Mohammad Rasoulof, the Iranian filmmaker persecuted by the regime

The director, who has been exiled in Germany since May, releases ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig,’ a portrayal of the Women, Life Freedom movement in Iran and how dictatorships are sustained by middle management

Rise in executions deeply troubling – UN Human Rights Chief

07 January 2025    GENEVA – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday said he was deeply troubled by the marked increase in executions in Iran last year. At least 901 people were reportedly executed in 2024, including […]

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala detained by police while reporting in Iran

Italy’s foreign ministry says an Italian journalist who was reporting in Tehran has been detained by the Iranian police.
Giada Zampano
Friday 27 December 2024 20:05 GMT

Peace: the people’s priority in Iran

After the Gaza genocide and unleashing chaos in Syria, the US and Israel prepare to target Tehran next, leaving the Iranian people caught between foreign intervention and continued theocratic oppression, writes GAWAIN LITTLE

Happy New Year 2025

 

Mohammad Rasoulof, the Iranian filmmaker persecuted by the regime

The director, who has been exiled in Germany since May, releases ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig,’ a portrayal of the Women, Life Freedom movement in Iran and how dictatorships are sustained by middle management

Rise in executions deeply troubling – UN Human Rights Chief

07 January 2025    GENEVA – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday said he was deeply troubled by the marked increase in executions in Iran last year. At least 901 people were reportedly executed in 2024, including […]

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala detained by police while reporting in Iran

Italy’s foreign ministry says an Italian journalist who was reporting in Tehran has been detained by the Iranian police.
Giada Zampano
Friday 27 December 2024 20:05 GMT

Peace: the people’s priority in Iran

After the Gaza genocide and unleashing chaos in Syria, the US and Israel prepare to target Tehran next, leaving the Iranian people caught between foreign intervention and continued theocratic oppression, writes GAWAIN LITTLE

Happy New Year 2025

Songs from Inside: Women inside notorious Iran prison fight for their rights – BBC World Service

Press release – CODIR AGM agrees peace and solidarity work priorities

At its Annual General Meeting this weekend delegates to the Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) conference called for opposition to war in the Middle East, while supporting the call of the Iranian people for peace and […]

Iran: New compulsory veiling law intensifies oppression of women and girls

December 10, 2024Iranian authorities have adopted a new draconian law that further erases the human rights of women and girls, imposing the death penalty, flogging, prison terms and other severe penalties to crush ongoing resistance to compulsory veiling, Amnesty International […]

Practical solidarity with the people of Iran

CODIR general secretary GAWAIN LITTLE explains the solidarity campaign’s priorities as it holds its AGM this weekend

Iran releases Nobel Peace laureate Mohammadi on medical leave: lawyer

Iran has released Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi, jailed since November 2021, for three weeks on medical grounds, her lawyer posted on social media. “Based on the advice of the examining doctor, the public prosecutor suspended the jail sentence against […]