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
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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 […]
September 2nd, 2024 
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 […]
Iran: ‘Atrocity crimes’ must be investigated and perpetrators prosecuted, says Special Rapporteur
22 July 2024 GENEVA – A UN Special Rapporteur said an international mechanism is essential to investigate and prosecute those responsible for “atrocity crimes” in Iran, including the extra-judicial killing of thousands of arbitrarily arrested prisoners during a crackdown by authorities […]
How Iran’s Khamenei elevated a little-known moderate to the presidency
By Parisa Hafezi July 18, 20245:03 AM PDTUpdated 2 days ago DUBAI, July 18 (Reuters) – When intelligence officials briefed Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in May ahead of a snap presidential election, their report was grim: angered by economic hardship and […]
Film of the week – Bedroom Farsi
The Star’s critic MARIA DUARTE recommends a quietly powerful drama that examines an Iranian mother and daughter who escape domestic abuse THIS quietly powerful drama set in Australia in 1995 explores a clash of cultures as it shows the resilience, […]
