Iran Teaching Head Sent To Jail
general of Iran’s Teachers' Organization was arrested on April 20 and transferred to Tehran’s Evin prison to serve a five-year sentence, Iran’s semi-official ILNA news agency reported. Alireza Hashemi was sentenced to prison in 2010 for “pursuing union demands” and “meeting with relatives of jailed teachers,” his deputy, Tahereh Naghiyi, told Naghiyi said Hashemi had been convicted of charges that included “acting against national security.” The organization said the move was an attempt to radicalize the teachers' movement, which it said ...
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