Teachers Protest in Front of Parliament Parisa Hatami 2007.08.30 For the second day yesterday, a group of unhappy teachers held a protest in front of the Majlis building, as representatives from the Iranian Teachers Union [“Kanun-e Senfiy-e Mo’aleman”] wrote a letter to the head of judiciary Ayatollah Shahroudi. In their letter, teachers requested to meet with the cleric and asked for his help in putting an end to violent confrontations and imprisonment of activist teachers. Meanwhile, the reformist Participation Front [“Hezb-e Mosharekat”] released a statement condemning the recent treatment of teachers and calling on courts to reverse the convictions of...