Ending Lebanon war key to peace, says Iran

Morning Star, 10 May 2026 IRAN says its response to the latest US peace proposals, sent to Pakistan today, focuses on “ending the war imposed by the US and zionist regime on all fronts, especially Lebanon.” The exact contents of the […]

Defending Iran against US and Israeli aggression will be a prolonged struggle

It is too early to assume a US defeat in Iran — we must prepare for a long anti-war struggle, argues JOHN ROSS THE entire peace movement opposed the US/Israeli war against Iran. Opposition went well beyond those normally opposing […]

US- Iran impasse threatens world peace

The shockwaves of US intervention in the Middle East can be felt in the West, but as Steve Bishop points out, the way ahead is still uncertain SELF-INTEREST can be a great motiva tor when it comes to the silent […]

How American imperialism is getting bogged down in the Iranian Quagmire

What was mapped out in Washington’s military planning rooms as a lightning campaign to force a swift regime change in Iran has degenerated into a deep quagmire for Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu. While the White House clings to the […]

War on Iran is War on Workers

By: Ruben Brett While attention has been focused on high-profile killings of state leaders and shocking massacres of civilians by US and Israeli bombing – including 175 primary schoolchildren in Minab on the first day of the unilateral war imposed […]

 

Campaigners pledge to build labour movement solidarity with the people of Iran

THE Committee for Defence of Iranian Peoples Rights (Codir) marked its AGM on Saturday by calling for increased solidarity with the Iranian working class. Campaigners gathered online at the weekend for the annual general meeting, with attendees taking part from across Britain, […]

Anisha Asadollahi, Iranian trade unionist, must be freed!

CODIR Join Iranian trade union movement and Calls for the immediate release of Iranian trade unionist: Anisha Asadollahi must be freed Syndicate of Workers of the Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company (Sherkat-e Vahed) Anisha Asadollahi, a teacher, translator, and supporter […]

Iran – heading towards an existential crisis

24 November 2025 THE threat of further attacks upon Iran, following the bombings by Israel and the United States in June 2025, looms large in the thinking of the Iranian people. The leadership of the Islamic Republic is however corrupt, […]

Death in Custody?!

Suspicious Death of Farzad Khosh Boresh in Sari Intelligence Detention Centre Wednesday 19 November 2025 Witnesses reported having seen extensive bruising on Farzad Khosh Boresh’s body following his death in the Sari Intelligence Detention Centre.  His family suspect this resulted […]

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CODIR call for the solidarity with thousands of contract workers: Workers demand basic rights in all oil and gas fields in South Pars oilfields

South Pars Gas Complex Outsourced Contract Workers’ Massive Protest Tuesday 11 November 2025 Third party contract workers (outsourced personnel) at the 12 refineries of the South Pars Gas Complex, a major industrial site in southern Iran,staged a massive unprecedented march and […]

PRESS RELEASE- For immediate use: CODIR Executive plans forward looking AGM

12th November 2025  The Executive Committee of the Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) met last night to prepare for its December AGM at a critical time for political developments in Iran and the wider Middle East. Assistant […]

Will Climate Change force Tehran to Evacuate?

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian landed himself in hot water on November 6 by broaching the possibility of having to evacuate Iran’s capital, Tehran, if the current water shortage is not […]

Iran: Conditional release of French education unionists brings great relief, but concerns remain for Iranian teacher trade unionists in jail

updated 7 November 2025 After 1,277 days of weaponised detention, French teacher trade unionists Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris are now safe within the French embassy in Tehran. While news of their conditional release was received with great joy by Education […]

CODIR Condemns the Arrest of Progressive and Left-Wing Intellectuals in Iran

CALL for ACTION: Protest to the Iranian Embassy against the arrest and detention of Progressive and Left-Wing Intellectuals in Iran Professor Parviz Sedaghat, Mahsa Asadollahi-Nezhad, and Shirin Karimi, researchers in the fields of social sciences political economy, were arrested on […]