Irán, República Islámica del - Arrest of Alireza Saghafi

On 1 November, Security forces went to Alireza Saghafi’s house to arrest him on a three years’ imprisonment verdict for organising a May Day gathering in Laleh Park on May Day 2009. Around 150 workers and labour rights activists were arrested on May Day 2009. In the verdict he was charged with participating at Khavaran cemetery with families of the 1988 massacre who were commemorating their loved ones. Saghafi is Chair of the Workers’ Rights Defenders Association and is also a member of the Iranian Writers’ Association.