Our brothers in charge seem to have forgotten the high esteem in which the Prophet, his Vali, and Islam held the common laborer and the value placed on their hard work and their contributions to society, as demonstrated by their kissing of the rough hands of these workers, and as shown in their exhortations to “pay them their wages, before the sweat on their backs dries.” The molestation of labor and its representatives, including the continued emprisonment of Ossanlou, is uncalled for and the time to release them is now.
