Persian2English – Mansour Osanloo, the chairman of the Syndicate of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company (Sherkat-e Vahed) was released from prison on bail and on the orders of Iran’s Judiciary today after four years behind bars. He was released due to international pressures, according to the Committee for Defense of Political Prisoners website.
The labour rights activist was among the people currently on hunger strike in Rajai Shahr prison. Osanloo’s release corresponds with the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) meeting that began on Monday and will continue for two weeks. The ILO has always made efforts for Osanloo’s release.
Mansour Osanloo was arrested on July 10, 2007 and sentenced to five years in prison. He was sentenced to an additional year in prison in August 2010 under the charge, “Propaganda against the regime”. He has been arrested numerous times in the past decade, each time enduring much physical and psychological torture including spending long periods of time in solitary confinement.
