Report by Committee organizing the May Day rally :
The organizing committee of May Day rally for the year 2009 expresses its congratulation and applauds the workers movement for this incomparable success of the event by different but united activities and this is a turning point in the struggle of Iran workers movement and a defeat for the Islamic Republic effort to prevent this united activity.
The organizing committee of May Day rally for the year 2009 expresses its congratulation and applauds the workers movement for this incomparable success of the event by different but united activities and this is a turning point in the struggle of Iran workers movement and a defeat for the Islamic Republic effort to prevent this united activity.
The organizers expresses its despise and dislike of savage suppression of the event. The organizers condemn this inhuman and savage action and demands the immediate and unconditional release of all those participants arrested in the May Day rally.
Because of the organizers call for May Day rally , many workers, workers rights activists , their families and other people at 5:00pm on Friday came to Laleh Park to support the workers cause.
The security agents from days before the event by summoning the workers or calling them by phone and threatening them and following them , were trying to create an atmosphere of fear among those workers who wanted to participate in the May Day rally. The plain cloths security forces attended in the park so many hours earlier , as well the "Herasat" forces ( a kind of security forces) from each companies and factories including the United Bus Drivers attended in the park to recognize and show the workers to security forces to arrest them. They also did video taping of the participants , who despite threat of arrest and imprisonment attended in the event.
The increasing number of participants in the Rally brought anger among the security forces of the Islamic Republic, who did their outmost effort not to let this event take place.
Right after the beginning of event, while the workers were chanting slogans such as; “Long Live Workers Movement”, and “Workers Unite, Unite” the security forces attacked on May Day rally participants with baton and electric shock , they also used a kind of coughing gas which was burning the eyes . some of the workers started to fight back with security forces who were trying to arrest them. So many of these security forces in several group tried to disperse the participants by attacking them and as a result more than 150 peaceful May Day rally participant with different age range were arrested and are in detention.
Here are the names of some of the participants who were seen to be arrested in the rally:
Ms. Maryam Mohseni, Ms. Fatemeh Shahnazari, Ms. Parvaneh Ghasemian, Mr. Taha Valizadeh, Mr. Pooya Poshtareh, Mr. Amir Yaghubali, Mr. Kaveh Mozafari, Mr. Mohammad Ashrafi, Mr. Said Yuzi, Mr. Behruz Khabaz, Mr. Jafar Azimzadeh, Mr. Mohammad Faraji, Mr. Alireza Saghafi and Mr. Mohsen Saghafi.
Because of the organizers call for May Day rally , many workers, workers rights activists , their families and other people at 5:00pm on Friday came to Laleh Park to support the workers cause.
The security agents from days before the event by summoning the workers or calling them by phone and threatening them and following them , were trying to create an atmosphere of fear among those workers who wanted to participate in the May Day rally. The plain cloths security forces attended in the park so many hours earlier , as well the "Herasat" forces ( a kind of security forces) from each companies and factories including the United Bus Drivers attended in the park to recognize and show the workers to security forces to arrest them. They also did video taping of the participants , who despite threat of arrest and imprisonment attended in the event.
The increasing number of participants in the Rally brought anger among the security forces of the Islamic Republic, who did their outmost effort not to let this event take place.
Right after the beginning of event, while the workers were chanting slogans such as; “Long Live Workers Movement”, and “Workers Unite, Unite” the security forces attacked on May Day rally participants with baton and electric shock , they also used a kind of coughing gas which was burning the eyes . some of the workers started to fight back with security forces who were trying to arrest them. So many of these security forces in several group tried to disperse the participants by attacking them and as a result more than 150 peaceful May Day rally participant with different age range were arrested and are in detention.
Here are the names of some of the participants who were seen to be arrested in the rally:
Ms. Maryam Mohseni, Ms. Fatemeh Shahnazari, Ms. Parvaneh Ghasemian, Mr. Taha Valizadeh, Mr. Pooya Poshtareh, Mr. Amir Yaghubali, Mr. Kaveh Mozafari, Mr. Mohammad Ashrafi, Mr. Said Yuzi, Mr. Behruz Khabaz, Mr. Jafar Azimzadeh, Mr. Mohammad Faraji, Mr. Alireza Saghafi and Mr. Mohsen Saghafi.
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