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History of West Asia in general
Retrospective history
- Imperialism and Struggle in Iran
- By Ali Azad, in Workers World. Overview of Iranian history since 1953.
Labor
- Iranian Oil-Workers Arrested
- From the Committee for the Defence and Support of the Iranian Oil Workers. 16 February, 1997.
- Iranian Oil Workers Strike After Arrests?
- In ICEM Update, No. 9/1997. 17 February, 1997. Oil workers struck on 16 February, and the government has now outlawed all oil-workers organization and refuses to enter into collective bargaining.
- Workers demand higher wages
- In ICFTU On Line, 12 September, 1997. Industrial workers protest over wages. The only legal channels for discussion is through guilds and Islamic work-based councils, which are directly controlled by the government. The Oil worker strikes of last December and these suggest there is movement in Iran toward independent labor organization.
Politics
- Shi'a religious leaders as victims of human rights violations
- From Amnesty International. 3 JUNE, 1997.
Kurdistan
- Statement From The Political Bureau Of Kurdish Democratic Party Of Iran (KDPI)
- 5 August, 1996. Re Iran's attack on 27 July, 1996, upon the KDPI and Kurdish refugees in Iraqi Kurdistan.
- US Accused of Raising Tensions
- Reuter. 6 October, 1997. US rushing weapons into Gulf and threats to Iran because of Iranian raids on exile camps across border in Iraq.
Society
- IHRWG's Statement on the Occasion of the UN's Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing
- 5 September, 1995. Re condition of women in Iran.
- Iran's Islamic revolution after 17 years
- By Nina Lansbury, in Green Left Weekly, 15 May, 1996. Focus on daily life today.
