A Voice Behind Bars: Tajzadeh’s Mandate to End Executions in Iran

From inside Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, prominent reformist turned outspoken dissident Seyyed Mostafa Tajzadeh issued an urgent open letter calling on Iranian authorities to immediately cease the execution of young protesters and political activists.  The statement addresses the accelerated pace […]

“Endless War” and the Perilous Future Facing Iran and the Middle East

CODIR Calls for an Unconditional Peace Immediately! Iranian People Are the Main Victims of the “Endless War” and Ongoing RepressionThe ongoing campaign of aggression led by U.S. and Israel has inflicted severe damage on Iran, posing a grave threat to […]

Iran: End escalating campaign of arbitrary executions and death sentences against protesters

PRESS RELEASE 28 July 2026  The public execution of two protesters today, following the arbitrary execution of at least three other protesters last week, marks a further escalation in the authorities’ use of the death penalty to quash dissent, Amnesty International said. The organization fears that at least 60 others, including three arrested as children, remain at risk of execution after being […]

Hands off Iran! US out of the Middle East!

CODIR Calls for ACTION: We are deeply alarmed by the rapid escalation of the military conflict between the United States and Iran Iran: Grave concerns growing regarding the looming spectre of a US ground assault and invasion  The Committee for […]

US targets civilian infrastructure as they trade attacks with Iran

THE United States military said on Sunday that it carried out fresh attacks on Iran to “swiftly punish” Tehran for a devastating attack that killed two US military personnel. An area near Sirik in Iran’s Hormozgan province and Qeshm Island were […]

 

Inside the forces driving Iran’s nationwide protests

MOHAMMAD OMIDVAR, a senior figure in the Tudeh Party of Iran, tells the Morning Star that mass protests are rooted in poverty, corruption and neoliberal HOW do you assess the deeper socioeconomic forces that have driven people into the streets, […]

Iran: Deaths and injuries rise amid authorities’ renewed cycle of protest bloodshed

Iranian authorities have unleashed a deadly crackdown on protesters across the country since 28 December 2025, marked by security forces’ unlawful use of force and firearms and mass arbitrary arrests, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. The organizations’ […]

CODIR – Grave concerns mounting as sheer extent of bloodshed in Iran revealed!

13th January 2026  Press release For immediate us The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) has expressed concern at the rapid escalation of killings by the Iran’s security forces over recent days, as protests against poverty and […]

CODIR welcomes protests demanding democratic change in Iran

9th January 2026  The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) has today welcomed demonstrations across Iran, which have put pressure upon the theocratic dictatorship, but warned against intervention by the United States to force Iran in a […]

Iran’s Leader’ calls for “rioters to be put in their place!”

Support nationwide Protests across all provinces of Iran- Join CODIR’s solidarity actions in Britain with protesters in Iran “RIOTERS must be put in their place,” stated the Islamic Republic regime’s ‘Supreme [Religious] Leader’ Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday 3 January, […]

In Iran, the turmoil continues

STEVE BISHOP looks at what has triggered the mass protests in Iran   3 January 2026 AT THE turn of the year, the Islamic Republic of Iran is facing its most significant internal crisis for many years. At the end of […]

Iranian protesters killed as unrest turns violent on fifth day

Wall Street Journal– Violence erupted between Iranian protesters and police during unrest on Thursday, leaving at least five dead on the fifth day of demonstrations over the country’s economic crisis. Three people were killed during a demonstration outside a police […]

You’ll never defeat us in Iran, President Trump: but with real talks, we can both win

Abbas Araghchi The US president has been fooled into seeing Israel as a reliable ally and Tehran as the enemy. We say he should consider the evidence and rethink While Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this year achieved his dream of dragging […]

CODIR Central Executive Council Season’s greeting to all our supporters and affiliates

Iranian merchants protest as currency hits record low

29 December 2025 THE head of Iran’s Central Bank quit today as protests erupted for a second day in Tehran and several other cities after the country’s currency plummeted to a new record low against the US dollar. Mohammad Reza Farzin’s […]