USA/Iran: Trump’s warning that USA will attack Iran’s power plants is a threat to commit war crimes
USA/Iran: Those responsible for deadly and unlawful US strike on school that killed over 100 children must be held accountable
Iran: Children among 30 people at risk of the death penalty amid expedited grossly unfair trials connected to uprising
MEDIATORS moved closer today to extending the ceasefire between the United States and Iran and restarting negotiations to salvage the fragile truce before it expires next week. A senior Iranian military official threatened to halt trade in the region if the […]
ByEileen Jones With President Donald Trump recently threatening to destroy Iranian civilization itself, the country’s filmmakers carry on their long tradition of defiant, deeply human cinema forged under censorship, imprisonment, and war. With the people of Iran now targeted by […]
Declaration of conditional ceasefire represents a step forward towards achieving a sustainable peace CODIR cautiously but relievedly welcomes the announcement on Tuesday night of a “conditional ceasefire” and two-week cessation of the illegal war being waged on Iran by the […]
Having reduced Gaza and the long-suffering Palestinian people to a state of ruin and desolation, the US-Israeli axis of destruction has now turned its ruinous gaze and intent towards Iran – with Donald Trump waxing not-so-lyrical, over the Easter festival […]
7 April 2026 Responding to the United States President Donald Trump’s statement about Iran on Truth Social on 7 April 2026, warning that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again”, Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of […]
Former General Secretary of the Iranian Teachers’ Trade Association calls for international solidarity Esmail Abdi, exiled trade union leader, explains why focussed, united and energised solidarity with Iranian workers is essential for guaranteeing peace and democratic rights in Iran, including […]
The Autumn issue of Iran Today, the quarterly Bulletin of CODIR, the progressive campaign for peace, human and democratic rights, and social justice in Iran was published by CODIR! – Editorial: Crises! Repression! Resistance! Page 2 – Former General Secretary […]
Sharifeh Mohammadi, a noted women’s and workers’ activist in Iran, has just had her second death sentence upheld by the country’s Supreme Court. There are now grave fears that she is at imminent risk of execution. On 5 December 2023, Ms. […]
The Iranian authorities are destroying vital evidence of the mass executions of dissidents in early 1980s by building a parking lot over their graves in Tehran’s Behesht Zahra cemetery. This is another grim reminder of systemic impunity for the crimes […]
Today, opposition to the death penalty and the defence of human life are central demands of Iran’s civil society and progressive forces, forming a core part of our daily struggle. A new wave of death sentences and executions, along with […]
Amir Ahmadi Arian In the early morning of 23 June, the day before Iran and Israel agreed a ceasefire, Israel bombed Evin Prison in Tehran, killing at least 79 people. It was the deadliest attack on a single target during […]
We want our rights! The dismissal or expulsion from service of our colleague, Mr. Mohammad Hossein Pour (photograph above) from Gilan province, has ignited the anger of nurses and medical staff across the country. Protest is our right and launching […]
In the midst of a fragile ceasefire following the twelve-day war and ongoing crises of livelihood, water shortages, and frequent power and water outages—all signs of the systemic inefficiency of the established power-holding institutions—which disrupt the daily lives of millions […]
Simon Tisdall Executions by a vengeful regime in Tehran are soaring. The west must pursue a different strategy Hanging is the preferred method of execution in Iran, although stoning and crucifixion offer alternative options for an ever-vengeful theocracy. Death by hanging is […]
Prior to their executions, all international organisations, including the UN Special Rapporteurs and Amnesty International, had condemned the death sentences handed to these two political prisoners, who were alleged members of the People’s Mojahedin Organisation (MeK) and had called for […]
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