Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to restore diplomatic relations last week, but Tehran is likely to keep its foreign policy pillars. By Giorgio Cafiero Published On 14 Mar 2023 Since becoming Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi has promised to improve Tehran’s relations […]
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Analysis: Iran eases its regional isolation with Saudi deal
The “Woman, Life, Freedom” Protests… The Situation Going Forward
This year, as progressives around the world prepared to mark International Women’s Day, the women of Iran did so on the back of a courageous and inspiring six-month long struggle – one in which they have led from the front […]
A new beautiful work in the form of animation
A new beautiful work in the form of animation, based on some of historic scenes of the protests against Mahsa Amini’s murder by the regime’s “Morality Police” in September, on the Persian version of Italian Bela Ciao A new beautiful […]
Crisis over suspected Iran schoolgirl poisonings escalates
Story by By JON GAMBRELL, Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A crisis over suspected poisonings targeting Iranian schoolgirls escalated Sunday as authorities acknowledged over 50 schools were struck in a wave of possible cases. The poisonings have […]
Hundreds of Schoolgirls have been Targeted in Poison Gas Attacks in Iran
There is growing public concern and widespread anger in Iran following reports that hundreds of schoolgirls have been poisoned in a series of mysterious gas attacks on schools across the country, raising fears that militant religious groups have begun waging […]
Hundreds of Iranian schoolgirls targeted by mysterious poison gas attacks
Fears religious groups are targeting girls to keep them out of school and to intimidate street protesters Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran 17 HOURS AGO – www.ft.com Hundreds of young Iranian girls have been poisoned in a series of mysterious gas attacks on […]
Hundreds of Schoolgirls Fall Sick in Iran, and Officials Suspect Poisoning
Hundreds of schoolgirls in Iran have been hospitalized in over 10 cities after falling sick with respiratory, cardiac and neurological symptoms, and senior officials said they might have been deliberately poisoned. Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said at a news conference […]
CODIR calls for urgent solidarity with political prisoners, women activists, human rights defenders, and trade unionists in Iran
Trade union activist, Reyhane Ansarinejad, summoned to the Evin Security Prosecutor’s Office Ms. Reyhane Ansarinejad, an independent labour activist, has been summoned to the 2nd Investigation Branch of the General and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office of the 33rd District of Tehran […]
The struggle for change in Iran has reached the point of no return!
Woman, Life, Freedom… By Payam Solhtalab of CODIR After five months of unceasing protest and activism by tens of thousands of young women and men in Iran, demanding that their fundamental human and democratic rights be respected, the political landscape […]
The Iranian Monarchists Do Not Represent The ‘Multinational Iran’
January 30, 2023 | By Himdad Mustafa* Most of the opposition figures and groups want a new democratic republic to replace the authoritarian Islamic Republic. However, it recently made the news that a Persian-led group nostalgic for Iranian monarchy is endorsing exiled […]