June 2021

Another significance of this strike is that it is coincided with the appointment of someone who intends to make a series of new changes against workers' rights at the request of the Chamber of Commerce. Changes that will worsen both the working and living conditions of workers.

Audio file of the late Ayatollah Montazeri's speech during a meeting with the "Death Committee" responsible for the massacre of political prisoners in 1988, of which the new President of Iran, Mr. Ebrahim Raisi, was a member.

Solving the country's problems, ending poverty, unemployment, discrimination, structural corruption, and establishing effective governance are not possible except through such a struggle. The will that in the first step challenged and successfully opposed the regime's plans to ensnare the country is commendable. This resistance must continue by empowering society, strengthening demand movements, and paving the way for the transition from a system that has made such a criminal its preferred figure and empowered him.

Ebrahim Raisi is one of the main perpetrators of the executions of the last four decades, especially the massacre of the Black Summer of 1988. He is accused of participating in the murder of thousands of political prisoners in 1988, who were mostly tried and sentenced to prison and awaiting the end of their imprisonment and release. Ebrahim Raisi, who is accused of murder, has been promoted several times. He was appointed head of the judiciary two years ago and will now be president for the next four or possibly eight years with the support of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic.

The importance of boycotting this "election" is not only due to the widespread popular outcry on June 18, but also to the widespread political upheaval that has developed between the Islamic Republic and its opponents and critics.

The people's turning away from the regime and the boycott of the mandated election were clear months ago, but the regime's decision to unprecedentedly suppress the candidates has added to the scale of the boycott. The experience of the last two decades has taught people not to hope for a miracle at the ballot box of the Islamic Republic.

We also stress the importance of firm measures to keep arms under the control of the state and its legitimate institutions that are authorized to do so, and not to hesitate in prosecuting those who do not comply with this. Furthermore, determined action is required to uncover the killers of protesters and activists and those behind them, and to prosecute the corrupt.