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More than 50 Iranian lawyers have declared support for workers at the Haft Tepeh sugar company located near the city of Shush now protesting for wage-related demands, according to the workers’ union’s Telegram channel. The lawyers cite provision 27 of the Iranian Constitution, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in their November 19 statement.

The full text of the statement appears below:

In light of the fact that recent years have been dedicated in name to production and support of employment and domestic products, there is no doubt that Iran’s industrial progress is based on our workers and labor force. By providing for these workers’ primary needs and respecting their honor and dignity that, we can hope for a bright future.

Unfortunately, in the last few years this hard-working and honorable class of people has been confronted with the mercilessness of bosses and some government institutions. For some time now, owing mismanagement, greed, and a lack of transparency on the part of managers, their fundamental rights have been violated, and in many cases have had difficulty collecting their monthly wages and making do in their day-to-day lives.

Given a failure to resolve these issues, these workers have, in some instances, been left with no choice but to peacefully demonstrate in order to find a path out by drawing officials’ attention. These demonstrations have had no partisan leanings, and these workers, who have come out of our society, have no goal but to enjoy their own fundamental rights.

With an eye toward provision 27 of the Constitution, the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights, and Article 20 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we lawyers deem such peaceful demonstrations, undertaken for labor rights demands, to be lawful. We support these workers’ peaceful demands for their legal rights, and call on officials to heed them and solve the problems facing these honorable people’s problems.

Farzaneh Zeilabi

Seyed Jamaleddin Heidarimanesh

Shadi Rasadi

Maryam Sediq Anvari

Hamid Reza Abiri

Mansur Shakiba

Hossein Zaki

Ma’sumeh Uraki

Reza Mombeini

Hamid Heravi

Iman Shalu’i Cheharbenicheh

Neda Assadzadeh

Sajjad Chatr Sefid

Seyedeh Mahtab Rahmani

Faramarz Amiripur

HosseinAli Hatami

Mehdi Hosseinpur

Azita Shiranipur

Hamid Mohammadi

Yahya Monjezi

Narges Sidal

Faramarz Mowla’irad

Mohammad Mehdi Sayahmanesh

Ebrahim Parsamehr

Hossein Kuchak

Babak Balipur

Mohammadreza Tahmasbifar

Delavar Nuri Musa

Ruhollah Kuzehgar

Hafez Savari

Leila Khosravi

Razieh Karbala’ipur

Sa’id Qorbani Biragani

Ayat Abbasi

Kurosh Zarghami

Azim Cha’bfar

Akram Pirvand Muri

Maryam Pirvand Muri

Sudabeh Boyeri Piani

Mahbubeh Vahidi

Enayatollah Sharifinejad

Ma’sumeh Soleimani Babadi

Sa’id Musavi Sharifi

Shabnam Dadmarz

Rasul Derakhshan

Sh. P.

Afshin Karami

Arash Dowlatshahi

Seyed Mohammad Askari

AliReza Farzaneh

Farhad Karami

Ahmad Khosravi Taze Qeshlaq