Fresh strikes threaten ceasefire and peace talks

 9 June 2026 The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights warns of escalation danger in Iran war THE Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (Codir) has issued a warning that the exchange of missile strikes between […]

Iran Embraces a Forever War

Tehran’s New Strategic Calculus Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar June 2, 2026 For the last two months, Iran and the United States have carried out fitful, unsuccessful peace negotiations. After striking a very shaky cease-fire agreement at the beginning of April, officials […]

CODIR delegation attends the UCU Congress in Harrogate, May 2026…

The Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) attended the National Congress of the University and College Union (UCU) for the fourth year running, in the beautiful spa town of Harrogate in North Yorkshire from 26 – […]

Trump postpones decision on ceasefire agreement with Iran!

Saturday, May 30, 2026 — Efforts to extend the ceasefire between the United States and Iran and to reopen the Strait of Hormuz have reached a critical juncture; however, it remains uncertain whether what Washington characterizes as an “imminent agreement” […]

CODIR calls for a powerful campaign for the freedom of political prisoners in Iran!

Reports received from prisons in Iran clearly indicate a significant escalation of pressure on political prisoners languishing in detention across the country. According to a report published through Iranian social activist networks, eight female political prisoners in the women’s ward […]

 

‘No More War on Iran!’

Unite members unequivocally reject the campaign of aggression against Iran at Policy Conference fringe event On Thursday 10 July, delegates to Unite the Union’s Policy Conference in Brighton attended a successful fringe meeting addressing the fallout from recent Israeli and […]

CODIR strongly condemns the violent treatment and mass expulsion of Afghan migrants from Iran

CODIR utterly condemns the violent actions of the Iranian authorities as it undertakes a huge nationwide expulsion of Afghan migrants from the country. According to Iranian government officials themselves, over 380,000 Afghan migrants have been expelled from Iran over a […]

No more War on Iran

CODIR Bulletin July- August 2025 is published!

CODIR has published a bulletin. The bulletin covers the following: Please click here to view.

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 […]

Iranian authorities make sweeping arrests in wake of war with Israel

The arrests have raised fears that a new wave of repression is coming, as the government seeks to root out spy networks and clamp down on any dissent.

Iran: Growing fears over torture and executions of individuals accused of ‘espionage’ for Israel

The Iranian authorities must halt all plans to carry out arbitrary executions and protect all those arrested over accusations of espionage for Israel from enforced disappearance, torture and other ill-treatment, Amnesty International said today. Since Israel’s attacks on Iran began […]

We don’t want Israel and the US’s ‘regime change’ playbook inflicted on Iran

In the second of two articles, STEVE BISHOP looks at how the 1979 revolution’s aims are obfuscated to create a picture where the monarchists are the opposition to the theocracy, not the burgeoning workers’ and women’s movement on the streets of Iran