Iran’s constitutional watchdog says it might seek to press charges against President Mahmud Ahmadinejad for violating election rules. Ahmadinejad, who is constitutionally barred from running for a third term in the June 14 presidential election, accompanied his controversial chief of staff, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, to the election registry office on May 11. A spokesman […]
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Iran government increasingly violating labour rights, says Human Rights Watch
The Iranian government is increasingly violating workers’ rights to peaceful assembly and association. Dozens of labor and independent trade union activists are in prison for speaking out in defense of workers.Human Rights Watch called for the government to end the crackdown and free labor rights advocates in anticipation of International Workers’ Day on May […]