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 […]

 

It’s official! The campaign for the stay of execution of Sharifeh Moahmmadi has been successful!

Thanks to a major international campaign of solidarity, Sharifeh Mohammadi’s death sentence has been commuted! Amir Raeesian, the defence lawyer for Sharifeh Mohammadi, a labour activist currently held in Lakan Prison in Rasht, northern Iran, announced that his client’s death […]

Corruption of financial institutions in Iran has bankrupted the economy!

Hossein Raghfar, well-respected Iranian economist: Widespread state corruption has destroyed the Iranian economy and forced millions into poverty! Hossein Raghfar: “61 people received loans totalling 130 trillion tomans (1.3 billion US dollars) from Bank Ayandeh [Future Bank] without collateral and […]

Notice of AGM 2025

Join us to celebrate, plan, and consolidate CODIR’s work! 16:30 – 18:30 (GMT/UTC) Saturday 6 December 2025 The AGM will be an online meeting. All CODIR’s members and affiliates are invited. Email us at codir_info@btinternet.com for further information and registration […]

CODIR Joins the Call by 860 Iranian progressive and democratic personalities: Stop Executions in Iran NOW

Statement by 860 Political, Social, Civil, and Cultural Activists in Support of the Demands of the Striking Political Prisoners of Qezel Hesar and in Protest of the Expansion of Executions in Iran Statement on the Escalation of Executions in Iran As […]

The Autumn of the Ayatollahs What Kind of Change Is Coming to Iran?

Karim Sadjadpour November/December 2025 Published on October 14, 2025 or the first time in nearly four decades, Iran is on the cusp of a change of leadership—and maybe even of regime. As Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s reign nears its end, […]

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: UN member states must urgently press authorities to halt executions after horrifying increase in Iran

16 October 2025 Iran: UN member states must urgently press authorities to halt executions after horrifying increase Ahead of the presentation of the UN Secretary-General’s report on Iran on 16 October 2025 and the combined briefings of the UN Special […]

CODIR Statement on World Day Against the Death Penalty: Urgent action on Iran!

Friday 10 October marks the annual World Day Against the Death Penalty, an international observance initiated by the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty (WCADP) in 2003.  This global day for reflection and action was conceived to unify the international […]

Stand in Solidarity with the Striking Project Workers in the Oil and Gas Sector in Iran Demanding Justice and Dignity

According to confirmed reports, yesterday (8 October 2025), over 200 contractual workers at the Star Oil facility in southern Iran went on strike in protest at not having received their wages since July. The employer’s lacklustre response so far has […]

Join us in the call for an end to ALL executions in Iran

CODIR unequivocally condemns the theocratic dictatorship in Iran for the savage executions of at least 118 people since 20 September. The Mizan News Agency, the state-run media outlet of the Islamic Republic’s ministry of the judiciary, has announced that in […]

Education International condemns escalating repression of Iranian teacher union activists

Education International (EI) has issued a strong condemnation of the Iranian government’s intensifying crackdown on teacher union activists, particularly members of the Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Associations (CCITTA), EI’s affiliate in Iran. In a letter addressed to Ayatollah […]