The War on Iran Has Made the Rich Even Richer

Over 50% of the profits from recent oil supply shocks went to the top 1% of Americans. The bottom half received just 1%. The Iran war likely triggered another massive transfer to the very richest. June 28, 2026 Ben Balint-Kurti  Jacobin The […]

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Lasting peace is the only guarantor of change in Iran

The US aim to reshape the existing order in the Middle East needs to be resolutely resisted, argues PAYAM SOLHTALAB FOR decades, US imperialism and the fascist Israeli regime have sought to establish a new order in west Asia. Twenty […]

Transport Workers Trade Union Calls for an End to Executions in Iran!

Stop the executions! Today, as our country is suffocating under the weight of crippling economic crises, unbridled inflation, the collapse of the rial, the military aggression of the United States and Israel, the continuation of a devastating war, economic sanctions, […]

CODIR Welcomes Major Initiative by 10 Trade Unions in Britain Calling on the UK Prime Minister NOT TO Support US War on Iran!

The letter from ten trade union leaders, representing more than 2.3 million British workers, asks the prime minister to address the cost of living crisis by applying pressure on Donald Trump to bring the US-Israeli conflict on Iran to a […]

Iran in Crisis! Has the US – Israeli War on Iran entered a protracted strategic stalemate?

Based on the recent sequence of military, diplomatic, and economic developments, an evidence-based analysis indicates that the situation involving Iran, the United States, and regional actors has entered a highly volatile phase of protracted strategic stalemate and economic attrition. Rather than […]

 

Joint Letter to the Member States of the UN General Assembly on the Protection of Human Rights in Iran

To: Member States of the UN General Assembly Your Excellency: We, the undersigned human rights and civil society organizations, urge your government to vote in favor of Resolution A/C.3/70/L.45 on the promotion and protection of human rights in the Islamic […]

Iran refuses to free student activist Bahareh Hedayat after six years in jail

Seven years ago this summer, everything was set for the marriage ceremony of a young Iranian couple who had met and fallen in love at university. But on the day before the wedding, plain clothes officers raided the house of […]

Act now! Free Ismail Abdi, Iranian teacher union leader – Incarceration of Iranian Teacher Union Leader Ismail Abdi

On behalf of the British trade union movement and our 6 million members, I urge you to convey to your government our call for them to release Ismail Abdi immediately and unconditionally and drop all charges against him as he […]

Iran: Attacks on Workers’ Rights Escalating

On 15 September, retired and former president of the Haft Tapeh Sugar Company Workers’ Syndicate, Ali Nejati, was arrested after the police raided his home. The next day Mahmoud Salehi, a founding member Bakery Workers’ Union in the city of […]

Unison calls for the Release of Ismail Abdi, Secretary General of Iran’s Teachers’ Trade Association

I am writing on behalf of UNISON’s 1.3 million members in public services in the United Kingdom, to express our deep concern about the imprisonment of Ismail Abdi, Secretary General of Iran’s Teachers’ Trade Association (ITTA). Ismail Abdi is a […]

Britain Union of Teachers Demands Abdi’s Freedom

News has reached us in recent days of the re-arrest and detention of the General Secretary of the Iranian Teachers’ Association, Mr Esmail Abdi as a result of his legitimate trade union activities. I write on behalf of National Union […]