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Habibi has previously spent close to 30 months \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2018\/11\/22\/iran-mounting-crackdown-teachers-labor-activists\u0022\u003Ein detention\u003C\/a\u003E for his activism.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ELast month, security forces arrested Aziz Ghasemzadeh, a teacher, at his parent\u2019s home and have denied him access to a lawyer, phone calls, and visits ever since, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hra-news.org\/2021\/hranews\/a-31909\/\u0022\u003Eaccording to\u003C\/a\u003E the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA). Ghasemzadeh, a member of the Gilan Teachers Union, filmed his arrest in a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tavaana\/status\/1442478484329095168?s=20\u0022\u003Evideo\u003C\/a\u003E now widely circulated on social media. The reason for his arrest and the charges against him remain unclear.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIncreased pressure on teachers and Ghasemzadeh\u2019s arrest coincide with nationwide protests organized by the Council for Coordination among Teachers Unions. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iranhumanrights.org\/2021\/09\/teachers-in-iran-continue-protests-under-new-raisi-government\/\u0022\u003EAccording\u003C\/a\u003E to the Center for Human Rights in Iran, protesters are expressing grievances after \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2021\/06\/19\/iran-overseer-mass-executions-elected-president\u0022\u003EPresident Raeesi\u003C\/a\u003E blocked previously promised wage increases for teachers.\u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAuthorities should immediately release Ghasemzadeh and drop any charges held against him unless authorities can provide evidence he should be charged with a recognizable crime.\u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EPeaceful protests by teachers in 2018 and 2015 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2018\/11\/22\/iran-mounting-crackdown-teachers-labor-activists\u0022\u003Ewere followed by\u003C\/a\u003E authorities\u2019 increased targeting, harassment, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2015\/09\/23\/iran-release-teachers-school-year-begins\u0022\u003Earrests\u003C\/a\u003E of teachers and other education activists. Another prominent member of the teachers union, Ismael \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2018\/11\/22\/iran-mounting-crackdown-teachers-labor-activists\u0022\u003EAbdi\u003C\/a\u003E, has been imprisoned since 2016 on a 10-year prison sentence that was previously suspended by authorities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null}]