Iranian Teachers' Trade Association
| Founded | 1999 2001 as Coordinating Council of Iranian Teacher Trade Associations (CCITTA)[1] |
|---|---|
| Affiliations | Education International (EI) |
| Website | moallemkhabar.ir |
Iranian Teachers' Trade Association (ITTA; Template:Lang-fa) is a trade union of educators in Iran.[2] It is an affiliate of Education International[3] and Esmail Abdi serves as its secretary-general.[1]
In 2018 Mohammad Habibi, a member of the board of directors of ITTA-Tehran, was arrested following a gathering of the group and subsequently sentenced to ten and a half years in prison as well as 72 lashes.[4]
The group's leader, Esmail Abdi has been imprisoned in Evin prison since 2015[5]
Teachers News Agency
This is an independent news agency. Administered by teachers.
The site address is moallemkhabar.ir, which consists of the two words moallem and khabar meaning teacher news.
References
- ^ a b "The ITUC Global Rights Index: Iran". International Trade Union Confederation. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ^ Mohammed Pourabdollah (1 September 2015). "For Iranian teachers, another day, another rial". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ^ "Iran". Education International. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ^ International, Education. "Iran: teacher trade unionist Mohammed Habibi sentenced to ten and a half years in prison". Education International. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
- ^ "Free trade unionist on hunger strike". www.amnesty.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
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