Mediators move closer to extending US-Iran ceasefire

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 […]

A Tribute to Iran’s Soulful and Revolutionary Cinema

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 […]

CODIR Cautiously Welcomes Ceasefire

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 […]

Join us to campaign foran end to the US/Israeli War Crimes in Iran

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 […]

Iran: President Trump’s apocalyptic threats of large-scale civilian devastation demand urgent global action to prevent atrocity crimes

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 […]

 

CODIR welcomes protests demanding democratic change in Iran

9th January 2026  The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) has today welcomed demonstrations across Iran, which have put pressure upon the theocratic dictatorship, but warned against intervention by the United States to force Iran in a […]

Iran’s Leader’ calls for “rioters to be put in their place!”

Support nationwide Protests across all provinces of Iran- Join CODIR’s solidarity actions in Britain with protesters in Iran “RIOTERS must be put in their place,” stated the Islamic Republic regime’s ‘Supreme [Religious] Leader’ Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday 3 January, […]

In Iran, the turmoil continues

STEVE BISHOP looks at what has triggered the mass protests in Iran   3 January 2026 AT THE turn of the year, the Islamic Republic of Iran is facing its most significant internal crisis for many years. At the end of […]

Iranian protesters killed as unrest turns violent on fifth day

Wall Street Journal– Violence erupted between Iranian protesters and police during unrest on Thursday, leaving at least five dead on the fifth day of demonstrations over the country’s economic crisis. Three people were killed during a demonstration outside a police […]

You’ll never defeat us in Iran, President Trump: but with real talks, we can both win

Abbas Araghchi The US president has been fooled into seeing Israel as a reliable ally and Tehran as the enemy. We say he should consider the evidence and rethink While Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this year achieved his dream of dragging […]

CODIR Central Executive Council Season’s greeting to all our supporters and affiliates

Iranian merchants protest as currency hits record low

29 December 2025 THE head of Iran’s Central Bank quit today as protests erupted for a second day in Tehran and several other cities after the country’s currency plummeted to a new record low against the US dollar. Mohammad Reza Farzin’s […]

Six Months After War, Israel Warns It Could Strike Iran Again

Tehran’s efforts to rebuild its ballistic-missile program risks new Israeli military action, complicating U.S. efforts to stabilize the region The Wall Street Journal                                                                        Thursday December 25, 2025 By Dov Lieber   TEL AVIV—Six months after launching a 12-day war with Iran over […]

Security Council remains divided over Iran nuclear programme, sanctions stay in place

23 December 2025 At a meeting to discuss nuclear non-proliferation on Tuesday, the Security Council’s stance on Iran’s nuclear activities remained divided on the issue, split between those who support the reinstatement of sanctions, and the members who believe the […]

Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi ‘violently detained’ at memorial for dead human rights lawyer

A foundation in her name said she was detained at a memorial for a human rights lawyer recently found dead under disputed circumstances Jon Gambrell Iran has arrested Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, her supporters said on Friday. A foundation in her name […]