CODIR endorses the call by 29 respected Iranian Civil Activists on the Necessity of the Immediate Cessation of Executions in Iran

Joint Statement by 29 Iranian Political and Civil Activists on the Necessity of the Immediate Cessation of Executions It is with profound regret that a number of detainees from the January 2026 protests have thus far been executed, with the heaviest […]

CODIR calls for peace as priority in the Middle East

4 November 2026 Press release For immediate use The Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) has called for all belligerents in the war against Iran to place peace at the top of the agenda as tentative […]

Iranian Lawyer, Bahareh Aghaei, Is sentenced to 26 years for Being a Lawyer!

CODIR Protests Against Iranian Defence Attorney, Bahareh Aghaei, Being Sentenced to 26 years Imprisonment For Practising Law! Heavy Sentence Imposed on Attorney Due to Protest and Media Activities26-Year and One-Month Prison Sentence Handed Down to Bahareh Aghaei The issuance of […]

 Theocratic Regime in Iran Starts Repressive Clamp Down on Arts & Culture!

Ja’afar Panahi, the prominent Iranian filmmaker, has been sentenced to five years and one month in prison and the confiscation of all his assets.Mostafa Nili, defence counsel for the prominent Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, announced that Branch 26 of the […]

CODIR Appeal for Urgent Action to Save the Lives of Women Political Prisoners in Iran  

21st October 2026 Press release For immediate use The Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) has called upon ALL its affiliates take action to save the lives of female political detainees in Iran, several of whom […]

 

CODIR endorses the call by 29 respected Iranian Civil Activists on the Necessity of the Immediate Cessation of Executions in Iran

Joint Statement by 29 Iranian Political and Civil Activists on the Necessity of the Immediate Cessation of Executions It is with profound regret that a number of detainees from the January 2026 protests have thus far been executed, with the heaviest […]

CODIR calls for peace as priority in the Middle East

4 November 2026 Press release For immediate use The Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) has called for all belligerents in the war against Iran to place peace at the top of the agenda as tentative […]

Iranian Lawyer, Bahareh Aghaei, Is sentenced to 26 years for Being a Lawyer!

CODIR Protests Against Iranian Defence Attorney, Bahareh Aghaei, Being Sentenced to 26 years Imprisonment For Practising Law! Heavy Sentence Imposed on Attorney Due to Protest and Media Activities26-Year and One-Month Prison Sentence Handed Down to Bahareh Aghaei The issuance of […]

 Theocratic Regime in Iran Starts Repressive Clamp Down on Arts & Culture!

Ja’afar Panahi, the prominent Iranian filmmaker, has been sentenced to five years and one month in prison and the confiscation of all his assets.Mostafa Nili, defence counsel for the prominent Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, announced that Branch 26 of the […]

CODIR Appeal for Urgent Action to Save the Lives of Women Political Prisoners in Iran  

21st October 2026 Press release For immediate use The Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) has called upon ALL its affiliates take action to save the lives of female political detainees in Iran, several of whom […]

CODIR warns of danger of escalation in Iran war

7th October 2026 Press release For immediate use The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) has warned that escalation of the illegal aggression initiated by the US/Israeli axis upon Iran will worsen further the lives of the […]

The Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Associations (Tehran): Suppression of Independent Organisations Must End!

Tuesday 6th October 2026 – In a statement marking World Teachers’ Day – referencing the 60th anniversary of the joint ILO/UNESCO Recommendation Concerning the Status of Teachers – the Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Associations (CCITTA) in Tehran declared […]

Iran and the US hold talks at the UN on ending the war

IRAN and the United States held hours of mediated talks on the margins of the United Nations general assembly in New York on Tuesday. The talks came on the same day that US President Donald Trump told the assembly that he […]

Exchange Ratio

Ervand Abrahamian05 September 2026Politics When you spoke to NLR earlier this year, Iran had just emerged from the repression of the January protests. How do you see the domestic situation after six months of war? How close is the country to another […]

CODIR warns of US tightening screws on Iran

3rd September 2026 Press release The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) has warned that the renewed escalation of the conflict between the US/Israeli axis and Iran has already hit the Iranian people hard and is likely […]