Child M is Mehrshad Sadeghi from Gorton, Manchester. He is a 9 Year Old boy. Mehrshad is a happy and successful boy from a Manchester school. He has lived with his family in Manchester for the last two years. He has many friends. Mehrshad and his family are seeking asylum. They face persecution… Continue reading Do Not Deport Mehrshad Sadeghi to Iran! He is 9 years old!
Category: Solidarity
Manchester HOPI: Punk benefit for Iranian Students
On Saturday the 24th of October around 80 people packed into a South Manchester house to enjoy punk, electronic and experimental acts perform in a basement at a fundraiser for Iranian political prisoners. The event was mainly attended by crust-punks, students and squatters who donated £100 to the cause. Simon Morris of Ceramic Hobs, (long… Continue reading Manchester HOPI: Punk benefit for Iranian Students
We stand with the people of Iran
Save Sheida Jahanbin!
Sheida Jahanbin, a former member of the Freedom and Equality Seeking Students in Iran, is facing deportation from the Netherlands where she resides in exile. Sheida is twenty seven years old. She was a student of Architecture and Graphic Design at the Azad University of Tehran before she was forced to abandon her studies and… Continue reading Save Sheida Jahanbin!
Videos from the HOPI-LRC fundraising cricket match
The August 1 solidarity cricket match for Iranian workers was an extreme success and raised just over 1000 pounds for our comrades in Iran. Here are some videos taken by John McDonnell MP who captained the LRC on the day. John McDonnell commentating on the Hopi vs LRC cricket match: The HOPI Cricket Team:
Flyer for HOPI Solidarity Day on August 1:
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Solidarity protests
Anne Mc Shane reports from the Hopi Ireland demo in the capital More than 40 people joined the Hands Off the People of Iran protest in central Dublin on June 27. We brought the struggle in Iran to Central Bank Plaza with striking images of the demonstrations in Tehran on prominent display. The Gay Pride… Continue reading Solidarity protests
Iran 2009: Society in Rebellion – Meeting this Saturday!
Solidarity meeting hosted by Hands Off the People of Iran Saturday July 4, 17.10 Room 3B University of London Union, Malet Street Speakers: John McDonnell MP Yassamine Mather (HOPI Chair) Socialist Workers’ Party (invited) Socialist Party (invited) Iranian society is convulsed by a political crisis on a scale not seen for over a decade. Masses… Continue reading Iran 2009: Society in Rebellion – Meeting this Saturday!
HOPI Cork Meeting – 2nd July
HOPI Cork Meeting Thursday 2 July Victoria Hotel Patrick Street 8pm Solidarity with the struggle in Iran. Down with the Islamic Regime! Release all the prisoners now! Speakers: Mick Barry Socialist Party Councillor Fariba Talebi, Iranian political activist Contact Anne on 086 23 43 238 Anne@hopoi.info
Leaflet for the June 26 ‘Justice for Iranian Workers’ Demonstration
This is the leaflet that Hopi activists gave out at today’s demonstration called by the the International Trade Union Confederation, International Transport Workers Federation, Education International, and the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations. june26protests