Iran: New compulsory veiling law intensifies oppression of women and girls

December 10, 2024Iranian authorities have adopted a new draconian law that further erases the human rights of women and girls, imposing the death penalty, flogging, prison terms and other severe penalties to crush ongoing resistance to compulsory veiling, Amnesty International […]

Practical solidarity with the people of Iran

CODIR general secretary GAWAIN LITTLE explains the solidarity campaign’s priorities as it holds its AGM this weekend

Iran releases Nobel Peace laureate Mohammadi on medical leave: lawyer

Iran has released Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi, jailed since November 2021, for three weeks on medical grounds, her lawyer posted on social media. “Based on the advice of the examining doctor, the public prosecutor suspended the jail sentence against […]

The increasing and systematic repression of women in Iran

European Parliament resolution of 28 November 2024 on the increasing and systematic repression of women in Iran (2024/2951(RSP))

How Iran Sees the Path to Peace

The Islamic Republic Is Open to Negotiations—Including With America

 

Iran: Two years after ‘Woman Life Freedom’ uprising, impunity for crimes reigns supreme

People in Iran continue to endure the devastating consequences of the authorities’ brutal crackdown on the “Woman Life Freedom” uprising amid systematic impunity for crimes under international law, Amnesty International said today, ahead of the two-year anniversary of the protests that saw people across Iran challenge decades of oppression and gender-based discrimination.

Continuing crises and courageous resistance among Iran’s workers

Activists who are carrying forward the democratic struggle of the Iranian people for peace, human rights and social progress need our urgent solidarity, says JAMSHID AHMADI

IRAN TODAY Autumn 2024 was published by CODIR!

The Autumn issue of Iran Today, the quarterly Bulletin of CODIR, the progressive campaign for peace, human and democratic rights, and social justice in Iran was published by CODIR! – Editorial: Crises, Resistance, and Change! Page 2 – Iranian elections […]

Interview with Maziar Gilaninejad, spokesperson for the Union of Metalworkers and Mechanics of Iran (UMMI): “We only want justice and our rights!”

Maziar Gilaninejad talks about the critical situation in workplaces in Iran; labour protests in the country; and the unresponsiveness and questionable performance of the authorities and managers of factories and projects across Iran.

End ALL Executions in Iran!

Iran sentences female labour activist to death Iran carries out the most executions per capita in the world Sharifeh Mohammadi, a 45-year-old industrial design engineer and campaigner for workers’ rights, was condemned to death on 4 July on charges of […]

Iran’s parliament endorses reformist President Pezeshkian’s new cabinet

Head of government stresses that his appointments were a compromise built to avoid political discord Najmeh Bozorgmehr Iran’s hardline parliament has endorsed the cabinet proposed by reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian, an important victory for the new head of government and […]

What’s going on inside Iran as the world awaits retaliation against Israel?

Story by Amin Khodadadi and Yuliya Talmazan TEHRAN — As  the world waits for Iran’s next step abroad, the talk inside the Islamic Republic is not just of what a retaliatory strike against Israel would mean for the Middle East, but what it would mean […]

Iran: Shocking secret execution of young man in relation to “Woman Life Freedom” uprising

Responding to reports that the Iranian authorities this morning arbitrarily executed Reza Rasaei, a 34-year-old member of the oppressed Kurdish and Yaresan ethnic and religious minorities, in connection to the “Woman Life Freedom” uprising of September-December 2022, without providing prior […]

Press release – Solidarity organisation warns of conflict escalation danger  

1st August 2024 Leading UK solidarity organisation, the Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR), has expressed shock and concern at the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the political bureau of Hamas.  Haniyeh was assassinated in […]

Israeli assassins escalate conflict

The assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran two days ago, is a major escalation in the growing conflict in the Middle East.  While Israel has not claimed responsibility for the killing there can be little doubt that the […]