Teaching Through Repression: How Iran’s Educators Kept the Movement Alive Over the Past Year

Teaching Through Repression: How Iran’s Educators Kept the Movement Alive Over the Past Year

Amid intensified crackdowns, Iran’s teachers sustained nationwide organizing, faced mass dismissals and arrests, built cross-movement solidarity, and demanded an end to securitized schooling, recognition of union rights, and freedom for imprisoned educators. Over the past 12 months, Iran’s teachers’ movement has been one of the country’s most persistent labor and civic mobilizations. Despite heavy securitization, teachers continued to protest fo…