Mohammad Khaksari

Mohammad Khaksari
Mohammad Khaksari
Born (1953-07-20)20 July 1953
Ahvaz, Iran
Education Master's degree in social science and journalism
Occupation Teacher, journalist, human rights and trade union activist
Notable work Owner founder and editor-in-chief of Teacher's Pen eeekly paper (هفته نامه قلم معلم); One of the ITTA founders
Spouse(s) Soraya Darabi
Children Sajjad Khaksari, Sadid Khaksari and Ali Khaksari
Parent(s) Hashem Khaksari
Website تاریخچه تشکل ها

Mohammad Khaksari (Persian: 'Mohammad Khaksari' or محمّد خاکساری) is owner and editor in chief of the Iranian teachers magazine "teacher's pen" (Ghalame Moalem = هفته نامه قلم معلم).[1] Khaksari is an Iranian Teachers trade union Activists[2] who founded the first Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) of Iranian teachers and Iranian education workers standing the first time in the contemporary history of Iran after 1979.[3] Mohammad Khaksari, has faced years of intimidation and court charges due to his role at the head of the Iranian Teacher Trade Association (ITTA),[4] which has been banned by the Iranian government.[5]

Union Activities

On July 2007, Mohammad Khaksari was an invited guest to the Fifth Education International World Congress,[6] held in Berlin from 22 to 26 July 2007. Representing the Iranian Teachers Trade Association (ITTA), also an active member of the "Save Farzad Committee", Mohammad Khaksari addressed the Education International (EI) Congress participants on the working conditions and rights of teachers in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Upon his return at the Imam Khomeini's airport in Tehran, on 27 July 2007, he was detained and taken away by the presidential guard. Mohammad Khaksari was questioned about such matters as "the people who helped him", the broadcasting agency he met or was interviewed by, and the nature of the EI Congress. He was released, but the security agents confiscated his passport and EI Congress documents.[7]

On 7 September 2007, Khaksari was reported missing in Shahrreza, in the Province of Isfahan, according to witnesses he was forced into a car by plain-clothes police officers. In a separate incident in Shahrreza, the leader of the local teachers' union, Hamid Ramati, was taken from his house in handcuffs by a dozen armed men claiming to be agents from the Islamic Republic of Iran's Ministry of Intelligence.[8] On 5 October 2007, to celebrate World Teachers' Day the ITTA formally applied for membership in EI. Later, the apartments of ITTA Superintendent Mr. Baghani and Mr. Khaksari were raided; their computers and EI membership application documents were stolen.[9]

On 17 October 2008, Mohammad Khaksari, editor-in-chief of the Teachers' Pen, was detained and was summoned by the Islamic Revolutionary Court to pay the highest bail of any of the teachers so far: $100,000.[10]

On July 2011, Mohammad Khaksari participated the 6th World Congress[11] of Education International in Cape Town and he described problems faced by the union in Iran, including: difficulties in organising, persecution of activists and teachers, restricted pedagogical autonomy, gender segregation and stereotyping in education, non- respect for diversity and mother-tongue education, and unsafe schools particularly in rural areas. He called for international solidarity and support.[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ UNHCR 2009 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – Iran
  2. ↑ Amnesty Netherland
  3. ↑ IranSoS Report May 2007, Section 69
  4. ↑ Education International News, January 2009
  5. ↑ Education International news
  6. ↑ Education International 5th World Congress
  7. ↑ Allegation 942. of ILO Report No 351, November 2008
  8. ↑ The complainant’s allegation 944. of ILO Report No 351, November 2008
  9. ↑ The complainant’s allegation 945. of ILO Report No 351, November 2008
  10. ↑ The complainant’s allegation 947. of ILO Report No 351, November 2008
  11. ↑ The Sixth World EI Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, July 2011
  12. ↑ Education International 6th World Congress Report

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