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On Friday 5 January 2018, activists in Washington DC went again to protest outside of the offices of the theocratic dictatorship of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in solidarity with and support of the ongoing protests in Iran. Many political currents were represented by participants in this action, all gathered together with one objective: to … Continue reading →

The Union of Free Workers of Iran have relayed a statement from the headquarters at Tehran University which, summarized, is as follows: There have been many arrests of students in Tehran University; security forces have made the situation tense. In light of this, they demand the following: 1) Immediate release of all arrested students with … Continue reading →

Within the first few days of the recent uprising in Iran, which is decentralized throughout the country and characterized by demands of working class people, 5 workers’ organizations issued a joint statement of demands (issued 2 January 2018).  A summary of the joint demands are presented here in English translation, with the original Farsi below. … Continue reading →

On 31st December 2017, activists in Washington DC gathered in front of the offices of the Islamic Republic of Iran to protest against the brutal regime, and to stand in solidarity with peoples’ street protests in Iran.  The chants of protesters in Iran reflect concerns about economic strife, government corruption, and fury at a theocratic … Continue reading →

On 4 September 2017, activists in Washington DC gathered at Union Station to stage a flash mob to raise awareness of the ongoing hunger strike of political prisoners in the notorious Rajaei Shahr prison in Iran.  The political prisoners on hunger strike in protest of their conditions included Reza Shahabi (a labor leader at the … Continue reading →

On 24 June 2017, activists in Washington DC gathered at DuPont Circle to recognize 20 June, the International Day in Support of Political Prisoners in Iran.  The activists had prepared a canvas representing the jail cells in which many political prisoners are consigned.  Passers-by were invited to learn about the situation of political prisoners in … Continue reading →

On 19 May 2017, activists in Washington DC gathered outside the offices of the Islamic Republic of Iran to protest against the farce that is called “elections” in Iran, and specifically to protest against Rouhani, under whose authority more executions have taken place than under even Ahmadinejad.

On March 12, 2017, activists in Washington DC gathered at DuPont Circle in honor of 8 March, International Women’s Day.  We reflected on the situation of women in Iran and in the United States, and demanded equality between women and men worldwide. We demanded an end to the gender apartheid regime of the Islamic Republic … Continue reading →

On December 10, 2016, activists in Washington DC gathered in DuPont Circle in recognition of World Human Rights Day, and in particular drew attention of passers-by to the dire human rights situation in Iran.

On 25 June 2016, activists in Washington DC gathered in Lafayette Park, Washington DC in recognition of 20 June, the international day in support of political prisoners in Iran. Latifeh opened the event with a beautiful Iranian song for the freedom of political prisoners: “Zendani eo oje feriaad.” Maria then introduced the reason for the … Continue reading →

On May 1st, 2016, we gathered with other activists in Malcolm X Park, in Washington DC, to stand in solidarity with workers in Iran and worldwide. After statements were given in the park, we marched through the city. Statement: 1 May 2016 It’s good to be with you on International Workers’ Day to represent the … Continue reading →

On Feb 26, 2017, activists in Washington DC gathered outside of the offices of the Islamic Republic of Iran to protest the illegitimate process that passes as “elections” in Iran.  We demanded free and fair elections, freedom for all political prisoners, and an end to the Islamic regime in Iran. Statement: Good afternoon.  We hope … Continue reading →

Join us to let the Islamic regime in Iran know that no matter where they move their office, we’ll be there to demand the release of all political prisoners in Iran, and an end to all executions. We will have a special remembrance for Shahrokh Zamani. Time: 2pm Date: 7 November 2015 Location: 1250 23TH … Continue reading →

Join us to express your solidarity with political prisoners in Iran, and your condemnation of the criminal Islamic regime for its detention, torture, rape, and execution of political and other prisoners in Iran. Date: Sunday 21 June 2013 Time: 2:00pm Place: Dupont Circle, Washington DC Contacts: Farsi & English: Monir – (703) 928-3397; monikashef@gmail.com English … Continue reading →

The following is Mission Free Iran’s statement on the occasion of May 1st, 2015 – International Workers’ Day. It was delivered during an action outside of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s offices in Washington DC. We are here today to recognize and celebrate May 1st – International Workers’ Day. We honor all those working to … Continue reading →

On Sunday 8 March 2015, activists in Washington DC gathered to celebrate 8 March, with special attention to the situation of women in Iran. We employed a bit of street theater to convey our message. As the weather was the first beautiful spring day of the year after a great deal of snow, many people … Continue reading →

This statement was given during a protest action held on Sunday 22 February 2015 outside of the offices of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Washington, D.C. USA in recognition of the Global Day of Action in Support of the Right to Strike. Good afternoon everyone. We’re out here to join in the Global Day … Continue reading →

The right for workers to organize and strike is an internationally-recognized human right. Yet in Iran and around the world, the rights of workers to organize and act to defend their most basic interests – food for their table, means of survival – are trampled. Labor activists are jailed, threatened, and killed. Send an email … Continue reading →

Obeyd Zakani was a poet and satirist of the 14th century born near Qazvin, a city in what is now northeastern Iran. The historical record suggests that there were two branches of the Zakani clan: one Shia and the Sunni, with Zakani apparently part of the Sunni branch. His work is noted for its satire … Continue reading →

Behnam Ebrahimzadeh, a child rights and labor rights activist in Iran, has been held as political prisoner as a result of his activism, on charges of gathering and collusion against the regime, since June 2010. He has been subjected to an array of the abuses that the regime is capable of visiting upon political prisoners, … Continue reading →

On 7 December 2014, in recognition of World Human Rights Day, Washington DC activists demonstrated against widespread human rights violations in Iran, Iraq, and Syria, and against the refusal of Western governments to support peoples’ demands for freedom, equality, and dignity. Demands included immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners, a halt to execution, … Continue reading →

On Sunday, 19 October 2014, activists from Washington DC gathered outside the offices of the Islamic regime in Iran to commemorate the World Day against the Death Penalty, and to demand an end to execution in Iran and around the world. Below is the statement prepared for the occasion by Mission Free Iran: We are … Continue reading →

We stand here today on the occasion of 20th of June to bring attention to and re-instate our commitment to the freedom of political prisoners in Iran. This time, we stand here after a year of the so-called moderate Rouhani’s presidency to share with you the news that Rouhani is not a moderate at all. … Continue reading →

This statement was given by Mission Free Iran’s Ahmad Fatemi at the 22 June 2014 Washington DC action on the occasion of the International Day in Support of Political Prisoners in Iran. Everybody knows how the working class of Iran has struggled for its rights during the past 4 decades, among them the right to … Continue reading →

Join us to express your solidarity with political prisoners in Iran, and your condemnation of the criminal Islamic regime for its detention, torture, rape, and execution of political and other prisoners in Iran. The demands of this international action are as follows: 1. We demand the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners and … Continue reading →

Mission Free Iran has received the below report and accompanying photos from human rights activist, journalist, and asylum-seeker Kaveh Taheri. We condemn this attack against asylum-seekers in Turkey, and demand that the UNHCR afford them the protection that is mandated by international law, and urgently expedite the processing of these asylum cases. Those who were … Continue reading →

On Sunday, 13 April 2014, activists in Washington DC gathered in front of the offices of the Islamic Republic of Iran, joining the global protest against the imminent execution of Reyhaneh Jabbari. Reyhaneh Jabbari, age 26, fought off the sexual advances of a would-be rapist, killing him in self-defense. The person she defended herself against … Continue reading →

Below is the letter sent by Michael Eisenscher, the National Coordinator of the organization U.S. Labor Against the War the War (USLAW), which represents 150 US labor organizations. They have written to the regime in Iran to demand the immediate and unconditional release of political prisoners and labor activists Shahrokh Zamani and Mohamad Jarahi. To: … Continue reading →

Dear Mr. Ahmad Shaheed and Mrs. Navi Pillay: Listen to my cry against injustice! I am Shahrokh Zamani, a trade unionist living in Tehran for the past 30 years. I was arrested by armed intelligence agents when I went to Tabriz to visit my parents on June 8, 2011 without any proof or judicial order. … Continue reading →

My name is Mojgan Mansori. I am a member of Mission Free Iran. On 1st of April I arranged a demonstration with help of other activists in front of the Islamic barbarians’ embassy to oppose the violence committed by this regime, including imprisonments and executions. Our main objective was to prevent the execution of Reyhaneh … Continue reading →

Published on March 19, 2014 by the Committee to Defend Reza Shahabi The year 1392 (1) ends while workers’ families continue to suffer through hard times due to searing inflation in excess of 40 percent, uncontrollably rising prices, and lack of appropriate programs to improve the economic and social situation. At the end of the … Continue reading →

It is with great joy that we share the news that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, once sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery, has been pardoned and will be released from prison as a direct result of the worldwide protests in her defense. Today, 18 March 2014, Mohammad Javad Larijani, the Islamic regime’s Secretary General … Continue reading →

On 8 March 2014, activists in Washington DC gathered in Lafayette Park to celebrate International Women’s Day, and the women who have never stopped fighting for equality and freedom, especially in places like Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan. The event opened with Sahar sharing a brief history of International Women’s Day, followed by her reading … Continue reading →

International Women’s Day is the day to celebrate the women all over the world who have never once stopped fighting for freedom and equality. It is also a day to stand up against patriarchal regimes that legislate women’s second-class citizenship through mechanisms such as imposing mandatory hijab, requiring that women obtain their guardian’s consent to … Continue reading →

We, the activists inside Iran, consider Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani to be a symbol of struggle against stoning. On this day [International Women’s Day], I congratulate all the noble women of the world and especially Iranian women. I hope for a day that Iranian women obtain all their human rights. Unfortunately, everyone has heard the sad … Continue reading →

Recently, activists from Balochistan, Pakistan, which is in the south of the country and shares a border with Iran and Afghanistan, set out on foot for a 2,000km march from Quetta to Islamabad. This Long March, noted in the Pakistani press as the country’s first-ever protest march, was organized by Voice of Baloch Missing Persons … Continue reading →

Join us to celebrate International Women’s Day. We will celebrate the women who have never stopped fighting for equality and freedom in places like Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan. Date: Saturday March 8, 2014 Time: 3:00 pm Place: Lafayette Park, Washington DC (across the street from the White House) Organizer: Mission Free Iran Contact information: … Continue reading →

I, the mother of Zanyar Moradi, a political prisoner condemned to death, congratulate all freedom-loving women in Iran and all over the world on March 8th, International Women’s Day. On this day, allow me to express my heart’s deepest longing for the release of all political prisoners, and for the abolition of the death penalty. … Continue reading →

Washington DC, 16 February 2014: A number of activists, both individuals and organizations, came out today to raise awareness about the situation of political prisoners in Iran, especially those who are in dire need of medical care that is being withheld by the regime as a form of torture and slow execution. Under the CFPPI … Continue reading →

On Tuesday, 11 February 2014, Mozhgaan Mansouri of Mission Free Iran coordinated a protest action in Stockholm, Sweden outside the Islamic regime’s embassy. The protest action was a condemnation of the Islamic regime’s counterrevolutionary wresting of power from those who had overthrown the Shah’s dictatorship 35 years ago. Several different organizations joined the protest action. … Continue reading →

I have a question for you! Where shall I take refuge? Where shall I scream? And tell me, what crime have I committed that I should take so much pain and suffering? You tell me, what is my crime? Hey!! You human beings, you of awakened conscience, you who have founded organizations and say you … Continue reading →

The authorities of the Islamic regime in Iran systematically deprive political prisoners of medical attention as a form of torture and slow, silent execution. To expose this widespread practice that is taking place in prisons across Iran, and to exert pressure on the regime to immediately and unconditionally provide these prisoners with much needed medical … Continue reading →

Colleagues, workers of Iran and the world: I am a painter and a member of the Follow-Up Committee to Help Form Workers’ Organizations in Iran, now spending my third year in prison. I was jailed on false and manufactured charges. The reality is that I consider my activities for achievement of the welfare of the … Continue reading →

We imprisoned workers, Shahrokh Zamani and Mohammad Jarahi from Gohardasht Prison, and Behnam Ebrahimzadeh from Ward 350 of Evin Prison, support the Mahshahr Petrochemical Workers’ struggle for a minimum wage of 2 million Touman per month, and the call of the Iranian Free Workers’ Union for a national protest to increase the minimum wage. We … Continue reading →

Honorable people of Iran, humanitarian people of the world: As you know, there are tens of labor activists and a large number of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience currently in jail under false allegations, accused of the crime of struggling for their rights. The offenses of these people have been their endeavors to organize … Continue reading →

You may have heard in the news that the regime in Iran is showing flexibility: the chief thug, Rouhani, selected a Jewish member of Iran’s Congress to join him at the recent UN General Assembly meetings in New York. Rouhani’s speeches indicate an apparent willingness to negotiate with the West on the issue of nuclear … Continue reading →

With great pain, we heard the news today of the execution of Shirko Moarefi, a political prisoner detained under torture by the Islamic regime in Iran since October 2008. This barbarity must stop. We call on all human rights organizations to strongly condemn this execution and demand an immediate stop to all executions in Iran. … Continue reading →

With great pain, we heard the news today of the execution of Habibollah Golparipour in Uromiah, and 17 other political prisoners, 16 of them in Zahedan. The thugs of the Islamic regime have not declared the names of the 16 people they executed in Zahedan. Mohammad Marzieh, the attorney general of the regime of thugs, … Continue reading →

On Sunday, 28 July 2013, activists in Washington DC gathered in front of the Islamic regime’s offices to protest the execution sentences of four Ahwazi Arab writers, poets, playwrights, and cultural activists. Their names are Ghazi Abbasi, Abdul-Reza Amir-Khanafereh, Abdul-Amir Mojaddami, and Jasim Moghaddam Payam. We shouted, “Down with Islamic Republic of Iran!” “Free all … Continue reading →

Iran, Tehran 02 Feb 2013 In a press release, the Coordinating Committee to Help Form Workers’ Organisations condemned the continued detention of its members Mohammad Molanaei, Vahed Seyeddeh and Yousef Aab-kharabaat. These three labor activists were detained a month ago and charged with “participating in the Coordinating Committee’s general assembly” and participation in May 1st … Continue reading →