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 nuclear deal nears potential ‘fatal blow’ as Tehran removes cameras, watchdog chief says

Dismantling the cameras poses a ‘serious challenge’ to the work of the International Atomic Energy Agency. BY STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN VIENNA — Iran will remove surveillance cameras from key nuclear sites, the U.N. nuclear watchdog head said Thursday, leaving international observers in the […]

Iran’s currency hits new record low amid nuclear deal uncertainty

Iran’s response to the falling currency has been a typical mix of pumping cash and cracking down on speculators. By Maziar Motamedi Published On 12 Jun 2022 Tehran, Iran – Iran’s national currency has hit new all-time lows amid developments that have […]

Iran’s Teachers’ Coordinating Council calls on the ILO to support justice for detained Iranian trade unionists 

An open letter to Delegates at the 110th Session of the International Labour Conference Geneva, 27 May-11 June 2022 We, the undersigned, are calling on the Delegate at the 110th Session of the International Labour Conference, and in particular the […]

Death Penalty 2021: State-sanctioned killings rise as executions spike in Iran and Saudi Arabia

Iran records highest known execution figure since 2017 Despite regression, 2021 global execution figure represents the second-lowest figure Amnesty International has recorded since at least 2010 Easing of Covid-19 restrictions sees surge in number of recorded death sentences Almost 90 […]

Hunger sparks anti-government protests in Iran

Recent protests over food prices in Iran are the latest in a series of protests in the Islamic Republic. JANE GREEN assesses the present upsurge in opposition to the regime. The current protests in Iran are the latest in a […]

The NEU condemns the acts of state violence against educators

“The NEU condemns the acts of state violence against educators taking part in legitimate protests and calls for the release of teachers arrested ….. in the past week….” 12 May 2022 Dear Comrades, We write as Joint General Secretaries of […]

VIENNA TALKS: Insubstantial optimism

Nuclear agreement with Iran: No information on talks of EU chief negotiator in Tehran During Mora’s return flight from Tehran to Brussels, there was a still unsolved incident during a stopover in Frankfurt am Main. The German Federal Police detained […]

The NEU, Britain teaching union, condemns state violence against educators in Iran

H.E. Mr Mohsen Baharvand 09 May 2022Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran16 Princes GateLONDONSW7 1PTEmail: [email protected] Dear Ambassador,As the joint general secretaries of the National Education Union (UK), we write to express our deep concern about the treatment of […]

The Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Associations (CCITTA): Resolution of the National Rally on Thursday 12 May 2022

Esteemed colleagues and educated teachers, Today’s rally is held at a time when parts of the regime, in open opposition to Articles 26 and 27 of the [national] Constitution, have directed a massive wave of attacks against trade unionists across […]

Urgent Call for Solidarity with 4 Teacher Trade Unionists!

Arrested teachers pressurised to accept bogus charges of having acted against national security! As reports begin to emerge of the harassment, intimidation, and interrogation of four teacher activists recently detained [last week] by the regime, their defence counsel has disclosed […]