The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), representing over 16 million transport workers in 150 countries, stands in unwavering solidarity with the courageous truck drivers of Iran who are striking against economic injustice and political repression. These drivers – many of […]
According to the latest reports, the truck drivers’ strike, which began on Monday 19 May, has entered its third week and swept across all 31 provinces, halting freight transportation in over 150 cities across Iran. The Union of Iranian Truckers […]
As the regime in Iran continues to face international pressure to reduce its nuclear programme, workers continue to struggle in the face of a harsh sanctions regime. CODIR Assistant General Secretary, Jamshid Ahmadi, assesses the impact upon those in the […]
Ottilie Mitchell BBC News An Iranian filmmaker has been cheered at home after winning Cannes Film Festival’s top prize. Jafar Panahi touched down in Tehran’s international airport on Monday, two days after his Palme d’Or victory for revenge thriller It […]
A recent report by prominent labour union the Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Associations (CCITTA) has drawn attention to the continuing disturbing, indeed escalating, trend of teachers and education workers being targeted for persecution by the authorities in Iran […]
The National Education Union (NEU) condemns the crackdown on human rights protesters in Iran and stands in solidarity with all those exercising their rights to peaceful protest following the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini in September. We deplore […]
Dear Foreign Secretary,The Human Rights Crisis in IranWe are writing to urge the UK government to step up its opposition to the human rightscrackdown in Iran and to do all it can to pressure the Iranian authorities to halt furtherexecutions […]
By Parisa Hafezi01/17/23 AT 1:48 PM َAs a young prosecutor in Tehran, Ebrahim Raisi sat on a “death committee” overseeing the execution of hundreds of political prisoners in the Iranian capital, rights groups say. Now president three decades later, and seen […]
“It would be wrong of me to speculate … about the outcome of the government’s current consideration of this issue, which is active,” Docherty said during a debate on the situation in Iran during which some lawmakers had called for […]
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE 11 January 2023 The Iranian authorities must immediately halt all executions of people sentenced to death in relation to nationwide protests, Amnesty International said today, condemning the arbitrary executions of Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad […]
8th January 2023 Press release For immediate use The Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) condemns the latest executions carried out by the ruling dictatorship on 7 January in Iran. The two men executed, by hanging […]
Ghastly murder of woman physician once more reveals the true nature of the ruling regime in Iran for those left under any doubt! CODIR shares in the widespread condemnation in Iran that has met the news of the abduction and […]
We wish you and your family good health, happiness and success in all aspects of your lives. Central Executive Council CODIR
Dear Foreign Secretary, We are writing to urge the UK government to step up its opposition to the human rightscrackdown in Iran and to do all it can to pressure the Iranian authorities to halt furtherexecutions of human rights defenders.The […]
Despite backlash, Iran judiciary urges carrying out sentences “without delay.” December 19, 2022 Iran’s judiciary rejected pleas on Monday to delay sentences against protestors urging prosecutors to carry out verdicts without delay. Since protests began in Iran three months ago, Iran’s judiciary […]
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