Iraq totters on the edge of social meltdown and western imperialist powers and their allies flounder for a half rational response. What’s going on and what are the implications for the wider region? Yassamine Mather of Hands Off the People of Iran spoke to Mark Fischer MF: In contradiction to some of the commentary that… Continue reading Iraq – No to Military Intervention by the United States and Iran
Half-Marathon for Workers Fund Iran
Workers Fund Iran does excellent work raising practical solidarity with working class people (employed and unemployed) in Iran. Iranians suffer both from the effects of US-led sanctions and the neoliberal and repressive policies of their own regime. These factors combined with the global economic crisis have resulted in intolerable conditions for the mass of people… Continue reading Half-Marathon for Workers Fund Iran
HOPI’s Yassamine Mather on BBC Persian Service
The United States is about to release the frozen cash in some Iranians’ bank accounts, saying Tehran has kept to the interim deal over its nuclear programme. Yassamine Mather was invited to discuss the deal on the BBC Persian Service. Note, the clip is in Farsi throughout! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c08vHrPNPUc&feature=youtu.be
Video: Latest developments in US-Iran negotiations
HOPI’s Yassamine Mather outlines how the sanctions being eased today actually helped enrich many clerics in Iran.
Shahrokh Zamani returned to Gohardasht prison
Shahrokh Zamani, labour activist and a member of the Council of Representatives of Labour Organizations and member of the Painters Union spent over 30 days in hunger strike. Zamani has been in prison since June 2011 charged with participating in the organisation of an illegal group against the regime, the Democratic Workers Movement with the… Continue reading Shahrokh Zamani returned to Gohardasht prison
Iranian New Year messages on Daricheh Tv (فارسی)
Video: Solidarity with political prisoners
تغییر سیاست یا تداوم؟ مذاکرت ایالات متحده با ایران نشانه ای از تغییر و تحولات در سیاست خارجی امریکا -مایک مکنر
ترجمه آناهیتا حسینی در پایان به این نتیجه می‌رسیم که خطری واقعی و مداوم مبتنی بر بازگشت به سیاست تغییر رژیم در ایران و جنگ گرم وجود دارد. بیشتر تحریم‌ها، یا به عبارت روشن‌تر محاصره‌ی ایران به رهبری آمریکا ادامه پیدا خواهند کرد، حتی اگر تمام این تحریم‌ها هم لغو شوند باز هم تحمیل سیاست‌های… Continue reading تغییر سیاست یا تداوم؟ مذاکرت ایالات متحده با ایران نشانه ای از تغییر و تحولات در سیاست خارجی امریکا -مایک مکنر
10k run at Milton Keynes Festival of Running- For Workers Fund Iran
Comrades, I’ve decided to enter the 10k race at Milton Keynes Festival of Running on March 9 and use it to try and raise some money for WFI from friends, family and contacts. I am going to prioritise approaching local contacts who have shown support for HOPI’s activities in the past (one of whom also… Continue reading 10k run at Milton Keynes Festival of Running- For Workers Fund Iran
Changed and unchanged: What do the negotiations with Iran tell us about US policy?
This is an edited version of a talk given by Mike Macnair to the January 25 Hands Off the People of Iran day school. Since the last national meeting of Hands Off the People of Iran there have been some very substantial changes to the policy of US imperialism, as well as to the policy… Continue reading Changed and unchanged: What do the negotiations with Iran tell us about US policy?