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FREE MANSOUR OSANLOO, the LABOR RIGHTS DEFENDER
Sign the Syndicate’s Petition to Free Imprisoned Workers:
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Workers’ Community Mourns One of the Honest Colleagues on April8, 2008
With the sorrow and sadness, be informed that Janek Kuczkiewicz, the Director of Workers and Human Rights Department at the International Trade Union Confederation, 52, passed
Happy May First, International Labor Day
As an international tradition, in all countries, workers express their demands and protests through the observances of International Labor Day. Governments in all the countries are aware of the importance and sensitivity of the International Labor Day, and they respect it by fixing May First as a national holiday and celebrating it in public.
In Iran, with a more than a century syndicalism history, started during civil revolution and continued during the oil nationalizing and the recent revolution, sorrowfully, workers are deprived of their legitimate rights to be organized within the independent labor syndicates, despite the fact that there is any legal obstructions, and this is not the honor for a country which is a member of ILO for more than half a century.
The Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburban Bus Vahed Company is appealing authorities of three governance powers to end repressing and preventing syndicalism activities, release Mr. Mansour Osanloo, the president of the Executive Board of the Syndicate, and take proper measures to return the members of the Syndicate of Vahed to their jobs.
The Syndicate of Workers of Vahed Company supports all the rights seeking actions of workers in Iran and all around the world, and thanks all the workers, global trade unions, including International Trade Unions Confederation (ITUC) and the International Transport’s Workers Federation (ITF), and all the people who are seeking democracy, justice and peace for their collaboration to defend our rights.
With hope of holding independent labor syndicates, social justice and global absolute peace
Decent Life and Labor Syndicate Are Workers’ Absolute Rights
Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburban Bus Vahed Company
April 30, 2008
Dastranj- April 27, 2008
As reported by Dastranj, the Public Outreach of the Syndicate of the Workers of Vahed Company announced that Ebrahim Nouroozi Gowhari, a member of the Syndicate, would attend the branch 14 of the Revolutionary Court.
The reason of this summons is his participation in the trade unionism’ protest of workers of Vahed Company in 2005. His case is one of those 16 files which had been opened in the judicial system for their protest in 2005.
In the winter of 2005, the workers of Vahed Company went to strike because their trade demands had not been fulfilled. During this protest, many of the workers, including the members of the Syndicate of Workers, were arrested by the disciplinary agents. After a while, the judicial system ordered to stop prosecution of detained workers, and many of them were returned to their previous job; still, sixteen of workers have their files open.
Mansour Osanloo, Ebrahim Madadi and Ali Zad Hosein are some of those workers whose cases were tried by the judicial system. Mansour Osanloo, the president of the Syndicate, is serving his 5 – year prison sentence. Ebrahim Madadi, the vice president of the Syndicate, as it was said, has been sentenced to three years and a half term prison, but he has not received the verdict yet. Ali Zad Hosein, a member of the Syndicate, was sentenced to 10 – month suspended prison a while ago.
Farsi Link: http://www.dastranj.ir/shownews.asp?NC=3106
DEUTSCHE WELLE – reported by Keyvandokht Ghahari – April 28, 2008
Mansour Osanloo, labor activist and president of the Executive Board of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburban Bus Vahed Company, is in jail for his workers’ rights activism, was visited by his family and members of the Executive Board of the Syndicate on April 27 when he was transferred to Labafinejad hospital in Tehran.
Reza Shahabi, a member of the Executive Board of the Syndicate, about this visiting said to DW, “Today, Mr. Mansour Osanloo was transferred from the prison to the hospital to check up his eye. Members of the Executive Board and his family visited him.”
Reza Shahabi explained that Osanloo was in a good spirit. He said that he was really very happy and determined when he was talking with his family and the members of the Executive Board. As Shahabi said, Mansour Osanloo, once again, emphasized on the slogans which reflect workers’ demands, and workers have been trying to fulfill their human rights in Iran for several years. That is, Decent Life and Independent Labor Organizations as the Absolute Workers’ Rights.
Reza Shahabi added that Osanloo reminded May Day, International Labor Day, as the Solidarity Day for workers in Iran and the globe, and he asked all workers to stand up together, hand in hand, united and with their solidarity, to defend their fundamental rights, right to organize their independent labor trade unions and decent life. Osanloo expressed his hope that, “If workers speak with one voice and make authorities to hear it, we will achieve to our legitimate rights, workers rights and independent labor organizations.”
Farsi Link: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3297469,00.html
The Order of 6 Month Suspended Prison Sentence for a Labor Activist
Dastranj- April 16, 2008, 6:13 pm local time
News- The Court of Revolution sentenced one of the members of the Syndicate of Workers of Vahed Company to 6 months suspended prison.
As reported by Dastranj, Syndicate of Workers of Vahed Company informed that Gholamreza Gholamhoseini, a member of the Syndicate, was sentenced to 6 months suspended prison in charge of distributing the Syndicate’s leaflets by the Court of Revolution.
Gholamhoseini was informed about the order of his 6 month prison sentence, had been suspended for 5 years, in charge of propaganda against regime and acting against national security by the Court of Revolution, branch6, verbally on March 9, 2008
He was arrested while he was distributing the Syndicate’s leaflets at the Sadeghieh Metro Station in Tehran on May 13, 2006 and was transferred to Tehran’s Security Police.
In reaction to his sentence, he told Dastranj, “I haven’t committed any crimes and I will appeal within 20 legal days.”
The Syndicate of Workers of Vahed Company, also, in reaction to this order, announced that the leaflet which was distributed by the member of the syndicate when he was arrested was about demanding Osanloo’ release and it didn’t include anything which could be referred as propaganda against the regime or acting against the national security.
Dr. Parviz Khorshid, Gholamhoseini’s attorney, also, said, “My client was carrying out a trade union activity while he was arrested, and charging him with propaganda against the regime is not acceptable.” He added, “Propaganda against the regime can be referred when the continues analytical articles in a negation of all the system as a whole were published by the accused person.” As Khorshid said, there was anything in the Syndicate’s leaflets which could be considered as propaganda against the regime. He recalled that criticizing a system by addressing it directly in any printed materials could not be recognized as propaganda against the regime. By stating that he would appealed the sentence, he, also, criticized the procedure of the Court of Revolution in which all the cases were approached from the security angle.
away on April8, 2008.
Janek defended workers fundamental rights all around the world, including Iran, until the last minutes of his life: supporting workers to establish independent trade unions, trying to free Mansour Osanloo, president of the Executive Board of the Syndicate of workers of Vahed Company, sending welcome messages for Mahmoud Salehi’s release, and protesting against the summons on the members of the Syndicate’s Executive Board to the Court of Revolution. He left us while his last effort was defending workers’ rights in Iran.
The Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburban Bus Vahed Company expresses condolences to his honored family, International Trade Union Confederation, Global Unions, human rights activists and global labor movement especially workers rights activists in Iran.
His Soul Stays Happy and in Peace, and His Dream Comes True
Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburban Bus Vahed Company
April 8, 2008
Dastranj – April 8, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Two members of the Syndicate’s Executive Board summoned to the Court of Revolution
News- Two members of the Executive Board of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburban Bus Vahed Company were transferred to the Court of Revolution by Tehran Public Security Police this morning today.
Saeed Torabian, Syndicate’s spoke person, and Mohammad Ebrahim Nourouzi Gowhari, a member of the Executive Board of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburban Bus Vahed Company, this morning, after presence at Tehran Public Security Police and answered some questions, were transferred to the Court of Revolution.
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Dastranj- April 8, 2008, 4:24 pm local time
Members of the Syndicate were released after they answered the questions
Saeed Torabian and Mohammad Ebrahim Nourouzi Gowhari, members of the Executive Board of the Syndicate of Tehran and Suburban Bus Vahed Company, left Tehran Revolutionary Court a few hours ago
Two members of the Syndicate of Workers of Vahed Company, this morning, after presence at Tehran Public Security Police, branch 14, locates at Sepah Square- Tehran, and answering some questions about the newsletter of the Syndicate, entitled Syndica Paeyk (Syndicate’s messenger), were transferred to the Revolutionary Court, chamber 2 especial for security, locates at Moalem Avenue- Tehran, for more interrogation.
As Torabian said, “Paeyk Syndica is an internal monthly newsletter of the Syndicate of Workers of Vahed Company which has been printed in the limited copies - about 200, since October 2007. Most of the pieces, including letters to the Judiciary authorities, training articles about Labor Law and Constitution, internal news at Vahed Company and the other articles, have been written by members of the Syndicate.” The spoke person of the Syndicate about the way of publication said,” Until now, four volumes of Paeyk Syndica have been published. Twenty copies of each volume usually are printed, then, ten copies would be made by each member of the Syndicate.”
Regarding Nourouzi and Torabian’s presence at Tehran Public Security Police Office and the Revolutionary Court, Torabian said, “According to the summons’ letters, we went to Tehran Public Security Police Office, branch 14. After we answered the proposed questions about the Syndicate’s news letter, Paeyk Syndica, we were transferred to the Court of Revolution, branch two especial for Security, by the agents of the Security Police.” The Syndicate’s spokesperson added,” In the Court of Revolution, after we answered the questions which were proposed by the Judge of this case, only we were said that we would be informed, and without any other orders, we left the Court.” He stated that according to the judge, there was not any claim against the Syndicate’s newsletter, Paeyk Syndica; however, he informed that some of the other members of the Syndicate were summoned to Tehran Public and Security Police Office.
Parviz Khorshid, the attorney of the members of the Syndicate of the Workers of Vahed Company, about the latest summons on Torabian and Nourouzi Gowhari to Tehran Security Police said to Dastranj, “As these two left the Revolutionary Court without any orders, it can be said that, at the moment, they haven’t been faced with any charges.”
Congratulation Message in occasion of Mahmoud Salehi’s Freedom
Mahmoud Salehi, Former member of the Bakery’s Workers Union in Saqez city, was in jail according to the order by the Revolutionary Court in Saqez for more than one year, and was released on $44,000 bail, today, Sunday April 6, 2008, at 3:00 pm local time.
We congratulate his freedom to the workers in Iran and all around the world, his family and workers’ rights activists. We hope that we celebrate the release of Mr. Mansour Osanloo, president of the Syndicate of the workers of Vahed Company, soon.
Syndicate of the Workers of Tehran and Suburban Bus Vahed Company
April 6, 2008
Mansour Osanloo Was Transferred from the Hospital to the Prison on Saturday Evening February 2, 2008
Visit of Mansour Osanloo’s Attorney with Him in the Hospital
Iran Student News Agency (ISNA) - Tehran- January 31, 2008
Services: Religious Jurisprudence and Rights- Economical Rights
Khorshid, the Syndicate’s Attorney who defends Ebrahim Madadi as well, said, “Despite of the fact that Ebrahim Madadi’s order, regarding the case was filed in 2005, has not been sent to us, my client has received a letter to be appeared at the Sentence Enforcement Office.
Mansour Osanloo, an imprisoned labor activist, was visited by his attorney at the hospital.
Paviz Khorshid, by giving this news to the legal reporter of the ISNA, said, “After my client was transferred to the hospital for the eye surgery, I visited him yesterday at the hospital.” He added, “Mansour Osanloo was transferred from the Evin Prison to the hospital last Thursday and had a heavy operation on his eye. According to the doctors’ recommendations, he should be under the medical control for five weeks, but his vocation has been extended until the next Saturday.”
Mansour Osanloo’s attorney recalled, “We, I along with his family, submitted the request of extending his vocation to prevent any negative consequences of the surgery.”
As the authorities at the Labor Ministry didn’t answer to the complaints of about 50 dismissed workers of the Vahed Company and their follow up, these workers have gone to the offices so many times, and several protests have been staged since 2005. Following these incidents, Abbas Mohammadi, Adviser to the Head of Tehran Province Labor and Social Affairs Department, filed a case in the judicial system against Ebrahim Madadi, the Vice President of the Syndicate of the Workers of Tehran and Suburban Bus Company who was officially in charge of the following up the workers issue on behalf of them, in the summer of 2007. So, Ebrahim Madadi would be tried based on this complaint at the Shahid Beheshti Judicial Complex, chamber 1060, on January 31, 2008.
It should be mentioned that Ebrahim Madadi had complaint against this authority in the judicial system as well.
Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburban Bus Company, Vahed
January 20, 2008
indonezia jan 2008
On January 2008, Yagoub Salimi, a member of the Executive Board of the Syndicate of the Workers of Tehran and the Suburban Bus Company, Vahed, attended the meeting that Iran President had with the clergy’s group in the old building of the Islamic Council Parliament. He was able to talk to the President personally, and raise the issue of the 26 suspended workers as the Syndicate’s members, and inform him about their problems, and ask him to solve them.
The president issued the order of the required investigation to Mr. Zaribafan and Mr. Esfandiari, and these authorities, by getting the contact information of some of the workers, promised to solve their problems until end of the next week.
The Syndicate of the Workers of Tehran and the Suburban Bus Company, Vahed,
January 8, 2008
Osanloo Was Transferred from the Prison to the Hospital
Etemad e Meli, January 3, 2008- Mansour Osanloo, a labor activist at the Vahed Bus Company, was transferred to the hospital because of his eye problem on Tuesday morning this week.
Mansour Osanloo, one of the labor activists, presently in jail, was transferred from the health base in Evin prison to Labafinejad hospital for the second treatment on his left eye by laser. His doctor, after the treatment, recommended the surgery on January 26, 2008.
Ebrahim Madadi’s Interrogatory Meeting
Iran Student News Agency (ISNA) - January 5, 2008
Ebrahim Madadi, labor activist, by stating that he has been summond to the Revolutionary Prosecutor Office, branch one, said that he was told in the meeting that he has been charged with the disturbing the order. Madadi in the interview with the ISNA legal reported said, “Last year, I along with the other labor activists had gone to the Labor Ministry to follow up our petition, and some of us were arrested when we were coming back.” He added, “This is the reason of the case has been filed in the branch one of the Security at the Revolutionary Prosecutor Office. This morning I was told that I have been charged with disturbing the order, abnormal behavior, creating uproar, and gathering in front of the Ministry of Labor.”
Complaint of a Member of the Syndicate about the Beating during His Arrest on August 9, 2007
Mr. Ebrahim Norouzi Gohari, a member of the Executive Board of the Syndicate of the Workers of Vahed Company, had proposed a claim to the Judiciary Organization of the Military against the police officer who had beaten him in front of Mr. Osanloo’s house on August 9, 2007, was tried as a first time in the Military Prosecutor Office with presence of the officer who had beaten him. The Judiciary Officer ordered a medical research.
The Syndicate of the Workers of Tehran and the Suburban Bus Company, Vahed
January 6, 2008
Summons on the other Member of the Syndicate of the Workers of Vahed Company
Sayed Reza Nematipour, a driver of the Ward 5 of the Vahed Bus Company and a distinguished member of the Syndicate of the Workers of Vahed Company, has been summoned to the Interrogation Office, chamber one of the Security on December 30, 2007 to offer his last defend in charge with the disturbing the order by gathering in the Labor Ministry, the case had been filed in the Interrogation Office branch one of the Security, following the gathering along with the other workers in the building of Labor Ministry, his arrest and couple of day detention on July 15, 2006.
Syndicate of the Workers of Tehran and the Suburban Bus Company, Vahed
January 6, 2008
In relation to the Vahed Company Workers’ Protest in winter 2005, the cases of 14 members of the Executive Board of the Syndicate of the Workers of Vahed Company at the chamber 14 of the Court of Islamic Revolution are still open and the trials take place in turn. Naser Gholami, a driver of the ward 10 of Tehran Bus Company with more than 20 - year experience and a member of the Syndicate’s Executive Board who has been suspended since the protest, has received a summons from the Court of Islamic Revolution, branch 14, and should be appeared at the court on January 6, 2008.
It should be mentioned that the other members of the Syndicate including Mr. Mansour Osanlo had been tried in this court and presently he serves his five – year sentence.
Syndicate of the Workers of Tehran and the Suburban Bus Company, Vahed
January 6, 2008
Summons on Ebrahim Madadi
Iran Student News Agency (ISNA) - Tehran- January 4, 2008
Services: Religious Jurisprudence and Rights- Economical Rights
A Labor Activist informed on his summons to the prosecutor office
Ebrahim Madadi, the labor activist, was summoned to the Revolutionary Interrogation Prosecutor Office, chamber one. Madadi told ISNA Legal Reporter, “According to the summons that I have received I should attend the branch one of the Revolutionary Prosecutor Office.” He recalled, ‘Any charges or reasons have not been mentioned in this summons.”
Ebrahim Madadi, the Vice President of the Syndicate of the Workers of Tehran and the Suburban Bus Company, Vahed, was released
Ebrahim Madadi, the Vice President of the Syndicate of the Workers of Vhaed Company had been arrested in front of Osanloo’s house on August 9, 2007 when, in response to the International Trade Unions’ call, he was about entering to Mansour Osanloo’s house, President of the Syndicate. He was tried in the Court of Revolution, Chamber 28, and sentenced to two years prison. Ebrahim Madadi and his attorneys, Dr. Yousef Mowlaie and Parviz Khorshid, protested at the verdict and the case was sent to the Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal, chamber 44, dropped his charges and his guiltlessness order was sent to the Ghezelhesar prison, and he was released on December 16, 2007 at 10:30 PM from Ghezelhesar after being kept 127 days in prison.
The Syndicate of the Workers of Tehran and the Suburban Bus Company, Vahed, congratulates the proudly release of the vice president of the Sherkat – Vahed Syndicate to the workers and drivers at the Vahed Company, members of the Executive Board of the Syndicate, the activists of Syndicalism and the labor movement, the other social and civil activists, and the international trade unionists, and is sincerely grateful for all efforts of the international labor organizations, the media in the country, abroad, and all the friends of the Syndicalistic movement to release Ebrahim Madadi.
Syndicate of the Workers of Tehran and the Suburban Bus Company, Vahed
December 17, 2007
“Ebrahim Madadi, the Vice President of the Syndicate of the Workers of the Vahed Company, was released (Sunday), after 5 months being kept in Evin and Gezelhesar.”
Kar va Kargar (labor and workers) daily on December 9, 2007
Meeting of the European Union Representatives with the Suspended Workers of the Vahed Company
Saied Torabian added, “In the meeting of the families of the 53 suspended workers of the Vahed Company with the delegation of 11 representatives of the European Union, the background of the trade union activities of the workers at the Vahed Company and the reasons of these activities were discussed. “
Eliminating the restrictions of the activities of the members of the Syndicate, restraining all the dismissed workers because of their trade union activities, and establishing the free independent trade union were the major issues in the meeting, as the in charge of the public relation of the 53- suspended workers of the Vahed Company said. He added, “The Deputy of the European Union’s Parliament and one of the Trade Union activists from Spain, were among the 11 – member delegation, promised that they would take action to solve this problem in their negotiations with the Iranian Authorities.”
Torabian said, “In spite of the fact that the efforts of the 53 suspended workers had no results, they are still optimistic in solving their problems, and they welcome to use any opportunities to solve the problems.” He added, “The 11 – member delegation of the Representatives of the European Union came to Iran to investigate of the social, economical and political issues in the result of the previous delegations. As they stated the problem of the suspended workers of the Vahed Company is one of the reasons of their trip to Iran.”
Etemad Meli daily December 8, 2007
Visiting of the European Union’s Representatives with the Families of the Imprisoned Workers
Yesterday evening, by the coordination of the Portuguese embassy, the opportunity was developed for the members of the workers’ organization of Vahed Company and the spouses of Madadi, Osanloo and Salehi to propose their problems with the members of the European Union. The workers‘ leaders of the European Union were among the eleven – member delegation, and this created the situation to discuss on the independent workers’ organizations and the solutions of the upcoming problems. This delegation, at the Coordinator Office of the United Nations, stated that they would follow up the workers’ problems through the authorities of our country in the next few days.
You and knowledge and love are with me
I was walking in ignorance
You and kiss and kindness are in my mind
Flower and bud and bullet were in my mind
My many loves are interwoven
Loving you
Loving people
Loving God
Loving Love
My love for the Syndicate
With your love for me
What crime we did commit
When we spoke and wrote
We love
How bitter and how sweet it was
Today we were tried, too
On charges of the Syndicate
Moments after moments my dreams grey and at times red
And my shirt is yellow and orange
Now when I am with my people
My shirt is blue
In the color of the workers’ shirt at the Vahed Company
And the dark blue suit
In the color of the drivers’ suit at the Vahed
And how magnificent is it
The moment that they sing the song of birth
The triumphant workers at the Vahed Company
Order of Closing the Case of Sayed Davoud Razavi
Syndicate of the Workers of the Tehran and Suburban Bus Company, Vahed
December5, 2007
Solidarity Message to the Transportation Workers in France
Dear Fellow Workers and Co- Fighters
The Syndicate of Workers of the Tehran Bus Company, Vahed, fully supports this magnificent movement and announces unequivocally, “You are voicing out the World’s Workers Common Pain.” Attacking the workers achievements are the plans of the majority capitalistic governments under the globalization name which would be led to disaster, poverty, and workers’ unemployment. We stand up with you in this struggle.
As you are aware, the workers of the Syndicate of the Vahed Company have been under the hardest pressures for three years, because of forming their independent union which is their very basic workers rights and has been recognized internationally. At the moment, Mansour Osanloo, the President of the Syndicate, and Ebrahim Madadi, the Vice President of the Syndicate’s Executive Board, are in jail for defending workers’ rights, and the members of the executive boards have been dismissed and have been wandering in the judiciary’s building.
We believe that your victory is the victory of all workers, and the international workers’ unity and solidarity to fight for the better and decent life for the human being by eliminating this injustice is the only way of rescuing ourselves.
Once again, we support your powerful strike and hope success in this united struggle.
With the hope of expansion of Peace, Justice and Freedom across the World
The Syndicate of Workers of the Tehran and Suburban Bus Company, Vahed
November 23, 2007
Defence Bill of Ebrahim Madadi
Dr. Yousef Mowlaiee and Parviz Khorshid
The Esteemed President of the Tehran Province Court of Appeals
a. In the issued indictment, there has not been given any reasons to prove that conspiring collectively has been taken place. The statements of the accused person, the officers’ report and the contents of the file have been referred as the reasons of issued verdict in the indictment. The accused person, in all the interrogation meetings and in his defence at the court, clearly stated that he intended to go to Osanloo’s house and he was arrested before he entered in. The reports by the officers and agents also indicated that Mr. Madadi was arrested before he entered to Osnaloo’s house.
b. Conspiring and gathering requires of the participation of at least two people. In the present case, nobody has been sentenced as the Madadi’s accompany in the gathering and conspiring. Whereas if the gathering and conspiring had been taken, Mr. Madadi along with the other people who gathered and conspired with Madadi as partners, assistants or supervisors, should be tried within the one case. The arrested people along with Mr. Madadi were freed with the order to stop further following up.
c. The material element of the attributed crime, which had not been reasonably proven by the court, was replaced with the intention of the crime, and Mr. Madadi, according to the issued indictment, was sentenced because he had the intention of disturbing the national security. Regardless of the fact that the mental element can not be referred as a reason in the absence of the material element, in this case, the court denied to submit the reasons of the criminal intention.
d. Most part of the indictment has been allocated to the client’s trade union activities at the Syndicate of Vahed Company which indicates that action of going to Mr. Osanloo’s house by my client has no criminal dimension and the client has been sentenced because of the charges irrelevant to this case, and it is against the principles of the fair trial, procedure of the criminal trial, and civil rights and respect the legal and legitimate freedom.
e. If we accept that the assumption of Mr. Madadi’s intention of gathering in front of Mr. Osnaloo’s house had been proven, regardless of the fact that any gatherings has not the criminal attribution and only the gatherings which led to the crime should be followed up, as the Disciplinary Forces arrested Mr. Madadi before he entered to Mr. Osanloo’s house, this criminal action can be considered as the abortive crime and maximum the start point of the criminal action for which no sentences had been predicted, according to the law.
2. Criminal Mental Element of Article 610
Referring to the article 610, a crime can be considered if, first of all, the intention of the accused person to conspiring and gathering to be known, and secondly the intention of criminal action (action against the security) through the conspiring to be proven. The respected court in any of the mentioned matters has not submitted any reasons, and has not proven the specific or public intention by the accused person.
Therefore, regarding this bill of defence and referring to Principle 27 of the Constitution of Law, we request the order of breaking the issued verdict, and writ of guiltlessness of the accused person from the attributed charges. Also, for more information, the legal issues of the Article 610 are being described to the esteem Court of Appeals as follows:
1) Material Element in Article 610
Offence of gathering and conspiracy for commitment of an offence will be materially realized when at least two people jointly commit an offence. In other words, the main and key element of realization of provisions of this article is commission or omission of a criminal act by individuals and on the other hand the consequences of these crimes or their effects should be damaging and undermining the country’s security. In this article the criminal act is defined as activities and doings with special particulars which considering the intensity of the act and its consequences, they are considered as dangerous offensive acts. For example creating fear and danger, committing wicked acts, using cold and warm arms, robbery, kidnapping are some of the examples of such crime. In this case, in addition to criminal act, the means and method of commitment and partnership of at least two people are required in what is considered a crime under article 610, and thus it is logically impossible to regards our client’s activities which include giving lectures, issuing statements and holding Syndicate meetings as examples of crime under 610. His behavior and activities have not the criminal description. Establishing Syndicate with the votes of the majority of the workers at the Vahed Company is not a crime. Participation and gathering of the workers at the Vahed Company for their trade union affairs and claim the trade’s rights, according to Principle 26 of Constitution of Law, can not be considered a crime.
2) Mental Element
Considering the mental element of crime, it should be mentioned that the subject of article 610 is public offence, its conditions will be satisfied taking into consideration the criminal intention and its consequences in internal security. In other words the perpetrator should commit the crime intentionally and jointly wit at least one another person and in addition he should have bad intention in his deeds.
In a situation that none of the Syndicate activities are considered as offence and supposedly if the Syndicate is not officially recognized, it will not benefit from any legal privileges. Thus, my client has not committed any crime in his Syndicate activities and recognition of his bad faith, general or particular subject of article 610 is nonsense. As reflected in the records and our client has announced in the court, the objective and intention of the client and other members of the Syndicate have always been defending legal trade rights through peaceful activities and the result of such activities is reinforcement of national security through preventing the claims of deprived layers of the society to be radicalized. Defending the workers’ rights with good faith is an evident of his good faith in organizing the affairs of his area of working and removal of managerial deficiencies, and finally Mr. Madadi’s deeds and behavior has been in the direction of justice benevolence. There is no trace of bad faith and consequently article 610 does not apply to his case.
Syndicate of Workers of the Tehran and Suburban Bus Company, Vahed, strongly condemns the unfair verdicts of five years prison for Mansour Osanloo, because of his trade and syndicalism’s activities, and two - year prison sentence for Ebrahim Madadi, only because he went to Mansour Osanloo’s house to express his sympathy with his family, and requests all international labor organizations to react seriously to this unfair and anti-workers decision globally.
Syndicate of Workers of the Tehran and Suburban Bus Company, Vahed,
November 3, 2007
As you know, in our statement , we strongly condemned the unfair verdicts to Mansour
Osaloo and Ebrahim Madadi on 3 November 2007 , and
requested all the international trade union organisations to react
seriously to this unfair and anti-workers ruling globally.
We address this special message to you as we learnt that the annual
meeting of the Coordinating Committtee
of the ITUC affiliates in the Middle East and North African would be
held in Brussels next week. We sincerely hope that our brothers and
sisters from the region will be on the forefront in expressing their
solidarity towards the Syndicaye Sherkat-e Vahed and continue to
their Solidarity Campaign globally for the immediate and unconditional release of
Mansour Osanloo and Ebrahim Madadi.
With hope for peace and justice in the world
Syndicate of Workers of the Tehran and Suburban Bus Company, Vahed
Free Two Imprisoned Syndicalists
Dear Esteemed Judiciary Authorities!
The principle 165 of Constitution of Law requires all trials to be open to the public with the presence of defending attorneys. Why were the cases tried in these hearing while none of the attorneys, families, and workers of the Vahed Company was in present, in order to find out for which criminal activities the members of the Syndicate’s Executive Board were sentenced?
Why do you think that the activities of the two members of the executive board of the Vahed’s Syndicate are against national security? Why are the defenders of the legitimate rights of workers at Vahed Company, who live under the poverty line and should receive more attention, being treated with oppression and unkindly? How long would the trade and syndicalism’s activities pay this large amount of cost? At the moment, more than 30 workers of the Vahed company have been suspended and they are financially embarrassed, and about 13 of the workers have received the reinstate orders from the board of dispute resolution of Labor Ministry, but the managers of the Vahed Company denied to accept them. These workers are the hardest workers in the society and are in a hard living condition.
We ask the esteemed head of the judiciary power to free the two imprisoned syndicate’s workers immediately.
The Founding Board of the Workers’ Syndicates, expressing the sorrow at the issued verdicts, demands the immediate release of Mr. Mansour Osanloo and Mr. Ebrahim Madadi.
Founding Board of Workers’ Syndicates
November 1, 2007
The Abduction of Osanloo and Actions to Release Him
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Verdict of Mansour Osanloo and Ibrahim Madadi
Ibrahim Madadi, had been arrested in front of the Mansour Osanloo’s house, was sentenced to two years prison by the Court of Revolution, chamber 28. His attorney said to the ISNA legal reporter, “My client, had been arrested on August 9 and was accused to acting against national security, was tried and sentenced to two years prison.”
The association attempt to Majid Hamidi indicates the application of terror tool against labor activists by workers enemies.
The Syndicate of Workers of the Tehran and Suburban Bus Company, Vahed, by expressing the deep sympathy with the family of this labor activist, and hoping that he gets well soon, strongly condemns the assassination attempt to Majid Hamidi, and insistently demands the arrest of those ordered and undertook this attack, and take them on a trial regardless of who they are.
With Great Hope of Forming the Workers’ Independent Organizations
Syndicate of Workers of the Tehran and Suburban Bus Company, Vahed,
October 27, 2007
News on October 23, 2007
The Trail of Ibrahim Madadi, the Vice President of the Syndicate of Workers of Vahed Company
Today, October 23, 2007, he was taken to the Public Prosecutor Office of Tehran Revolutionary Court, and his case went on trial at branch 28 in presence of his attorneys, Dr. Yousef Mowlaie and Mr. Parviz Khorshid. He defended himself from the charges, and he is expecting the Chair of the branch 28 of the court to render the verdict which would probably be sent to the
Vice President of the Syndicate of Workers of Vahed Company tomorrow, October 24, 2007.
News on October 20, 2007
We hope that he gets well soon.
Syndicate of Workers of the Tehran and Suburban Bus Company, Vahed,
October 20, 2007-10-22
Hearing of Ibrahim Madadi, Vice President of the Syndicate of Vahed Company’s Workers
After reviewing the case by his defending lawyers, Mr. Ibrahim Madadi will defend himself from the charges, acting against security by gathering in front of Osanloo’s house and disturbing the public order, on October23, 2007 at branch 28 of Court of Revolution.
We hope that Ibrahim Madadi and all other imprisoned workers get released soon.
Syndicate of Workers of the Tehran and Suburban Bus Company, Vahed,
October 20, 2007
News on October 17, 2007
Ibrahim Madadi Transferred to Ghezelhesar Prison
Mr. Ibrahim Madadi, Vice President of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburban Bus Company, had been arrested on the International Action Day to Support Mansour Osanloo and Mahmoud Salehi, August 9, 2007, and was held on ward 209 Evin Prison, on Thusday October 16, 2007 was transferred to Ghezelhesar prison.
Syndicate of Workers of the Tehran and Suburban Bus Company, Vahed,
October 17, 2007
News on October 16. 2007
The trial was ended at 12:00 P. M. by the judge’s announcement.
The trial was ended at 12:00 P. M. by the judge’s announcement.
News on October 15, 2007
Ibrahiim Madadi, Vice President of the Vahed’s Syndicate, at Public Prosecutor Office
To remind you, on June- July 2007, Mr. Ibrahim Madadi along with some of the other suspended workers of Vahed company went to this department to follow up their trade union’s claims, and they badly treated by the authorities of the office. Then, they went to the public prosecutor office, zone 12 to defend their civic rights, and they filed a complaint against Mr. Mohammadi. Also, the accused person filed a complaint from Mr. Madadi for the baseless accusation. Pursuing Mr. Madadi’s complaint had been postponed because he was in prison, but Mr. Madadi transferred from Evin prison to the prosecutor office for the complaint that Mr. Mohammadi had filed against him.
After Madadi defended himself, the prosecutor ordered a third person bail, but because of his imprisonment this bail wasn’t accepted and he returned to the Evin prison again at 1:00 P.M.
October 14, 2007: Hanafi Rustandi, ITF Representative, in Iran
The Response of Iranian Authorities to the International Labor Federation
After Osanloo was arrested, on August 9, 2007, some of the workers of Vahed Company went to Osanloo’s house to visit his family and express their sympathy. As they were about entering to his house, eight of them were arrested and transferred to prison. After a short period of time, six of the detainees were released, but Ibrahim Madadi, one of the worker’s activists, is still in detention. Activists tried hard and followed up Madadi’s case to clarify his situation as far as the International Trade Unions in Indonesia met Iran Ambassador in Indonesia, but ITF, International Transport Workers’ Federation, and ITUC, International Trade Union Confederation, didn’t gain anything from this meeting. So, they decided to travel to Iran to fulfill their trade unions objectives. Syukur Sarto, General Secretary of Indonesian Trade unions Confederation, and Hanifa Rustandi, Chair of the ITF’s national coordination committee in Indonesia, entered to Iran as a tourist to investigate the situation of the imprisoned workers, because, as they said, they faced with the hard situation to get visa. Whereas Sarto and Rustandi looked very tired from their short time trip, and they didn’t do as much as they thought, but it didn’t seem that they were upset. A couple of hours before their flight back to Indonesia, they answered any questions that came to my mind and I asked. They told me that they came to Iran to investigate about two imprisoned workers of the Vahed’s syndicate, and to pursuit the implementation of ILO Convention No. 93. Rustandi about the difficulties of traveling to Iran said, “The first problem was that they didn’t give us the visa. We had an official invitation letter from the Vahed’s Syndicate and the mission letters from ITF and ITUC. We didn’t want to play hide and seek, but we forced to enter as a tourist.” Sarto approved it. He continued by describing the achievements of their mission to Iran: ‘We knocked every door in order, at least, to visit one of the authorities, but none of them accepted it. On Wednesday, we knocked the door of the labor minister’s house because we wanted him to clarify many vague issues for us, and we heard a negative answer again. None of the ministry deputies and general directors and etc., didn’t respond us. Even we sent our request to the international relation of the Foreign Ministry, but we haven’t had any visit yet.” When he answered to my question, whether or not they would travel to Iran again, “We will travel to Iran again”, I asked, “How are you sure that you won’t face with these problems again?” He answered, “We will report all these to ITF and ITUC in order they solve the problems at the highest level with the authorities in Iran. Definitely our next mission will be at the high level, so we will deal seriously, without any hide and seek, with the labor issues.” Sarto, after his colleagues finished his words, in response to the question, whether workers in the other countries faced with these problems, said, “Yes, not only in the undeveloped countries but also in the developed countries workers deal with these problems; such as Japan. For this reason trade unions’ demands form differently in all countries. Iran as a rich and beautiful country has workers with their own problems.” Rustandi and Sarto, both, think that forming union, joining the international federations, and trying to get their trade’s rights is the way of solving workers’ problems. They repeated these words so many times, and it made me to ask them at the end of the interview, “so, when do workers work?’ Rustandi answered before his colleague and said, “You proposed a very important issue. Workers should work and they are not able always to follow up their rights. In this way, the other social strata should help them.” These workers’ rights defenders, on last Wednesday, said good bye to dozens of workers, who are now a little more hopeful, and flight to home after a short trip, and a visit with Mr. Osanloo’s and Mr. Madadi’s Families.
Visiting Indonesians was useless
The international Trade Unions Officials complained the labor authorities, rather were upset with Osanloo and Madadid’s attorneys. Yousef Mowlaie and Parviz Khorshid didn’t visit with Rustandi and Sarto. Mowlaiee about this decision said to Etemad Melli reporter, “They haven’t any position that we wanted to meet them. If one day judiciary officials ask us with which permission we met them, what shall we say?” When I reminded them that they came officially on behalf of the International Workers’ Federation, he said, “According to law, a person has a position who is allowed to interfere and follow up the case.” It was said that the attorneys had set conditions for meeting with Indonesians, and Mowlaie pointed out, “If they agreed that we met in a press conference, we wouldn’t refuse it, but private meeting wasn’t acceptable for us.” Mowlaie, also, said, “It is not clarified in Law whether or not this type of meeting is forbidden.” In response to the question, whether this meeting would affect on the file procedure, he said, “No, not at all. If we thought that there would be any positive impacts, and it would facilitate the release of our clients, we have never lost the moment. The representatives were not in the position to have impact on the cases. They only helped the families of detainees and activists to calm down.” As the attorney of the imprisoned workers of Vahed Company said if these representatives have had capacity to influence on cases they would play their roles without coordinating with the defending lawyers. He believes that the responsibility of the defending lawyer makes him to work within the framework that is identified by law. Mowlaie about the case of his clients mentioned that even the indictment has been issued for Mr. Madadi, but he doesn’t know about the charges against him: “Osanloo’s case is at the primary investigation, so I don’t have access to his file. Madadi, same as my other client, is in Evin prison based on the detention order, but the indictment against him is ready to be sent to court.” In response to the question about Madadi’s charges, he said, “I have no idea about my client’s charges; I probably will be informed in the court tomorrow.”