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Nazanin Afshin-Jam MacKay

@nazaninaj

Human Rights Adv,Author,co-founder of Stop Child Executions + Iranian Justice Collective, B.A. Poli Sci + Int’l Rel, Master's in Diplomacy, Doctor of Laws LL.D.

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A powerful display of civil resistance: Iranian truck drivers have entered the sixth day of their nationwide strike, now spanning over 100 cities.

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French citizen #OlivierGrondeau, formerly imprisoned in Tehran’s Evin Prison on false espionage charges, has issued a heartfelt plea to save the life of his former cellmate and friend, #PedramMadani, who now faces imminent execution. Pedram, accused of espionage for Israel, has

French citizen #OlivierGrondeau, formerly imprisoned in Tehran’s Evin Prison on false espionage charges, has issued a heartfelt plea to save the life of his former cellmate and friend, #PedramMadani, who now faces imminent execution.

Pedram, accused of espionage for Israel, has
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کامیون‌داران بازداشت‌شده باید فورا آزاد شوند. اعتصاب و اعتراض، از حقوق بنیادین و مسلم شهروندان در برابر حکومتی است که طی بیش از چهار دهه‌ حکمرانی مستبدانه و ویران‌گر، معیشت و زندگی مردم را نابود کرده و زیرساخت‌های کشور را به مرز فروپاشی کشانده است. سرکوب خواسته‌های برحق مردم و

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We Stand with Iran’s Striking Truckers 🚛✊ Iranian truck drivers have launched a nationwide strike, bravely standing up against crushing economic conditions: low wages, unaffordable insurance, and a looming fuel price hike. This is not just a labor dispute, it’s a fight for

We Stand with Iran’s Striking Truckers
 🚛✊

Iranian truck drivers have launched a nationwide strike, bravely standing up against crushing economic conditions: low wages, unaffordable insurance, and a looming fuel price hike. This is not just a labor dispute, it’s a fight for
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🚨🖊️ FOR ACTION: Please write to aligned trade unions in your country to ask them to stand in solidarity with the truck drivers of Iran. I just wrote to the Australian Transport Workers Union. Arman e Barandaaz has provided great text that can be used. This is my note below which you

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Over 190 signatories from the education sector sign a letter in support of strikes underway by truck drivers in Iran. They call for the International Labour Organization to expel the Islamic Republic of Iran. They also call for International boycotts in solidarity with workers,

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The regime isn’t just arresting striking truckers anymore, it’s now detaining anyone who dares to film the protest and share them with foreign media! This is what a dictatorship looks like. Repression doesn’t stop at the picket line, it targets truth itself.

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Trucker’s Strike: Is it the spark that could shift Iran’s future? Iran International English’s Negar Mojtahedi explores this question from economic, strategic and human rights angles with human rights activist Nazanin Afshin-Jam MacKay, Iran analyst and former senior researcher at the RAND Corporation

Trucker’s Strike: Is it the spark that could shift Iran’s future?
<a href="/IranIntl_En/">Iran International English</a>’s <a href="/NegarMojtahedi/">Negar Mojtahedi</a> explores this question from economic, strategic and human rights angles with human rights activist <a href="/NazaninAJ/">Nazanin Afshin-Jam MacKay</a>,  Iran analyst and former senior researcher at the RAND Corporation
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“The Iranian diaspora community needs to dig deep in their pockets and find ways to send money back home to keep this strike going,” Afshin-Jam said. She also urged action from Western governments and labor unions, including the AFL-CIO and the International Labour Organization,

“The Iranian diaspora community needs to dig deep in their pockets and find ways to send money back home to keep this strike going,” Afshin-Jam said.
She also urged action from Western governments and labor unions, including the AFL-CIO and the International Labour Organization,
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Day 10 and going strong. The movement grows as minibus drivers have joined Iran’s truckers’ strike. This is a crucial moment for civil resistance. The U.S. must not make any deals that offer sanctions relief at this time as doing so only helps the regime shield itself from the

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“مروز، بیش از هر زمان دیگری، اتحاد همه‌ی اقشار مردم در یک صف واحد و ایستادگی در برابر تبعیض و ظلم، ضرورت تاریخی است.”

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ما بازنشستگان مطالبه گر کف خیابان بطور قاطع  از اعتصاب کامیونداران و صاحبان وسایل نقلیه عمومی حمایت کرده و اعلام می داریم که فریاد دادخواهی آنان فریاد اعتراض عموم مردم زحمتکش ایران  است. امضا کنندگان بترتیب الفبا: -بازنشستگان مطالبه گر متحد تهرانی -بازنشستگان مطالبه گر استان

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انقلاب حقیقی زمانی رخ می‌دهد که برای استیفای حقوق «دیگری»، و نه صرفاً «خود»، حاضر به پرداخت هزینه باشیم، وقتی که طلافروشان در دفاع از کامیون‌داران، و دانشگاهیانِ مسلمان در اعتراض به ممنوعیت تحصیلی بهائیان اعتصاب کنند، و طبقۀ متوسط تهرانی و اصفهانی در حمایت از حاشیه‌نشینان کرد و

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In Iran, 60% of the population isn’t getting enough calories, according to Mahdi Ghodsi. This is not a localized issue, it’s a nationwide struggle for basic survival. How can one of the world’s richest oil nations face this level of economic hardship? The answer is clear: