This morning some activists from the Austrian Socialist Youth and some representatives of “Iran SOS” protested in front of the embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in solidarity with the international “The workers of Iran are not alone” campaign. The activists unfurled some banners calling for the release of all political prisoners in Iran and clearly stating their international solidarity with the workers’ movement in Iran.
A protest letter signed by numerous leading activists of the Young Socialists, shop stewards and Social Democratic trade unionists was handed over to a representative of the embassy. When we were about to enter the embassy the police warned us that they could not guarantee our security once we were in the embassy building. He told us of an example when some Kurdish activists went to protest and they were arrested by Iranian “security forces”. So the police called the embassy and reached an agreement that a representative of the embassy would come out onto the street to take our protest letter.
We explained the reason for our protest and declared that we will keep up this campaign and that we will come back whenever we get notice of state repression against trade unionists and workers in Iran.