The International Federation of Education, consisting of 396 organizations and trade unions in 171 countries and representing 32.5 million teachers and instructors, issued a call for the immediate release of Ismaeel Abdi, Secretary-General of the Teachers Trade Union in Iran.
Abdi was arrested on June 27th while seeking to get a visa to Armenia to take part in the International Education Congress in Ottawa, Canada. Peyman Nudinian, a representative of the trade union who was scheduled to take part in this global conference, has been banned from leaving the country.
