A nationwide strike by contract workers in Iran’s oil and gas industry that began last week has now spread to over 110 companies, involving more than 20,000 workers. Launched by the unofficial Council for Organizing Oil Contract-Workers’ Protests, the strike began on June 19. The workers are demanding […]

Toomaj Salehi, an Iranian rapper who was sentenced to death, has been denied the right to make phone calls since April 27. Salehi’s lawyer, Amir Raisian, shared on his X account while announcing this news that his client “mentioned during a meeting with his father yesterday that the […]