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Iran teachers to strike over ‘merciless’ crackdown on children

An Iranian teachers' organisation has announced a two-day strike beginning on Sunday in protest of the killing of youngsters who were being ...

Chima Joseph Ugo
Chima Joseph Ugo - Editor-in-chief October 21, 2022
Updated October 21, 2022 at 2:23 PM
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An Iranian teachers' organisation has announced a two-day strike beginning on Sunday in protest of the killing of youngsters who were being targeted in a crackdown on protests started by Mahsa Amini's passing.

The largest demonstrations Iran has seen in years were sparked by the death of Amini, a 22-year-old woman, who was killed after being detained for allegedly violating the country's strict dress code for women.

The movement has been led by young women, university students, and schoolgirls who have taken off their headscarves chanted anti-government slogans and engaged the security forces in street combat.

On October 20, 2022, someone in Cairo reads a tweet regarding the alleged demise of Iranian teenager Asra Panahi, who was 15 years old.

The Co-ordinating Council of Teachers Syndicates on Thursday called a strike in response to the crackdown that Amnesty International says has cost the lives of at least 23 children.

“The Co-ordinating Council declares sit-in strikes for Sunday and Monday. We teachers will be present at schools but will refrain from being present in classes,” it said in a statement posted on its Telegram channel.

“We know very well that the military and security forces and plainclothes (officers) have violated schools and educational centres,” it said.

“During this systematic oppression, they have mercilessly taken the lives of a number of pupils and children; from Nika (Shahkarami) and Sarina (Esmailzadeh), to Abolfazl (Adinezadeh) and Asra Panahi.”

The four, all in their teens, were killed by Iran’s security forces during the crackdown on the nationwide protests that has flared since September 16, when Amini died in custody, according to human rights groups.

Oslo-based group Iran Human Rights said on Thursday that at least 27 children have been killed by the security forces and that children and teachers are among the thousands arrested in the crackdown.

In its statement, the teachers’ union said “a large number of teachers have been arrested” without being charged.

“The rulers must know that … Iran’s teachers do not tolerate these atrocities and tyranny and proclaims that we are for the people, and these bullets and pellets you shoot at the people target our lives and souls,” it said.

“This is why the Co-ordinating Council of Teachers Syndicates supports the rightful protests of the people across Iran, and condemns the killings and oppression of past weeks.”

It vowed to “continue our protest until the people’s right to protest is recognised, all pupils are unconditionally freed and return to schools, the system stops killing the people and children, and stops answering the people’s rightful demands with bullets”.
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