CODIR stands in support of the the brave, imaginative and effective struggle of Iranian Teachers for fairness and also quality of free nationwide education in Iran

The Iranian Coordination Council of Teachers’ Trade Associations (CCITTA):

Regarding the Publication of Reports and Letters of Support from International Institutions

Press release: CODIR welcomes postponement of execution of Ms Pakhshan Azizi

CODIR welcomes postponement of execution  The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) has today welcomed news from Iran that, following global protests, the execution of Kurdish care worker, Pakhshan Azizi, has been postponed.  However, CODIR General Secretary, Gawain Little, […]

The finalised resolution adopted by the European Parliament at its full plenary on Thursday 23 January 2025

TEXTS ADOPTED P10_TA(2025)0004 Systematic repression of human rights in Iran, notably the cases of Pakhshan Azizi and WrishaMoradi, and the taking of EU citizens as hostages European Parliament resolution of 23 January 2025 on the systematic repression of human rights in Iran, notably the cases […]

URGENT APPEAL: CODIR calls for an end to executions in Iran

The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) has, along with a number of human rights organisations, opposed the death sentence handed down to Kurdish care worker, Pakhshan Azizi, in Iran.

Iran: UN experts alarmed as Supreme Court upholds death sentence of Kurdish woman activist

Independent UN human rights experts on Tuesday expressed grave concern over the Iranian Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the death sentence of Pakhshan Azizi, a Kurdish woman activist and social worker.

 

Rebellion in Iran: how far will the regime go?

Hardliners strike a defiant tone in public, but behind the scenes there is debate about how to respond to demands for change Andrew England and Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran YESTERDAY When the Islamic regime called, hundreds of thousands rallied. In cities across Iran, women, […]

Happy Nowruz!

What is Nowruz? How and when is the festival celebrated by Iranian people around the world? Story by Charlie Duffield – Evening Standard Whilst in the Northern Hemisphere, as March bows out and heralds the first day of spring during […]

Professor Ervand Abrahamian on the recent developments in Iran: “A deepening crisis of legitimacy or revolution?”

Ervand Abrahamian (born 1940) is an Iranian-American eminent historian of Iran and the Middle East, based in New York. He is Distinguished Professor of History at Baruch College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and is widely regarded as […]

Iran: Child detainees subjected to flogging, electric shocks and sexual violence in brutal protest crackdown

Iran’s intelligence and security forces have been committing horrific acts of torture, including beatings, flogging, electric shocks, rape and other sexual violence against child protesters as young as 12 to quell their involvement in nationwide protests, said Amnesty International today. […]

IAEA’s Grossi expects Iran’s cooperation as technical team readies visit

Plus, US senators take aim at Saudi Arabia’s rights record and the administration proposes cutting Tunisia’s economic aid. March 15, 2023 WASHINGTON — The United Nations’ atomic watchdog chief voiced cautious optimism on Wednesday that Iran will boost inspector access and restore monitoring […]

Analysis: Iran eases its regional isolation with Saudi deal

Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to restore diplomatic relations last week, but Tehran is likely to keep its foreign policy pillars. By Giorgio Cafiero Published On 14 Mar 2023 Since becoming Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi has promised to improve Tehran’s relations […]

The “Woman, Life, Freedom” Protests… The Situation Going Forward

This year, as progressives around the world prepared to mark International Women’s Day, the women of Iran did so on the back of a courageous and inspiring six-month long struggle – one in which they have led from the front […]

A new beautiful work in the form of animation

A new beautiful work in the form of animation, based on some of historic scenes of the protests against Mahsa Amini’s murder by the regime’s “Morality Police” in September, on the Persian version of Italian Bela Ciao A new beautiful […]

Crisis over suspected Iran schoolgirl poisonings escalates

Story by By JON GAMBRELL, Associated Press  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A crisis over suspected poisonings targeting Iranian schoolgirls escalated Sunday as authorities acknowledged over 50 schools were struck in a wave of possible cases. The poisonings have […]

Hundreds of Schoolgirls have been Targeted in Poison Gas Attacks in Iran

There is growing public concern and widespread anger in Iran following reports that hundreds of schoolgirls have been poisoned in a series of mysterious gas attacks on schools across the country, raising fears that militant religious groups have begun waging […]