News Center — The continued judicial prosecution of union activists in Iran reflects mounting pressure on trade union work, amid growing complaints that teachers and workers are being targeted. Human rights organizations affirm that such measures restrict activists' freedom and obstruct their civil work.

Khuzestan's Court of Appeal confirmed today, Friday, July 24, the one-year prison sentence handed down to union activist Kowkab Baghi Zadeh, a member of the Khuzestan Teachers' Union, after upholding the earlier ruling issued by Branch One of the Revolutionary Court in Ahvaz on charges of "propaganda activity against the Islamic Republic of Iran."

The objections submitted failed to change the ruling, as the Eighteenth Chamber deemed the appeal insufficient to overturn the decision, declaring the verdict final.

In a related development, the Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers' Trade Associations published a statement via Telegram condemning the judicial ruling, demanding the annulment of sentences issued against union activists and an end to the judicial prosecutions targeting teachers.