Spring of freedom

Families of arrested National Steel Group workers  A group of workers and family members of  apprehended National Steel Group employees  arrested by Iranian regime authorities rallied on Wednesday for the third consecutive day outside the Khuzestan Province governor’s office. They were holding a large banner reading: “Release jailed workers” “Workers belong in factories; thieves belong in prison” The protesters were also raising signs reading: “Your economic austerities; Our workers in prison” “What happened to your promises, Mr. Governor?” Workers of the National Steel Group issued a statement in this regard saying: “We are awaiting the release of our colleagues. Investors cannot play with the workers’ lives.” Families members of apprehended National Steel Group workers are outside the Khuzestan Province governor’s office. Families members of apprehended National Steel Group workers are outside the Khuzestan Province governor’s offi...

The family members all currently live in Iran, and all put their names to the letter, a potentially dangerous move. Almost 30 years have passed, and Iran’s government would like people to forget the atrocity it committed. But the memory only grows more bitter, even among those unborn in 1988. August 30, 2017 --  The families of political prisoners executed in the 1980s have appealed to the  United Nations  to publicize the truth about one of the Islamic Republic’s most horrific crimes against its people. Fifty Iranian citizens whose family members were killed in mass executions have written to Asma Jahangir, the U.N.’s special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran. They appealed to Jahangir to work with the U.N.’s Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances to clarify what happened—and to force the Islamic Republic to acknowledge the crime. The letter demands those responsible for the mass executions be tried in a public court, and b...