Coordination Council of Teachers' Trade Unions Supports Condemned Teachers

The Coordination Council of Teachers' Trade Unions of Iran issued a statement condemning the sentences issued for teachers in several provinces of the country, including Kurdistan, Fars, Khuzestan, and Alborz, addressing the Islamic Republic: "It is not supposed that the failures resulting from your ignorance weigh on the shoulders of the children of this land." In this statement, published on the council's information channel, it is stated: "What a false assumption it is that the suppression of activists will silence the call for justice?" This statement emphasizes that the government intends to justify its inability to address the most basic demands of teachers by imposing imprisonment and exile and such sentences. The Coordination Council of Teachers' Trade Unions of Iran, while condemning this approach of the Islamic Republic, wrote, "This river flows and continues its movement until it washes away impurities." According to cultural activists, in recent weeks, the Islamic Republic has attempted to suppress the trade union activities and legal demands of teachers by issuing heavy sentences for teachers in various cities. Currently, several teachers' union activists are in the prisons of the Islamic Republic on security charges, while others are free on bail. Protests by Maryam Shirmardi, a teachers' union activist: Why do you lie so much? What do you think of us? Sattar Rahmani: Workers, retirees, and protesting teachers must unite for their demands. The closure of schools for 24 days in 3 months; observers: The country is completely shut down. Hundreds of political and civil activists: The policy of suppressing cultural elites in Iran continues. The Teachers' Union Council: The issuance of judicial sentences is a sign of the government's desperation.