Category: News & Analysis

Iran and Israel exchange massive waves of missile attacks

RAN and the United States-Israeli coalition exchanged a massive wave of missile attacks today. Iran announced today that it launched a massive combined missile and drone operation against Israeli territory and US facilities in countries across the region. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard […]

Manufacturing war, paying the price

History shows from Iraq to Libya, and now Iran, that regime-change fantasies rarely deliver stability — but they always deliver human and economic cost, says MARYAM ESLAMDOUST HE illegal attack by Israel and the United States on Iran on Saturday […]

Iran’s Student Protesters Clash With Regime Loyalists

For a second straight day, students across Tehran commemorated those killed in a brutal crackdown that left thousands dead last month By Benoit Faucon Feb. 22, 2026 1:01 pm ET Students at universities across Tehran clashed with pro-regime demonstrators on Sunday, as […]

Striking for Justice: Schools Rise Against Shared Suffering and Systematic Silence 

CODIR reports, 18 February 2026-   Iranian Teachers’ Union Reports Successful Nationwide School Strikes Despite Government Pressure The Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Associations (CCITTA) reported successful school strikes on Wednesday morning. The Council had previously issued a call to […]

Landmark EU Vote on Iran Human Rights

European lawmakers overwhelmingly approve a resolution condemning Iran’s human rights record, with 524 votes in favor and calls for accountability and expanded sanctions. The European Parliament has adopted a strongly worded EU resolution on Iran human rights, condemning what lawmakers described […]

Activists call out the hijacking of the 1979 Iranian revolution

ACTIVISTS called out the hijacking of the 1979 Iranian revolution today as Iran marked the 47th anniversary of the Islamic clergy coming to power. This comes as the country’s theocracy remains under pressure both domestically and externally. United States President Donald Trump […]

Progressive Iranian Women Appeal for Solidarity

The Democratic Organisation of Iranian Women, the DOIW, the oldest oranisation in Iran campaigning for women’s rights, has appeals for solidarity. The Iranian regime’s brutal crackdown on the protests that began on 28th December 2025, has claimed the lives of […]

Oman Brinkmanship: Can Diplomacy Avert a Wider Middle East War?

By Ziba Akhavan, CODIR E-Newsletter, February 6, 2026 The quiet coastal capital of Muscat has once again become the most critical geography in the Middle East. After days of conflicting reports and a volatile fluctuation in the Iranian rial, the […]

Killing on a mass scale: piecing together the full picture of Iran’s brutal crackdown

In this week’s newsletter: witness accounts reveal how violence escalated in Iran; and how millions of deepfake nudes have been shared on Telegram On Thursday 8 January, after weeks of swelling protests, Iran went dark. Almost everything went offline: internet, messaging, social […]

Right-Wing Dark Money Groups Want Regime Change in Iran

Donors Trust, a dark money group with deep ties to Supreme Court mastermind Leonard Leo, donated more than $2.7 million to the far-right, anti-Muslim Center for Security Policy from 2020 to 2023. (Nordin Catic / Getty Images for the Cambridge Union)

ByFreddy Brewster As Donald Trump threatens a military attack on Iran, shadowy conservative groups working to gut consumer protections and roll back abortion rights have also been pouring millions into influential think tanks advocating for regime change in the country. […]