UCU: Solidarity with the people of Iran

Motion

Motion text: Congress notes:
1. the vicious crackdown of the December-January wave of courageous social protest in Iran has an unknown but significant number of deaths
2. sufferings of ordinary Iranians brought by the repressive character of the regime, devastating US-led sanctions and previous Israeli airstrikes has been exacerbated by the US-Israeli launched war.
3. the participation of educators, students and trade unionists in the wave of protest.
4. the bombing of civil and educational infrastructure including more than 30 Iranian universities, tantamount to scholasticide.
Congress resolves:
a. to extend our solidarity and sympathy for Iranian colleagues and students in UK post-16 education and in Iran itself
b. to send a message of solidarity to educators, student and trade union groups facing repression and US-Israeli bombing
c. to amplify this position within the trade union movement.
d. to demand the government lifts UK's sanctions against Iran.
e. to demand a sanctuary scheme for Iran students wishing to study in the UK.