CODIR warns of danger of escalation in Iran war

7th October 2026 Press release For immediate use The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) has warned that escalation of the illegal aggression initiated by the US/Israeli axis upon Iran will worsen further the lives of the […]

The Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Associations (Tehran): Suppression of Independent Organisations Must End!

Tuesday 6th October 2026 – In a statement marking World Teachers’ Day – referencing the 60th anniversary of the joint ILO/UNESCO Recommendation Concerning the Status of Teachers – the Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Associations (CCITTA) in Tehran declared […]

Iran and the US hold talks at the UN on ending the war

IRAN and the United States held hours of mediated talks on the margins of the United Nations general assembly in New York on Tuesday. The talks came on the same day that US President Donald Trump told the assembly that he […]

Exchange Ratio

Ervand Abrahamian05 September 2026Politics When you spoke to NLR earlier this year, Iran had just emerged from the repression of the January protests. How do you see the domestic situation after six months of war? How close is the country to another […]

CODIR warns of US tightening screws on Iran

3rd September 2026 Press release The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) has warned that the renewed escalation of the conflict between the US/Israeli axis and Iran has already hit the Iranian people hard and is likely […]

 

Iran: At least 23 children killed by security forces in November protests – new evidence

4 March 2020, 00:00 UTC An investigation by Amnesty International has uncovered evidence that at least 23 children were killed by Iranian security forces in the nationwide protests in November last year. At least 22 of the children were shot […]

Jailed Iranian Activist Nasrin Sotoudeh Writes a Plea for Peace on International Women’s Day

BY NASRIN SOTOUDEH MARCH 6, 2020 One afternoon, on a late spring day in 2018, a group of officers from the Iranian Prosecutor’s Office and the Ministry of Intelligence came and arrested me while I was home alone. They took me […]

Experts fear coronavirus cover up in Iran

As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread, there is growing evidence of an extremely serious and growing impact in Iran.  It is feared that sanctions imposed by the US may have weakened the capacity of the country’s medical sector to […]

“Torture” and “Sexual Threats” Detailed in Letters by Jailed Former UN Environment Consultant

Conservation Scientist Niloufar Bayani: “Every time I… sought help from the authorities, the pressures, threats, and acts of torture increased.” Appeals Court Upheld Prison Sentences Against Conservationists on Baseless Charges and Coerced “Confessions” February 20, 2020 – A female former UN […]

Fears mount as coronavirus outbreak worsens in sanctions-hit Iran

Local official says death toll stands at 50, raising concerns of a cover-up and whether the country will be able to cope with the crisis Calls for US to ease restrictions to allow China and other Tehran-friendly countries to provide […]

Iran elections: people stay away from polling stations

Likely outcome reflects popular opposition to the continuation of theocratic rule and increasingly frustration at collapsing living standards, corruption and the regime’s adventurous and ineffective foreign policy. Published official results of the Friday parliamentary elections in Iran indicate that only […]

Iran conservatives hope to harness popular anger to win elections

Hardliners aiming to take advantage of fury over corruption to take power and keep President Rouhani on a tight leash by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor “They’ve been stealing the money. Cut off their hands, make them pay and answer,” shouted an elderly […]

IRAN: HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN: REVIEW OF 2019

Iranian security forces firing tear gas to disperse a protest in the city of Bushehr, Bushehr province, south-west Iran, on 16 November 2019. Verified video footage from this protest showed that security forces used excessive force against peaceful protesters. © Private

This is Amnesty International’s annual report on the state of human rights in Iran during 2019, subdivided by key human rights themes. It is part of a regional review of the state of human rights in the Middle East and […]

IRAN: FURTHER INFORMATION: JAILED LAWYER ON HUNGER STRIKE: AMIRSALAR DAVOUDI

18 February 2020, Index number: MDE 13/1823/2020 Human rights lawyer Amirsalar Davoudi has been on hunger strike since 9 February 2020, in protest at the Iranian authorities’ refusal to grant him prison leave. He is jailed in Tehran’s Evin prison […]

Iranian miners fired after protest action

30 January, 2020 300 workers at the Chadormalu iron ore mine have been fired after protesting low wages and wage discrimination against contractors. The Chadormalu iron ore mine in the central Iranian province of Yazd employs about 5,000 workers, mostly […]