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Statement by the Party of Labour of Iran (Toufan) Condemn the Despicable Assassination of Chokri Belaid in Tunisia ! Chokri Belaid, a popular, prominent, and tireless fighter for the freedom and independence of Tunisia was assassinated in front of his house on the morning of February 6, 2013. Comrade Chokri was the general secretary of the United Party of Patriotic Democrats (PUPD) of Tunisia and a leading member of the Popular Front, a coalition of democratic and left wing forces including the Workers’ Party (PT) of Tunisia. The criminal assassination of Chokri Belaid is one among a series of repressive acts and barbaric attacks against the activists of the Popular Front that have been carried out for a while with the backing and support of the Tunisian government led by Ennahda Islamic Party. As Comrade Hemma Hemmami, the spokesperson of the Front and the leading figure of PT stated: “The …

To :   The International Conference of the Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organisations, labour-activists, progressive organisations, and freedom loving people of the world The worker-activists must be released immediately and unconditionally from the prisons of the Islamic Republic of Iran ! Dear Comrades, On June 15, 2012 in the city of Karaj, the Intelligence and Security agents of the regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran raided the meeting place of the labour-activists. About 60 activists were arrested, beaten, and taken to prison for interrogation. The meeting was held to discuss and to find a suitable response to the delayed wage payment, lack of job security, massive layouts, and to the repression of workers who try to form independent unions. Though most of them were released in 24 hours, nine of them are kept in prison. Since then, they have not had any contact with outside prison. The Party of Labour of …

Statement by the Party of Labour of Iran (Toufan) on The Criminal, Inhumane, Warmongering, and Illegal Sanctions on Iran On Monday January 23, 2012, the foreign ministers of the imperialist European Union countries decided in Brussels to extend the economic sanctions on Iran by putting sanctions on Central Bank of Iran and by freezing the assets of the Iranian people in Europe. In order to inflict a heavy damage on the economy of Iran, they decided to place an embargo on the export of the Iranian oil to Europe. To impose economic blockades on and to cause hunger in Iran are acts that are internationally illegal and are crimes against humanity. Imperialists want to impose their sinister, plundering, and domineering intentions on Iran and on their “axis of evils” by creating another Iraq and a second Gaza Strip. By punishing Iran, the imperialist countries want to teach a lesson to …

Stop the Imperialist-Zionist Military Threats against Iran! The imperialist powers and Israeli Zionists have intensified their vicious war propaganda against the Iranian people. They are threatening Iran with military attacks and more economic sanctions. Warmongers Sarkozi, Cameron, Obama, Netanyahu, Peres and others have step up their pressure on Iran. The Hitlerite Prime Minister of Israel, Netanyahu, talks about the use of even nuclear weapon against Iran. They major imperialist leaders are using the Iranian nuclear program as an excuse for their criminal threats against Iran. They claim that Iran has secret plan to build nuclear bomb and they give no evidence for their claims. For more than 10 years, every year they claimed Iran would make a nuclear bomb in less that a year (!) and they still continue to repeat the same rubbish today. The Party of Labour of Iran (Toufan) resolutely condemns the imperialist-Zionist threats against Iran. We …

Hail the Glorious Struggles of the Iranian Working Class! The Iranian working class has pushed its struggles to a higher level in the past few years. There have been several united strikes by the workers in different sectors of industry. The most recent strike took place in the city of Mahshahr and continued for three weeks. Six thousand five hundred workers of Petrochemical Complex in Mahshahr went on a united strike. Among their demands were the elimination of intermediary contractors between the workers and the Complex, the elimination of signing temporary and individual contracts with workers, and its replacement with signing official and direct and collective contracts with the Company. The regime of the Islamic Republic used every effort to suppress and break the strike. The security forces of the regime arrested three representatives of the strikers, but the workers marched forward. The employers offered false promises, but no one …

Statement on the elections of the Constituent Assembly The Independent Higher Electoral body (ISIE) issued the preliminary results of the Constituent Assembly on the evening of the 27th of October 2011. Al-Nahda Movement came first, followed respectively by the Congress for the Republic (CPR), the Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties (FDTL) and the Popular Petition for Freedom, Justice and Development …The Tunisian Communist Workers Party (PCOT) only won three seats in Sfax, Kairouan and Siliana. The PCOT has noted that these elections, the first since the Revolution, were pluralistic and open to all parties and all ideological and political trends. However, the party highlights the irregularities that have marred these elections, for the sake of the truth, away from the wooden language, inherited from the Ben Ali era, which hides the truth from the people. According to the official figures of the ISIE, the turnout did not exceed 48.9% …

THE ASSASSINATION OF GADDHAFI, A NEW CRIME OF IMPERIALISM The brutal military aggression against Libya, carried out by the imperialist countries, France, England, U.S. and NATO and endorsed by the UN, after destroying the country, massacring tens of thousands of civilians and imposing a puppet government, has concluded its operations with the assassination of Colonel Gaddafi. We Marxist Leninists, the working-class, peoples and youth who are fighting for social liberation on all continents, reject and condemn this crime. The aspirations for freedom and democracy of the working masses and the youth of Libya that were expressed in major demonstrations in February were manipulated by the imperialist countries, reaction and social democracy in order to take over the oil and other wealth. Under the banner of “democracy and freedom” they orchestrated a media offensive which allowed them to invade Libyan territory by air and land. They transformed the just demands of …

To :   The International Conference of the Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organisations, labour-activists, progressive organisations, and freedom loving people of the world The worker-activists must be released immediately and unconditionally from the prisons of the Islamic Republic of Iran ! Dear comrades, The criminal regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran has recently intensified the repression of the labourers and worker-activists. In the past few months, many labour-activists have been detained, imprisoned, and tortured by the security forces of the Islamic Republic. Shahrokh Zamani, a house-painter and decorator has been in detention since June 7, 2011. He was arrested while traveling from the city of Tabriz to the Capital Tehran by a public bus. Shahrokh was involved in establishing the independent trade union “Painters’ Syndicate” and he is a member of the “Committee to Form Independent Worker Syndicates”. Shahrokh Zamani was kept in solitary confinement for more than a month. He …