The teacher unions in Iran declared their existence in the late 1970s after the revolution. Five independent and non-governmental unions called “Teacher Unions” were established in five provinces, as pioneers in pursuing the rights of teachers and students and entering the field of union demands. From the beginning of the 1980s, more teachers attempted to […]...

This is a caption This is a caption Javad Lal Mohammad I do not want to be bold and say that October 5th and April 12th in Iran are bitter reminders of the job struggles and accumulated demands for teachers; but what experts, educators, and many teachers say is nothing but this. Contrary to the […]...

  Conversation with Simin Rouzgar Javad La’al Mohammadi, a member of the Iranian Teachers’ Association, spent the last months of his 5-year exile in the Binaloud region of Khorasan Razavi. This civil activist was the editor-in-chief of Tous newspaper in 1995 when he was arrested and continued his writing career as the editor-in-chief of Eterak […]...

“We replace cultural security with security culture.” This was a slogan that Hassan Rouhani repeatedly used during his 2013 election campaign and after his victory in the election, it became the key phrase of his government’s cultural promises. A promise that was reiterated numerous times in his speeches and by other government officials during the […]...

Hearing the harmony of “My Childhood Friend” in the streets of Tehran is enough to transport each of us to the passionate and enthusiastic days of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Those were the days when gatherings, mostly in university settings or with the presence of young people outside of the university, would culminate […]...

This is a caption This is a caption. Mohammad Habibi In the year 95, it was not a pleasant year for the public education system of the country. The remaining of Baloch teacher, Hamid Gangoozehi, to save the lives of his students at the beginning of the new year, the suicides of several retired teachers […]...

This is a caption This is a caption Mohammad Habibi For years, there has been talk about the position of students and the rights that should be respected towards them. Various official media and social networks, every now and then, create a new challenge by publishing news or a video clip of a classroom and […]...

This is a caption. Mohammad Habibi It has been almost a decade since the last general assembly of the Teachers’ Guilds was held. During this ten-year period, various governments have prevented the holding of general assemblies for baseless reasons, causing problems for the guilds. While the year 2014 marked the beginning of widespread communication and […]...