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Tag: jailed teachers
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Crackdown Intensifies: Another Teacher Arrested in Tehran
Zeinab Hamrang is a high school teacher in Tehran’s 18th district. Zeinab is in jail now.
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Teacher activist released after hospital stay for hunger strike
Mahmoud Beheshti Langaroodi, the jailed Iranian teacher who was hospitalized following his hunger strike, has reportedly been released. ILNA reported on Wednesday May 11…
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Iranian teacher beaten, rearrested while visiting ill colleague
Rasoul Bodaghi, the Iranian teacher and activist recently released after seven years in jail, has been attacked by police and arrested once again. The…
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Refusing food, drink lands jailed teacher in hospital
Mahmoud Beheshti Langaroodi, a jailed Iranian teacher serving a nine-year sentence, was transferred to hospital on Saturday May 7 due to his continuing hunger…
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Teacher released from prison after serving extended sentence
Rasoul Bodaghi, a jailed teacher and a member of the Iranian Teachers’ Association, was released on Thursday April 29 after serving seven years in…
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Freedom delayed for teacher activist as new sentence confirmed
A Tehran appeals court has upheld a three-year prison sentence for teacher activist Rasoul Bodaghi. The Human Rights Activists News Agency reports that while…
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Jailed teachers’ activist gets respite before exile
Jailed teacher Ali Akbar Baghani, who is the deputy head of the Iranian Teachers’ Association, was released on bail from Rejai Shahr Prison on…
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Minister hopes freedom looms for jailed teacher protesters
Iran’s education minister has expressed hope that teachers who were arrested and jailed for labour protests will soon be released. The minister reported on…