To : The
International Conference of the Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organisations,
labour-activists, progressive organisations, and freedom loving people of the
world
The life of the worker-activist Shahrokh
Zamani is in Danger !
All the worker-activists must be
released immediately and unconditionally from the prison of the Islamic
Republic of Iran !
Dear comrades,
The criminal regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran has intensified
the repression of all the worker-activists, particularly, of Shahrokh Zamani.
Shahrokh Zamani, a house-painting worker, a
labour activist, a member of the “Founding Committee of House-Painting Workers’ Union of Tehran” and a member of the “Follow-up Committee to form Independent Worker
Syndicates”, has been on hunger strike since March 8,
2014. Shahrokh was arrested in
the city of Tabriz on June 7, 2011 and has been in detention since then. He was sentenced
to 10 years of imprisonment with the
charge of joining opposition groups, and another year with the charge of propaganda against the Islamic regime.
The regime of the Islamic Republic has transferred him from a
notorious prison to another, Tabriz, Yazd, and Gohardasht and more recently to
Ghezelhesar in the city of Karaj.
Shahrokh Zamani, in
support of and together with his co-workers and labour activist who were protesting
their harsh conditions in Gohardasht prison, went on hunger strike on March 8,
2014. Three days later, on March 11, he was transferred to Ghezelhesar prison, a prison housing only inmates charged with drug-related crimes. He has
been on hunger strike for more than 5 weeks and has lost more than 20 kilos.
His life is in serious danger and the authorities of the Islamic Republic of
Iran have not paid any attention to his life-threatening condition.
The Party of
Labour of Iran (Toufan) strongly condemns the mistreatment of Shahrokh Zamani and the arrest and
imprisonment of the labour activists who struggle for their just and basic
rights. Once again, we express our utmost disgust and outrage for the
capitalist and unpopular regime of
The capitalist regime of the Islamic Republic is very concern of
the formation of independent worker-organisations and of the unity of the
workers with other sections of the society. The Islamic regime is trying to suffocate
any attempt to build independent and democratic workers' organisations.
Following this policy, the regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran has harassed,
tortured and imprisoned Reza Shahabi, Mohammed Jarrahi, Ebrahimzadeh, and other
prominent trade union activists for several years.
The Party of
Labour of Iran (Toufan) supports the just struggles of the labour-activists for
a better working condition and we praise their attempts to form independent
trade unions. We call on all fraternal Parties and the Marxist-Leninist
Organisations, all worker-activists, and all progressive minded individuals of
the world to express solidarity with the struggles of the Iranian
worker-activists. The people of the world should be outraged over the
imprisonment and treatment of the Iranian masses and labour activists and to
demand the regime of Islamic Republic to free Shahrokh
Zamani and worker-activists and political prisoners immediately and
unconditionally. Only the intensification of the just struggle of the Iranian
labourers and of the genuine international support for masses can force the
Islamic regime to retreat and to stop the repression of the Iranian people.
Release Shahrokh Zamani and
other worker-activists immediately and unconditionally!
Long live the struggles of the
Iranian working class!
Down with the capitalist regime of
the Islamic Republic of Iran!
The Party of Labour of Iran (Toufan)
April 13, 2014