Who is Toomaj Salehi? Coldplay and Sting call for release of Iranian rapper sentenced to death

About 100 figures in music, culture and human rights activism have signed a statement calling for the release of the Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, who was sentenced to death in Iran after protesting in support of women’s rights. The statement calling for Salehi’s release was […]

َCODIR action is now live – Iranian Government- quash Toomaj Salehi death sentence now!

Please participate in the action now by clicking to the following websites: Please click on this link: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/quash-toomaj-salehi-death-sentence-now/ or this short link: https://bit.ly/SaveToomajSelehi You can also use the following QR Code.

Solidarity organisation condemns cultural terrorism in Iran 

Press release For immediate use 30th April 2024  The Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) has called the death sentence imposed upon Iranian rapper, Toomaj Salehi, an act of cultural terrorism by the Iranian regime.  Calling for […]

Iranian community protests in London over death sentence for popular rapper

Story by Harry Stedman, PA Demonstrators have protested in central London against a death sentence given to a popular rapper in Iran. Members of the Iranian community wore masks depicting the face of Toomaj Salehi and erected a mock gallows outside […]

Unprecedented Crackdown on Women Intensifies in Iran

Widespread security force’s crackdown on women amidst economic hardship and public discontent CODIR calls for urgent solidarity action with women in Iran! Confirmed reports from Iran tell of a calculated attempt by the regime to drive the courageous women and […]

 

Iran: Leading teacher unionist arrested again

Education International and UK’s NASUWT, the Teachers’ Union have condemned the re-arrest of Tehran education union leader Esmail Abdi. Released on furlough on 17 March 2020, Mr Abdi had to report to prison on 21 April and was kept in […]

More than 40 workers of Urmia Petrochemical Company (UPC)infected with coronavirus amidst the lifting of Iran’s lockdown!

The Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) has learned of the worrying development that, amidst the theocratic regime’s recent lifting of Iran’s lockdown – having claimed that it had somehow contained and countered the devastating coronavirus […]

Three implications of the corona crisis in Iran – Azadeh Zamirirad

The coronavirus is more than a health challenge for the Islamic Republic. The virus is exacerbating the legitimacy crisis and pushing religion into the background, says Azadeh Zamirirad. In February, the Islamic Republic announced its first confirmed cases of the coronavirus. […]

Iranian people suffer triple whammy of COVID-19, repression and US sanctions

People in Iran suffer COVID-19 Pandemic at the same time as Islamist regime’s repression and US economic sanctions! The Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) has accused the Iranian regime of gross irresponsibility and negligence in […]

People in Iran suffer COVID-19 Pandemic at the same time as Islamist regime’s repression and US economic sanctions!

The Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) has accused the Iranian regime of gross irresponsibility and negligence in its approach to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran.  While there were widespread indications that the virus had reached Iran […]

Iran: Prisoners killed by security forces during COVID-19 pandemic protests

Around 36 prisoners in Iran are feared to have been killed by security forces after the use of lethal force to control protests over COVID-19 safety fears, Amnesty International has learned.   In recent days, thousands of prisoners in at […]

Letter to the President!!

Iranian Metalworkers’ union writes open letter to Hassan Rouhani, president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, to demand effective action on CoVID- 19 to avert disaster With respect, due to the current health issues, this letter is published in an […]

Solidarity organisation warns of coronavirus impact in Iran – Press release – For immediate use

2nd April 2020 The Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) has appealed to trade unions in the UK and internationally to support their fellow workers in Iran who are at the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic. […]

Iran temporarily releases 70,000 prisoners as coronavirus cases surge

DUBAI (Reuters) — Iran has temporarily freed about 70,000 prisoners to combat the spread of the coronavirus in jails, the head of the judiciary said on Monday, as officials reported hundreds of new infections and dozens more deaths across the […]

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s prison leave extended in Iran amid virus crisis

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s leave from prison in Iran has been extended by two weeks and her case has been put forward to prosecutor to seek clemency, her husband has said. The British-Iranian mother was among thousands of prisoners temporarily freed from jail […]