Davoud Rafiee

He is a dismissed worker of Pars Khodro (Iranian automobile manufacturer). Mr. Rafiee had several sit-ins in front of the Ministry of Labor to return to his job. In 2020, he received 74 lashes for his activities, which caused many reactions.

<coverage-outsourcing id='10688'> According to the Coordinating Committee for the Trade Unions Establishment, Davoud Rafiee, Manouchehr Ehsasi, and Mehdi Khak worked in Pars Khodro before the strike in January 2015, but they were later fired along with several other workers. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10689'> Davoud Rafiee, Manouchehr Ehsasi, Mehdi Khak, and several other workers sat in front of Saipa Company. According to the Coordinating Committee for the Trade Unions Establishment, they request to return to work. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10687'> Davoud Rafiee, Manuchehr Ehsasi, and Mehdi Khak were arrested. According to some reports, they were transferred to Fashafoyeh Prison due to their inability to post bail (50 million Tomans for Davoud Rafiee and 30 million Tomans for Manouchehr Ehsasi and Mehdi Khak). </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10690'> Iran-Kargar website reported that Manouchehr Ehsasi and Mehdi Khak were released on bail. However, Davoud Rafiei is still in custody due to another complaint from his employer that he was actively involved in labor protests and spreading news. He was eventually released on bail. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='23047'> He was arrested and transferred to Fashafoyeh Prison while pursuing his demands to the Ministry of Labor. Based on a photo published of him, he claims that the Minister of Labor "offered him a bribe of 200 million Tomans." </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='23048'> He was released on bail. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='33665'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-27646/'> <strong>Lashing sentence without informing the final verdict; There was no private plaintiff data</strong> He received 74 lashes were while he had gone to the Evin court to pursue the case. The sentence was recently issued by a court in Tehran and was subsequently sent to execution after being upheld by Branch 39 of Appellate court of Tehran; Mr. Rafiee has been unaware of the verdict. The case was filed on the charge of "insulting government officials" (former Minister of Labor Mahmoud Rabiee). Although the media claim that Mr. Rabiee "withdrew his complaint," but he says: > I have not filed any lawsuit for any labor in my life. There was also a letter from the Minister of Labor stating that he had withdrawn his complaint, but the reason for his withdrawn is not clear. The court issued this decision and executed it. The case had no plaintiff since April 2018. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>