Solidarity with the Iranian Workers’ Movement Committee was established in December 2022.
The Committee aims to mobilise union and labour groups in support of the revolutionary uprising and workers’ protests in Iran and in opposition to the Islamic Republic of Iran’s rights violations and executions.
John McDonnell MP chairs the Committee. Committee members are PCS Assistant General Secretary John Moloney, RMT Bakerloo Branch Representative Daniel Randall; International Federation of Iraqi Refugees Secretary Dashty Jamal; Political and Women’s Rights Activist Sonia Mohammadi; Iranian Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation Director Diana Nammi; Middle Eastern Women and Society Organisation Director Halaleh Taheri; Alliance for Workers’ Liberty Mark Osborn; One Law for All Spokesperson and Women’s Rights Campaigner Maryam Namazie; Political Activist Fariborz Pooya, Writer Nasrin Parvaz; Solidarity with People of Iran Activist Satar Rahmani; Kurdish and Middle Eastern Women’s Organisation Director Sawsan Salim; and International Federation of Iraqi Refugees Activist Twana Noury.
The establishment of the Committee was first discussed at a 28 November 2022 meeting in parliament, chaired by John McDonnell MP.