The sham presidential election of June 2009 has unleashed a rainbow of political forces, writes Yassamine Mather, including an increasingly strong red component. The task of the left is to support and strengthen the red component of this rainbow, the Iranian working class, as the only force capable of bringing about democracy, and the only… Continue reading Green road to nowhere
Category: Articles
The Iranian coup four months on
Mehdi Kia examines the state of the movement against the clerical regime It is now four months since the coup in Iran, thinly disguised as presidential elections. Even though the victors of the coup appear to have succeeded in consolidating themselves and the opposition forces have apparently been pushed back into defensive positions, the massive… Continue reading The Iranian coup four months on
Threats over uranium enrichment aid regime
Ahmadinejad uses the ‘enemy without’ to justify increased repression, arrests and the torture of the ‘enemy within’, writes Yassamine Mather The dramatic statements by Obama, Brown and Sarkozy about Iran’s undisclosed nuclear enrichment plant, made in a ‘breaking news’-style press conference on the first day of the G20 gathering in Pittsburgh, were clearly intended to… Continue reading Threats over uranium enrichment aid regime
Mass protests re-ignite
Yassamine Mather calls for support and solidarity for workers in Iran If anyone was in any doubt about the continuation of the political crisis in Iran, demonstrations on Friday September 18 in Tehran, Tabriz, Mashad, Shiraz, Isfahan and elsewhere put an end to that. Tens of thousands of Iranians, ignoring repeated warnings by the security… Continue reading Mass protests re-ignite
Misogynist torturers cling to power
Workers are growing in confidence, reports Yassamine Mather Over the last few weeks, following the show trials of ‘reformist’ personalities and the imposition of even more severe forms of repression in Iran, the nature of protests has changed considerably. However, demonstrations continue on a daily basis in Tehran and most other Iranian cities, with numbers… Continue reading Misogynist torturers cling to power
Show trials and apologetics
Just as Iranian ex-leftwingers in the west call for reconciliation between the two wings of the Islamic regime, the ruling faction clamps down on its rivals. Yassamine Mather reports The Stalinist show trial of Saturday August 1 – when a number of prominent ‘reformists’ appeared on Iranian state TV to ‘thank their interrogators’ before repenting… Continue reading Show trials and apologetics
Out of step with the masses
With the crisis-ridden Islamic regime wracked by divisions, what is the state of Iran’s opposition? Yassamine Mather surveys the sorry scene Statements from some of the most senior clerics of Iran’s Islamic state has left little doubt that the Shia republic is in deep crisis. First came the rather sad sermon of ayatollah Ali Akbar… Continue reading Out of step with the masses
Interview mit Yassamine Mather zur Frage des ‘antiimperialistischen’ Charakters des iranischen Regimes
Interview mit Yassamine Mather, Sprecherin der Organisation “Hands Off the People of Iran” (HOPI) zur Frage des “antiimperialistischen” Charakters des iranischen Regimes – Interview with Hopi spokesperson Yassamine Mather on the question of the ‘anti-imperialist’ character of the Iranian regime. A.Holberg Würden Sie bitte die Geschichte und das Programm von “Hands Off the People of… Continue reading Interview mit Yassamine Mather zur Frage des ‘antiimperialistischen’ Charakters des iranischen Regimes
Iran: le debut de la fin
French translation of Yassamine Mather’s article ‘The Beginning of the End’ on the Carre Rouge website.
Iran: their solidarity and ours
Yassamine Mather examines a regime in crisis and looks to working class forces for a solution The continuation of demonstrations and protests against the Islamic republic of Iran, albeit on a smaller scale than two weeks ago, have fuelled further divisions at every level of the religious state: the Shia scholars of Ghom oppose the… Continue reading Iran: their solidarity and ours