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 The war drums against Iran are beating ever louder. The new embargo on Iranian oil, to come into force on July 1, is only the latest in a long list of measures imposed by US and EU imperialism. It bans all new oil contracts with Iran, and cuts off all existing deals. Also, all of [...] → Continue Reading Make your voice heard: No war on Iran! For regime change from below! In this article on Bloomberg, Robert Kelly, who now regrets being part of the IAEA’s Iraq Action Team, debunks the latest report purporting to show that Iran is developing a nuclear weapon. Of the three pieces of ‘evidence’ which are not out of date, referring to Iran’s previous weaponisation program, two are entirely unverifiable, and [...] → Continue Reading Former IAEA analyst debunks Iran report  Board member of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company Reza Shahabi began a hunger strike on Tuesday 22 November. Shahabi is a leading trade unionist and a symbol of working class resistance to the theocratic regime and begun his strike in protest to the 18 months of imprisonment and legal limbo. [...] → Continue Reading Trade Unionist Reza Shahabi on Hunger Strike Hands Off the People of Iran unequivocally condemns the ratcheting up of sanctions on Iran in the aftermath of the much-heralded report of the International Atomic Energy Agency on that country’s nuclear capability on November 8. The report did little more than confirm the assessment that Hopi arrived at some time ago: that at worst [...] → Continue Reading The war against Iran has started In an interview with Rahekargar radio, Hopi chair Yassamine Mather talked about the crisis in the Eurozone. In the second part, she gave an overview of the sessions on the Middle East that were heard at the Historical materialism conference in London http://www.radiotvrahekargar.de/rd/11/11/22/mb22nov.ram This article was commissioned and first published by http://tv.thestruggle.org/node/495 by Yassamine Mather A number of comrades in the United States have asked if I could list questions one should have asked Ahmadinejad during his dinner with the US ‘Left’. How anyone who dines with a corrupt dictator championing neo-liberal anti-working class policies can be considered to be on [...] → Continue Reading An Iranian suggests questions for a corrupt dictator A campaigning has been launched for the freedom of Marzieh Vafamehr, an Iranian actress who has been sentenced to 90 lashes and one year in jail for her role in My Tehran for Sale, an Australian film about an actress whose theatre work is banned in Iran. Actors’ Equity of Australia has set up an [...] → Continue Reading Protest against actress sentenced to 90 lashes and one year in jail Bad news: A Tehran appeals court has upheld a six-year jail sentence and 20-year filmmaking and travel ban against Panahi. At the moment Panahi is still free. His lawyer Farideh Ghairat says: “We have no news. The verdict has not been confirmed to us.” The government-run newspaper Iran wrote on Saturday: “The charges Panahi was [...] → Continue Reading Sentence against Panahi upheld  On Saturday October 1, the Bandar Imam Petrochemical workers’ strike entered its seventh day. As on previous days, the workers of the Bandar Imam Petrochemical plant gathered in Mosharaf Square to protest in front of the head office of the petrochemical company. At various times during the day they marched and shouted slogans in the [...] → Continue Reading Strike by Bandar Imam Petrochemical workers enters its seventh day Below is a transcript of this talk which was given by Yassamine Mather, chair of HOPI, in August 2011. At a time of revolutionary upheavals in Arab capitals, the burning question is, how did the Islamic regime in Iran survive the mass protests of 2009-10, when millions took to the streets of major cities to [...] → Continue Reading Explaining the longevity of the theocratic regime- video |
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