Landmark EU Vote on Iran Human Rights

European lawmakers overwhelmingly approve a resolution condemning Iran’s human rights record, with 524 votes in favor and calls for accountability and expanded sanctions. The European Parliament has adopted a strongly worded EU resolution on Iran human rights, condemning what lawmakers described […]

Activists call out the hijacking of the 1979 Iranian revolution

ACTIVISTS called out the hijacking of the 1979 Iranian revolution today as Iran marked the 47th anniversary of the Islamic clergy coming to power. This comes as the country’s theocracy remains under pressure both domestically and externally. United States President Donald Trump […]

Names of 150 Students Killed in Iran Protests Published: A Testament to “Structural Infanticide”

In publishing this important disclosure, CODIR believes that this is a profoundly significant update about the scale of the reported massacre of innocent people in Iran during 8 – 10 January protests. It shifts the focus from political maneuvering to […]

Progressive Iranian Women Appeal for Solidarity

The Democratic Organisation of Iranian Women, the DOIW, the oldest oranisation in Iran campaigning for women’s rights, has appeals for solidarity. The Iranian regime’s brutal crackdown on the protests that began on 28th December 2025, has claimed the lives of […]

Oman Brinkmanship: Can Diplomacy Avert a Wider Middle East War?

By Ziba Akhavan, CODIR E-Newsletter, February 6, 2026 The quiet coastal capital of Muscat has once again become the most critical geography in the Middle East. After days of conflicting reports and a volatile fluctuation in the Iranian rial, the […]

 

Landmark EU Vote on Iran Human Rights

European lawmakers overwhelmingly approve a resolution condemning Iran’s human rights record, with 524 votes in favor and calls for accountability and expanded sanctions. The European Parliament has adopted a strongly worded EU resolution on Iran human rights, condemning what lawmakers described […]

Activists call out the hijacking of the 1979 Iranian revolution

ACTIVISTS called out the hijacking of the 1979 Iranian revolution today as Iran marked the 47th anniversary of the Islamic clergy coming to power. This comes as the country’s theocracy remains under pressure both domestically and externally. United States President Donald Trump […]

Names of 150 Students Killed in Iran Protests Published: A Testament to “Structural Infanticide”

In publishing this important disclosure, CODIR believes that this is a profoundly significant update about the scale of the reported massacre of innocent people in Iran during 8 – 10 January protests. It shifts the focus from political maneuvering to […]

Progressive Iranian Women Appeal for Solidarity

The Democratic Organisation of Iranian Women, the DOIW, the oldest oranisation in Iran campaigning for women’s rights, has appeals for solidarity. The Iranian regime’s brutal crackdown on the protests that began on 28th December 2025, has claimed the lives of […]

Oman Brinkmanship: Can Diplomacy Avert a Wider Middle East War?

By Ziba Akhavan, CODIR E-Newsletter, February 6, 2026 The quiet coastal capital of Muscat has once again become the most critical geography in the Middle East. After days of conflicting reports and a volatile fluctuation in the Iranian rial, the […]

NOBEL LAUREATE NARGES MOHAMMADI BEGINS HUNGER STRIKE AMID IRANIAN CRACKDOWN

By Ziba Akhavan, CODIR_e-Newsletter, February 6, 2026 Narges Mohammadi, the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and a tireless champion for human rights, has launched a hunger strike from her place of detention in Mashhad, Iran. The strike, which began on […]

Stop state-sponsored child-killing, child-imprisonment, and child-abduction

Coordinating Council of Iranian Teacher Trade Associations (CCITTA) Wednesday, February 4, 2026 A child is not a criminal, and a prison is no place for a child. A child’s place is at home, in school, and among family and friends. […]

Killing on a mass scale: piecing together the full picture of Iran’s brutal crackdown

In this week’s newsletter: witness accounts reveal how violence escalated in Iran; and how millions of deepfake nudes have been shared on Telegram On Thursday 8 January, after weeks of swelling protests, Iran went dark. Almost everything went offline: internet, messaging, social […]

Right-Wing Dark Money Groups Want Regime Change in Iran

Donors Trust, a dark money group with deep ties to Supreme Court mastermind Leonard Leo, donated more than $2.7 million to the far-right, anti-Muslim Center for Security Policy from 2020 to 2023. (Nordin Catic / Getty Images for the Cambridge Union)

ByFreddy Brewster As Donald Trump threatens a military attack on Iran, shadowy conservative groups working to gut consumer protections and roll back abortion rights have also been pouring millions into influential think tanks advocating for regime change in the country. […]

CODIR condemns US sabre rattling and calls for dialogue with Iran

29th January 2026 Press release – For immediate use The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR), has today issued a call to the trade union and peace movement in Britain to back the international outcry against the […]