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 […]

 

Iran: Caught Between Popular Protest and Foreign Threat

20 January 2026 While Iranians take to the streets en masse to protest sky-high inflation, Trump and Netanyahu are threatening military intervention. The Iranian population is trapped between a repressive regime, a suffocating economic war from the outside, and a […]

UNISON statement on Iranian protests

Union stands in solidarity with workers and independent trade unions in Iran UNISON condemns the Iranian regime’s brutal crackdown against mass protests in response to the economic and social crisis in Iran. According to reports many hundreds of people, possibly […]

Why nothing will ever be the same again in Iran

While the fog of repression has not yet completely lifted, Iranians are counting their dead. From several hundred reported in the early days of the protests, the number quickly rose to thousands. The testimonies we are receiving are unequivocal. But […]

Iran’s Right to Choose: No Shah, No Theocracy

STATEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN LEFT Freedom from theocracy, freedom from the Shah, freedom from US intervention! In a world in continuous upheaval, the situation in Iran demands a clear vision. The massive protests sweeping the nation, which have already seen […]

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 […]