Worker Rights Watch is a specialized monitoring project documenting labor conditions, worker protests, and government responses in Iran. Through rigorous research and comprehensive reporting, we provide critical insights to support Iranian workers’ rights and inform international advocacy efforts.
Grassroots-Centered Approach
We prioritize direct connections with workers, labor activists, and civil society organizations on the ground. Our research relies on established networks within Iran's labor community, ensuring authentic representation of worker experiences and demands.
Research-Based Documentation
Our findings are built on triangulated evidence from verified media reports, social media monitoring, and interviews with informed sources, particularly labor activists and workers pursuing legal claims. We apply rigorous verification standards to ensure accuracy and reliability.
Independent & Non-Ideological Analysis
We maintain independence from political factions and ideological movements, providing objective documentation of labor conditions and worker rights violations. Our non-ideological approach documents government concessions and crackdowns alike, letting the data and worker voices speak for themselves across Iran's complex labor landscape.
Protest actions
Cities across Iran
Worker sectors
We systematically track strikes, protests, workplace conditions, and policy shifts across sectors and regions in Iran, using verified local sources and networks to ensure accuracy.
Every six months, we publish in-depth reports that combine protest data, testimonies, and legal developments with contextual analysis, highlighting trends and risks for workers.
We provide recommendations and practical guidance for Iranian activists and unions, while informing international policymakers, ILO, and global unions to foster solidarity.
Our publications bring together continuous monitoring, rigorous analysis, and voices from the ground in Iran’s labor movement. Twice a year, we release comprehensive reports that document protests, workplace conditions, and legal developments. In addition, we publish shorter articles, analyses, and investigations into specific fields, sectors, or issues.
Iranian workers face severe economic hardship, unsafe workplaces, and legal restrictions that prevent them from forming independent unions. Strikes and protests are often criminalized, exposing workers and activists to intimidation, dismissal, and even imprisonment. Yet, despite these risks, workers continue to demand dignity, fair wages, and their fundamental labor rights.
A major challenge has been the poverty of information on labor rights in Iran. This lack of data makes it difficult for activists, policymakers, and international organizations to grasp the scope of violations, or to design effective advocacy and solidarity strategies. Worker Rights Watch was created to fill this gap. By documenting not only individual events, such as strikes, assemblies, and regulatory changes, but also the trends and developments that emerge over time, we provide a unique resource for both domestic and international stakeholders. These insights are vital: they help raise awareness, support mobilization, and shape concrete actions that strengthen the labor movement in Iran.
Through our monitoring, analysis, and recommendations, Worker Rights Watch ensures that the struggles of Iranian workers are not ignored but recognized, amplified, and addressed at the national and global level. By engaging with our work, trade unions, civil society, governments, and international institutions can help safeguard workers’ rights and contribute to building a more just and secure future for Iranian workers.
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