15th June 2022 - UN experts, including Mr. Javaid Rehman, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, have expressed concerns over the crackdown on civil society following months of protests in Iran. While people have been protesting low wages and poor working condition, the regime has ramped up arrests.
“We are alarmed at the recent escalation of allegedly arbitrary arrests of teachers, labour rights defenders and union leaders, lawyers, human rights defenders and other civil society actors,” the experts said.
17th July 2022 - Iranian communities from across Europe held 2 large rallies in Brussels and Stockholm. In Brussels, a rally was held for the outside the Belgian Parliament, urging them not to pass a Bill which could see convicted terrorists, serving time in Belgium, sent back to their country of origin. At the same time as this rally, the verdict for the court case of Hamid Nouri was announced in Stockholm. Hamid Nouri was one of the perpetrators directly responsible for the massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in the summer of 1989 in Iran. This trial resulted in Nouri getting a life sentence; between at least 20-25 years in prison.
22nd June 2022 - The UN has released a report on the situation of human rights in Iran, stating concerns about the crackdown on the people including "members of workers’ unions and teachers arrested for protesting against their low salaries and poor working conditions." The report looks at the regime's crackdown on various protests since the May Day protests this year and since the sudden rise in the price of every-day goods caused by soaring inflation.
