Story by Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran and the U.S. said they held “positive” and “constructive” talks in Oman on Saturday and agreed to reconvene next week in a dialogue meant to address Tehran’s escalating nuclear programme, with President Donald Trump threatening […]
The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) has expressed outrage but little surprise at the latest report from Amnesty International concerning executions worldwide. The report, Death Sentences and Executions 2024 identifies over 1,500 executions worldwide in 2024, the highest figure […]
9th April 2025 Press release The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) has welcomed the proposed talks between the United States and Iran as a possible first step towards relieving the pressure upon the Iranian people, caused […]
Iran is ready for indirect negotiations with the United States. A solution to the crisis is within reach.
By Parisa Hafezi (Reuters) – Iran is pushing back against U.S. demands that it directly negotiate over its nuclear programme or be bombed, warning neighbours that host U.S. bases that they could be in the firing line if involved, a […]
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE Wednesday, January 25, 2017 12:00:00 AM Iranian human rights defender and writer Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee, sentenced to six years in prison for writing a story about the cruel practice of stoning, was rearrested on Sunday and […]
Intelligence Ministry forces arrested filmmaker Saleh Deldan and a journalist, Zeynab Karimian, on January 23. Prior to the arrest, in December 2016, Intelligence Ministry agents searched the home of Deldan and accused of him of “acting against national security” and […]
19th January 2017 Press Release For Immediate Use Solidarity group expresses condolences for fire victims in Iran Solidarity organisation, the Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR), has expressed condolences to the families of […]
While the mainstream media has been quick to sing the praises of former Iranian president, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who died on Sunday, those involved in the long struggle for human rights and democracy in Iran are far from convinced of […]
The election of Donald Trump to the United States Presidency has sent shock waves across the world. The future of the Middle East was uncertain before the election outcome. It is even more uncertain now. In relation to Iran, in […]
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT 2 January 2017 Iran’s authorities must stop toying with life of activist on hunger strike The Iranian authorities are putting the life of imprisoned human rights defender Arash Sadeghi at grave risk and should release him […]
In October, the Union of Metalworkers and Mechanics of Iran (UMMI) became the first affiliate from Iran to join IndustriALL. The affiliation is a significant step in a country where unions are persecuted and trade unionists imprisoned. PROFILE Union: Union […]
13.12.2016 Workers at the Bushehr Petrochemical Complex won unpaid wages after taking strike action last week. Workers went on strike on Monday 5 December after not receiving wages since June. On Saturday, they were paid for the months of July, […]
By e- mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] To: Hassan Rouhani President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Cc: Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations, New York; Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani, Head of the Judiciary; […]
URGENT ACTION Iranian activist couple jailed in Evin Prison The health of jailed Iranian human rights defender Arash Sadeghi has deteriorated. He has been on hunger strike since 24 October in protest at the imprisonment of his wife, Golrokh Ebrahimi […]
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