US strikes strategic railway bridge linking Iran to China: What to know

The railway bridge also links Tehran and other southern cities to Mashhad, where large crowds are gathering for the burial ceremony on Thursday of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Jack Dutton Jul 9, 2026 The United States struck Iran’s Aq Taqeh Khan railway […]

Even as ceasefire frays, Trump and Iran shy away from full war

The United States and Iran are escalating their tit-for-tat strikes, posing the biggest threat yet to their framework deal. Elizabeth HagedornJul 9, 2026 WASHINGTON — A short-lived ceasefire between the United States and Iran is giving way to spiralling violence, […]

CODIR at UNISON National Delegate Conference 2026

CODIR ran a busy and engaging operation at UNISON’s recent National Delegate Conference.  Our information stall was visited by hundreds of delegates.  As in previous years, we ran our stall alongside Liberation (formerly the Movement for Colonial Freedom, established in […]

CODIR condemns the harsh and repressive sentences handed to women activists in Iran

Escalation of crackdowns on Iranian women campaigners:  Theocratic regime sentences one women’s activist to death and another four to imprisonment HRANA News Agency – A review of judicial verdicts issued over the past week indicates that between 26 June and 3 July, […]

US-Iran deal must centre human rights and region must see real and sustainable end to hostilities

18 June 2026 Responding to the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the USA and Iran to end a months-long war that spilled into neighbouring countries, killing more than 6,000 people across the Middle East and rattling the global […]

 

Iran: President Trump’s apocalyptic threats of large-scale civilian devastation demand urgent global action to prevent atrocity crimes

7 April 2026 Responding to the United States President Donald Trump’s statement about Iran on Truth Social on 7 April 2026, warning that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again”, Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of […]

Teachers hear of repression and the horrors of war from Iran

A packed fringe meeting at the National Education Union conference heard from Iranian teachers, campaigners and journalists NEARLY 150 National Education Union conference delegates attended a fringe meeting organised by the Committee for Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights (Codir) […]

Peace is vital for the people of Iran

STEVE BISHOP considers the prospects for a settlement of the conflict and how the demands of both sides are being viewed  WORLWIDE REVULSION: Protest in Athens, Greece, last Saturday, against the US and Israeli war against Iran THE unprovoked attack […]

US attacks Iranian nuclear site

THE United States attacked the central Iranian city of Isfahan early today, sending a massive fireball into the sky. Reports in the US suggest US President Donald Trump is looking for a way out of the illegal and unprovoked conflict he […]

Israel warns attacks on Iran will ‘escalate and expand’

Israel threatened today to “escalate and expand” its attacks on Iran, even though US President Donald Trump claimed the night before that supposed talks on ending the war were going well and gave Tehran more time to open the Strait […]

CODIR Calls for Peace and Self- Determination for Iran

The U.S. has deployed its largest naval and air force buildup in the Persian Gulf since  the Iraq War, including two aircraft carrier strikegroups, advanced fighter jets, and missile defense systems In most of the mainstream news media, and some on social media, there is confusion and uncertainty about the reasons for the illegal U.S./Israeli war on Iran. Given some of the deranged bloodthirsty outbursts of Trump this is […]

CODIR supports this important initiative- Joint Statement: Stop the War on Iran Immediately

The following joint statement is a significant collective appeal that brings together diverse voices from the global intellectual and activist community. While the full, definitive list of signatories can sometimes vary as more names are added, the core text focuses […]

27 British Parliamentarians Oppose Illegal War on Iran

*Escalation of conflict with Iran* EDM (Early Day Motion) 2880: tabled on 02 March 2026 Motion text That this House notes with profound anxiety the recent military escalation involving the United States, Israel and Iran, sparked by an illegal, unjustified, […]

CODIR calls for immediate ceasefire in the war on Iran!

On Saturday (21 March) US President Donald Trump gave Iran a 48 hour deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz or the US would destroy Iran’s “various power plants, starting with the biggest one first!” The Iranian response has been […]

USA/Iran: Trump’s warning that USA will attack Iran’s power plants is a threat to commit war crimes

24 March 2026 Responding to statements by United States President Donald Trump that the USA would postpone strikes on Iran’s power plants and energy infrastructure by five days pending the outcome of discussions on the “resolution of hostilities”, Erika Guevara-Rosas, […]