(15 June 2009): Reports received today indicate that all 8 members of Metal workers and Mechanics Union were released on bail. As Amnesty International reported, Hossein Akbari, Abdollah Vatankhah, Abol Hassan Dar ol-Shafa’ie, and Aziz Yari, along with four others were arrested on 1 May, at an International Workers’ Day event held in Nematabad, south Tehran. This case is separate from the mass arrests in Laleh Park, central Tehran on May Day.