Ahead of the anniversary of the state killing of Zhina Mahsa Amini, 14 activists and members of the Kurdistan Teachers’ Union, Sanandaj branch, have been summoned to the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office of Sanandaj and other security institutions in the city.
According to the Campaign for the Defense of Political and Civil Prisoners, these activists are accused of charges including “assembly and collusion against national security,” “propaganda against the regime,” and “disruption of public order.”
Some of the summoned teachers include Mohammadreza Moradi, Aram Ebrahimi, Sadegh Kenani, Qiyas Nemati, Nasrin Karimi, Majid Karimi, Salah Haji Mirzaei, Fatemeh Zand Karimi, Kourosh Ezati Amini, Faisal Nouri, Reza Tahmasebi, Shahriar Naderi, Behzad Ghavami, and Rezgar Heydari.
Many educators and union activists in Kurdistan have been deprived of their professional rights, including ranking benefits, since the start of the “Women, Life, Freedom” protest movement.
According to the Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers’ Union Associations, hundreds of cases with various charges have been filed against teachers’ union activists in the Administrative Violations Committees of the Ministry