CODIR warns of danger of escalation in Iran war

7th October 2026 Press release For immediate use The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) has warned that escalation of the illegal aggression initiated by the US/Israeli axis upon Iran will worsen further the lives of the […]

The Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Associations (Tehran): Suppression of Independent Organisations Must End!

Tuesday 6th October 2026 – In a statement marking World Teachers’ Day – referencing the 60th anniversary of the joint ILO/UNESCO Recommendation Concerning the Status of Teachers – the Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Associations (CCITTA) in Tehran declared […]

Iran and the US hold talks at the UN on ending the war

IRAN and the United States held hours of mediated talks on the margins of the United Nations general assembly in New York on Tuesday. The talks came on the same day that US President Donald Trump told the assembly that he […]

Exchange Ratio

Ervand Abrahamian05 September 2026Politics When you spoke to NLR earlier this year, Iran had just emerged from the repression of the January protests. How do you see the domestic situation after six months of war? How close is the country to another […]

CODIR warns of US tightening screws on Iran

3rd September 2026 Press release The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) has warned that the renewed escalation of the conflict between the US/Israeli axis and Iran has already hit the Iranian people hard and is likely […]

 

Join us to campaign foran end to the US/Israeli War Crimes in Iran

Having reduced Gaza and the long-suffering Palestinian people to a state of ruin and desolation, the US-Israeli axis of destruction has now turned its ruinous gaze and intent towards Iran – with Donald Trump waxing not-so-lyrical, over the Easter festival […]

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 […]