandaj called by the Free Union of Iranian Workers. The event had to be held in the outskirts of the city as the authorities had refused to grant permits for rallies in downtown Sanandaj. A resolution, outlining workers’ major demands, including release of jailed workers, was passed amid continuous claps by the crowd. However, after the ceremony, the security forces arrested seven workers, who have been named as:
Salah Zamani
Shiva Kheir Abadi
Abdollah Najjar
Ghaaleb Hosseini
Ali Hosseini
Bahaoddin Sadooghi
Susan Raazani
Tuesday 6 May 2008 at 13:14
Good to see the red-baiting arsehole seems to have given up. You’re bound to have problems if you shit where you eat.
Thursday 8 May 2008 at 9:28
interesting
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,551996,00.html