Here is the text of an open letter received at the beginning of Mrch 2002 from Iranian refugees in detention centres in Australia; a scanned copy of the original follows.
All the teacher unions united, as earlier, to protest agains the regime in Iran for oppressing them with very low wages. More than 12000 [protesters] gathered and held a strike in front of the parliment and then they decided to move in front of the parliment and president's office. Their demand to protest is to stop this discriminatory and oppressive policy and be provided with comfortable livelihood.
The Islamic republic declared the strike to be illegal and gave orders to the suppressive forces to obstruct the peaceful demonstration of teachers. During these difficult circumstances the teachers' union send the mesage to al the people of Iran and high level political leaders of the regime. Once again the suppressive forces "Ansar Hesbullah" militia used dangerous weapons like Bamboo sticks, knuckle dusters, knives and other weapons. All these people have broken their backs because of injustice and inflation. Many men and women are attacked, injured and arrested. They had been placed in underground dark cells of Islamic Republic.
We Iranian Refugees throughout the detention centres in Australia give our whole hearted support to "National teachers & students & freedom fighters movement in Iran". We ask for the freedom on an unconditional basis immediately of all the political prisoners and freedom fighters.
Iranian Refugees throughout detention centres in Australia
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