CODIR Bulletin July- August 2025 is published!
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Rising Threats and War Crimes
In Gaza, the convicted war criminal Netanyahu has repeatedly attempted to justify the Israeli state genocide with the false claim that Israel is acting in “self-defence”. Now with the endorsement of the US and the shameful participation of the British […]
Iranian Nobel Laureate Says War Dealt Big Blow to Fight for Democracy
The Wall Street Journal Story by Sune Engel Rasmussen After Israel’s 12-day war dealt a severe blow to the leadership of Iran, one of the country’s leading human-rights defenders warns that authorities will turn on their own people to consolidate power. “The […]
Iran suspends co-operation with UN nuclear watchdog
IRANIAN President Masoud Pezeshkian issued an order today suspending his country’s co-operation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). His action followed Iranian accusations that the United Nations nuclear watchdog had passed sensitive details to Israel and the United States […]
April 7th, 2025 
Iran: pressure mounts from outside and within
As tensions rise in the Middle East, the role of Iran in the region’s political balance becomes ever more significant. STEVE BISHOP assesses the current situation N HIS first term as US president, Donald Trump tore up the Joint Comprehensive […]
US builds mass force around Iran to support Israel’s genocide and expansionism
By SKWAWKBOX (SW) 06/04/2025 Air and sea force build-up as terror state aids terror state The US has continued its build-up of forces against Iran as the Trump looks to neutralise all resistance to Israel’s genocide in Gaza: The same […]
CODIR calls for urgent solidarity with beleaguered Iranian trade unionists
Islamic Republic regime has declared war on teacher unionists Teacher trade union activists struggling for fair pay, decent conditions of service, and quality education provision have long been targets of arrest and imprisonment in Iran. Despite the empty platitudes and […]
Iran: Authorities target women’s rights activists with arbitrary arrest, flogging and death penalty
PRESS RELEASE 17 March 2025 Iranian authorities have escalated their crackdown on women’s rights defenders, journalists, singers and other activists demanding equality or who defy compulsory veiling using arbitrary detention, unjust prosecution, flogging, and even the death penalty in a […]
Iran protests: Human Rights Council probe condemns online, app-based repression
The Iranian Government has continued to ramp up efforts to restrict the rights of civilians including young children as part of a concerted effort to crush dissent, investigators mandated by the UN Human Rights Council said on Friday.
Iran: Women’s Rights Defender Resentenced to Death: Sharifeh Mohammadi
Iranian human rights defender Sharifeh Mohammadi is at risk of execution after a Revolutionary Court in Rasht, Gilan province, sentenced her to death again in February 2025. She was convicted of “armed rebellion against the state” (baghi) solely for her […]
20 February 2025: World Day of Social Justice
International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) mark World Day of Social Justice with report highlighting the experiences of persecuted trade unionists from the transport sector around the world. In the report, which referenced cases from the situation inside Iran (CODIR faithfully […]
Press statement – CODIR Central Council vows to redouble solidarity efforts
23rd February 2025 For immediate release The Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR), at its Central Council this weekend, agreed to raise the profile of its solidarity work with the people of Iran. Following up on […]
Iran: Journalists hit by a new wave of pressure
From 23 January 2025, Iran’s intelligence agencies summoned journalists and media activists Zhila Bani-Yaghoub, Pejman Mousavi, Omid Faraghat, Maryam Shokrani and Alieh Motaleb Zadeh to appear at the Evin prosecutor’s office. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the Iranian […]
CODIR joins calls for the release of incarcerated opposition leaders in Iran
CODIR has been closely following, with growing concern, the developments underway inside Iran pertaining to protests and rallies planned for Friday 14 February. This date marks the 14th anniversary of the incarceration under house arrest of three of the country’s […]
