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

US and Israel – threats to world peace

The United Nations Security Council met in emergency session yesterday (22 June) to discuss US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites as Russia, China and Pakistan proposed the 15-member body adopt a resolution calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the Middle […]

Iran: regime change masquerading as nuclear prevention

In part one of two articles, STEVE BISHOP exposes blatant lies of the warmongers who demand ‘unconditional surrender’ from Iran using the excuse of nuclear weapons, when it is Israel that blatantly disregards international law

Editorial: Rising Threat

In Gaza the convicted Israeli war criminal, Netanyahu has tried to justify the Israeli state genocide against Palestinians with an erroneous claim that Israel is acting in “self-defence”. Now he is using the same lie to seek support for the […]

CODIR Bulletin Summer 2025 is published!

CODIR has published a bulletin. The bulletin covers the following:

 

The Iranian women paying price for reporting on Mahsa Amini

Iranian authorities have since the death of Mahsa Amini systematically persecuted the journalists, often young women, who helped expose the case and magnify its resonance in and outside Iran, campaign groups say. Amini, 22, an Iranian of Kurdish origin, died […]

IRAN TODAY Autumn 2023 was published by CODIR!

The Autumn issue of Iran Today, the progressive campaign for peace, human and democratic rights, and social justice in Iran was published by CODIR! -Editorial: Theocratic Regime is Fearful, Desperate, and Despotic! Page 2 -Public sector workers fight poverty wages […]

Iran: Draft hijab law tantamount to ‘gender apartheid’ say rights experts

1 September 2023 Human Rights A group of UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts expressed their grave concern on Friday over a new draft law in Iran sanctioning new punishments for women and girls who fail to wear the headscarf, or hijab, in […]

Sanctions Against Iran Have Made the Country’s Rich Richer and Its Poor Poorer

BYESFANDYAR BATMANGHELIDJ ZEP KALB Iran has been subjected to extensive sanctions for the better part of the last decade. The sanctions were meant to target the country’s elite; instead, they have hurt the poor most and enabled the richest households to […]

Regime ups stakes in repressive measures

A year ago 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was murdered by Iran’s security services while in their custody. STEVE BISHOP assesses the build up to the anniversary and possible outcomes N September 16 2022 Mahsa Amini was detained by the Iranian regime’s […]

Iranian authorities have launched a new repressive onslaught on women rights defenders in the country

Iran: Mass Arrests of Women’s Rights Defenders At Least a Dozen Arrested Ahead of Protests’ Anniversary (Beirut) – Iranian authorities have arrested at least a dozen activists and increased pressure on a wide range of peaceful dissidents ahead of the anniversary of […]

Britain should apologise for its role in the 1953 coup d’état that subverted democracy in Iran!

Today, 19 August, marks the 70th anniversary of the 1953 coup d’état in Iran which brought down the government of democratically elected Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh.  STEVE BISHOP explores Britain’s role in the coup and why demands for an apology continue to be […]

Iran arrests 12 female activists in crackdown ahead of protest anniversary

Iran on Wednesday detained at least 12 female activists in what rights groups say is an escalating campaign to deter protests to mark the anniversary of the “woman, life, freedom” uprising that swept the country last year. The protest movement […]

Iran Launches New Crackdown, Targeting E-commerce Giant for Photos of Female Employees Without Headscarves

A week after authorities in Iran threatened to renew a crackdown on women not wearing the hijab, the country’s morality police has shut down an office of the country’s largest e-commerce company and initiated judicial proceedings against it. The action came after […]

Iran protests, death of Mahsa Amini: NZ MPs confront Iranian ambassador Reza Nazar Ahari in fiery meeting

Iranian-born MP Golriz Ghahraman confronted the Iranian ambassador with images of Mahsa Amini and protesters killed since her death in an at times heated meeting at Parliament about the Islamic Republic’s response to the protests and executions that have drawn […]