Friday, February 03, 2006

Industrial Relations: Worker-Communist Party of Iran (WPI) briefing claims children of Iranian union members beaten

Info'shopnews.com, publishes a Worker-Communist Party of Iran (WPI) briefing that claims that the wives and children of executive members of the Syndicate of Workers and Employees of Tehran and Suburbs Vahed Bus Company, were beaten up during raids on Jan 27.

Quote: "Substitute member of the union’s executive board, Yaghoub Salimi's 2-year-old daughter was injured on her face in the attack, when she was thrown into a waiting patrol van. Her 12-year-old elder sister, Mahdiye, described the ordeal in detail in an interview with a radio station abroad."

The transcript of that interview is published in full, (translated by Arash Sorx for WPI Briefing).