Irán, República Islámica del - Several arbitrary detentions of trade unionists occurred in the holy month of October

Several trade unionists were imprisoned in the month of October 2016 in Iran. Among others:

- on 7 October, Mr. Esmail Abdi, the secretary general of the Iranian Teachers’ Trade Union received confirmation of a six-year prison sentence for “assembling and colluding against national security”.

- on 15 October, Mr. Jafar Azimzadeh, chairman of the Free Trade Union of Iranian Workers and Mr. Shapour Ehsanirad were sentenced to 11 years of imprisonment each for “establishing unions and carrying out propaganda against the government”.

Of the latter two activists, Mr. Azimzadeh had already been sentenced in 2014 to six years of prison and to a two-year ban on any media and cyberspace activity.

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