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Tag: teacher protests
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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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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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Crackdown on teachers’ protests yields another jail term
Teachers’ rights activist Esmail Abdi has been sentenced to six years in jail according to the Workers and Teachers Rights Website. The report adds…
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Head of Tehran teachers’ group faces new charges
The General Secretary of the Tehran Teachers’ Association is now facing new charges: “Conspiracy to disrupt national security and propaganda against the regime”. The…
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Teachers arrested as forces bust protest at Parliament
Teachers’ efforts to stage demonstrations on Wednesday July 22 were unsuccessful; however, it appears that their protests have reached the ears of MPs, who…
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Education ministry asks judiciary to pardon jailed teachers
Iran’s Ministry of Education says it has written to the judiciary to call for a general pardon of all jailed teachers. Mostafa Nasseri Zanjani,…
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Kurdistan teachers continue silent protests for better wages
On Thursday May 14, teachers in Kurdistan province gathered in silence for the fourth time to protest “unfair wages and discrimination in the Ministry…