Teachers' Union Activist Summoned; Atakeh Rajabi: I Will Not Go Back on My Path

The Coordination Council of Teachers' Trade Associations announced: "Atakeh Rajabi, a teachers' union activist who was previously expelled from the Ministry of Education due to her support for the Jina Revolution, has been summoned to Branch 906 of the Revolutionary Court in Mashhad." This women's and children's rights activist had previously been detained for five days by the Ministry of Intelligence and was released on a bail of 1.6 billion tomans. Three days ago, Ms. Rajabi tweeted: "In 1400, I achieved job security. If independence is a priority in your life, you understand what job security means. It seems they are summoning me and asking for a commitment??? I want to say that madness has not come to me, and momentary emotions have not provoked me to give up on a job I have pursued for a lifetime. I have reached my breaking point. I remain resolute in my decision and will not go back on my path." In another tweet last week, Atakeh Rajabi criticized the acceptance of forces known as Hashd al-Shaabi in Iranian universities, writing: "The message from the students to us is that 'the presence of Hashd al-Shaabi is to suppress the students.' Please listen to their message and support the students. This is not something we can easily overlook. Enough is enough with the oppression of our children." Atakeh Rajabi, who was arrested on the morning of Ordibehesht 19 in front of the Mashhad Ministry of Education while on her way to participate in a teachers' protest, was released on bail of 1.5 billion tomans after five days of detention on Ordibehesht 24. On the second of Mehr last year, in protest against the "murder and detention of children," she refrained from attending her school and was subsequently expelled from the Ministry of Education following a "strike." The arrest of Atakeh Rajabi, a teachers' union activist, and her sister, Saadi Rajabi, is explained. Atakeh Rajabi, the protesting teacher: "My hands are empty; I only protested for freedom of expression." Atakeh Rajabi, a teacher in Mashhad, announced a strike demanding the release of detained teachers and students. Atakeh Rajabi and Farzad Safikhanpour, two teachers' union activists, were temporarily released. The hunger strike continues in protest against illegal detentions and the oppressive conditions of prisons; two detained teachers are on hunger strike. Exclusive; concerns over the "dry hunger strike" of Zartosht Ahmadi Ragheb and Atakeh Rajabi.