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
Press release – Solidarity organisation calls on support for Iranian oil and gas workers
28th November 2024 For immediate use The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) is calling upon trade unions in Britain to mobilise support for oil and gas workers in Iran demanding fair treatment in their wage demands. […]
Press release – Solidarity organisation condemns death sentences for women in Iran
19th November 2024 – For immediate use The Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) has condemned the death sentence handed to Iranian-Kurdish activist and political prisoner, Ms. Varishe Moradi, by the regime in Iran. Moradi has […]
CODIR joins calls for the stay of execution of Varishe Moradi and other women political prisoners in Iran
News of the death sentence handed to Iranian-Kurdish activist and political prisoner, Ms. Varishe Moradi, has triggered a wave of revulsion among the restive progressive and freedom-loving forces in Iran. Following the publication of this grim news, a wide campaign […]
January 10th, 2017 
Iran nuclear deal on the brink
The election of Donald Trump to the United States Presidency has sent shock waves across the world. The future of the Middle East was uncertain before the election outcome. It is even more uncertain now. In relation to Iran, in […]
Iran’s authorities must stop toying with life of activist on hunger strike
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT 2 January 2017 Iran’s authorities must stop toying with life of activist on hunger strike The Iranian authorities are putting the life of imprisoned human rights defender Arash Sadeghi at grave risk and should release him […]
Free and independent trade unions fight for workers’ rights in Iran
In October, the Union of Metalworkers and Mechanics of Iran (UMMI) became the first affiliate from Iran to join IndustriALL. The affiliation is a significant step in a country where unions are persecuted and trade unionists imprisoned. PROFILE Union: Union […]
Iran: petroleum workers win back pay after strike action
13.12.2016 Workers at the Bushehr Petrochemical Complex won unpaid wages after taking strike action last week. Workers went on strike on Monday 5 December after not receiving wages since June. On Saturday, they were paid for the months of July, […]
Gravest concerns about the continuing detention, intimidation and repression of trade unionists in Iran
By e- mail: media@rouhani.ir, info_leader@leader.ir, iran@un.int, mission.iran@ties.itu.int To: Hassan Rouhani President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Cc: Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations, New York; Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani, Head of the Judiciary; […]
Iranian activist couple jailed in Evin Prison
URGENT ACTION Iranian activist couple jailed in Evin Prison The health of jailed Iranian human rights defender Arash Sadeghi has deteriorated. He has been on hunger strike since 24 October in protest at the imprisonment of his wife, Golrokh Ebrahimi […]
IRAN: FURTHER INFORMATION: SUICIDE FEARS FOR JAILED BRITISH-IRANIAN WOMAN: NAZANIN ZAGHARI RATCLIFFE
By Amnesty International, 21 November 2016, Index number: MDE 13/5163/2016 British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe, a prisoner of conscience sentenced to five years in prison, wrote her husband a suicide letter and went on hunger strike on 13 November. […]
Iran: Suicide fears for ailing British-Iranian prisoner of conscience
18 November 2016, 18:54 UTC Fears are growing for the physical and mental health of Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian charity worker who is serving a five-year prison sentence in Iran, convicted of “national security” charges after an unfair trial, […]
IRAN – Freedom for Iranian teacher union leader Esmail Abdi (31 October 2016)
Education International (EI) calls on its members to take action and protest against the six-year jail sentence imposed on Mr. Esmail Abdi, a leader of the Tehran Teacher Trade Association. The sentence was announced on 7 October by Branch 36 […]
Iran: Writer arrested in violent raid on her house following prison sentence for story about stoning
24 October 2016, 18:20 UTC The Iranian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release writer and human rights activist Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee, following her arrest today, Amnesty International urged. Despite the fact that no official summons has been issued, Golrokh Ebrahimi […]
