June 22nd, 2019 
There must be every effort to create a movement which clearly says no to war in Iran, says LINDSEY GERMAN ANTI-WAR campaigners are gearing up to oppose new conflicts this summer. The situation in the Gulf is extremely dangerous and […]
Category: Features
A US war with Iran looms. Don’t for one second think that it is justified
Trump’s allies will try to paint Iran as a threat, as they did with Iraq. We must not fall into step with their prefab bloodlust ‘It is clear where we’re heading …’ US Navy patrol boats carry journalists to see […]
UNISON General Secretary questions wisdom of Jeremy Hunt’s support for Trump’s drive to war with Iran!
UNISON National Delegate Conference 2019, Liverpool UNISON’s general secretary, Dave Prentis, spoke yesterday at UNISON’s International Rally ahead of the union’s National Delegate Conference in Liverpool in response to a question from Jamshid Ahmadi, Assistant General secretary of CODIR. Mr […]
British and US push to blame Iran is ‘most dangerous threat of war yet,’ say peace campaigners
Journalist John Pilger warns ‘nothing’ Trump administration says can be trusted BRITISH and US claims that Iran is behind two oil tanker explosions are “the most dangerous threat of war” yet, peace campaigners warned today. US Secretary of State Mike […]
‘Flying Object’ Struck Tanker in Gulf of Oman, Operator Says, Not a Mine
Yutaka Katada, the president of the Japanese shipping company Kokuka Sangyo, in Tokyo on Friday with a photograph of the Kokuka Courageous, one of two ships attacked in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday. Jae C. Hong/Associated Press By Ben Dooley […]
CODIR Bulletin June 2019 is published!
In this issue: – One million people join the campaign demanding release of Nasrin Sotoudeh from Prison! Page 1 – Trade union rights are universal rights – Defend the rights of teachers in Iran! Page 1 – Iranian Economy in […]
More than 1 million people join global campaign to demand Iranian government release Nasrin Sotoudeh
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE Under embargo until 00:01 GMT 13 June 2019 More than a million people in more than 200 countries and territories across the globe have come together to express their outrage at the sentencing of prominent Iranian […]
Iran: Sentencing of human rights lawyer to 30 years in prison and 111 lashes ‘a shocking injustice’
Responding to the news that Iranian human rights lawyer Amirsalar Davoudi has been sentenced to 30 years in prison and 111 lashes for his human rights work, including publicizing violations through a channel he set up on the Telegram mobile […]
Iran: Labor Activists Detained Since May Day – Police Crackdown on Protest
(Beirut) – Iranian authorities are holding at least eight activists and journalists arrested during a Labor Day protest on May 1, 2019, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should immediately and unconditionally release all those detained for exercising their rights to […]
Women Banned From Cycling In Bike-Friendly Iranian City
Isfahan is known as the city of bicycles, a reputation forged by its many cycling lanes, a bike-sharing system, and a government that actively promotes biking — that is, unless you are a woman. The prosecutor in Iran’s third largest […]
