CODIR Calls for urgent solidarity with striking workers in Iran:
Project workers at South Pars Gas Refineries Strike for the Eleventh Consecutive Week
CODIR addresses the NEU’s successful International Solidarity Conference 2024.
The event was held in central London to mark 75 years of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. amshid Ahmadi, CODIR’s Assistant General Secretary, provided one of the keynote addresses at the conference session titled ‘The importance of international solidarity in […]
Peace needs to be a strategic priority
It is known that Army Gen. Erik Kurilla, who heads US Central Command, with responsibility for US military operations in the Middle East, has met with Gallant and top Israeli military commanders, to warn against striking Iran’s nuclear sites or oil facilities.
Solidarity organisation calls on support for Iranian mineworkers
The recent explosion at the privately owned Ma’adanJo mine in Tabas, in Khorasan Province East Iran, has trapped at least 69 miners in tunnels, hundreds of meters deep and, at the most recent count, resulted in 51 deaths.
Woman, Life, Freedom: two years of defiance in Iran
Iran’s women’s rights movement now joins widespread unrest, as pensioners, steelworkers and students unite against corruption, repression and economic mismanagement by the theocratic regime, writes STEVE BISHOP
July 12th, 2023 
Iran’s Rulers Have Contained the Protest Movement, but the System Is Far From Stable
BY: AFSHIN MATIN-ASGARI The Iranian leadership has managed to contain the biggest protest wave since the 1979 revolution. De-escalation of geopolitical tensions with the US would help the protesters, making it harder to depict domestic dissent as the product of foreign […]
In Defence of Justice! Hands Off the Iranian Bar Association!
– Iran Jails and Threatens Human Rights Attorneys – At Least 44 Defence Attorneys Arrested Since September 2022 The Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) notes with deep concern the latest move by the Islamic Republic dictatorship in […]
Iran: Executions and detentions in spotlight at Human Rights CouncilIran: Executions and detentions in spotlight at Human Rights Council
Iran faced calls on Wednesday from top UN-appointed rights investigators to halt the executions of people sentenced to death in connection with anti-Government demonstrations that have continued since the death in custody of Mahsa Amini last September. “We have expressed […]
Council of the European Union targets seven individuals over serious human rights violations
The Council decided today to impose a ninth package of restrictive measures on an additional 7 individuals responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. The new listings include the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Isfahan province and the Deputy Judge of […]
Iranian mayor’s visit to Brussels causes stir
Tehran’s mayor Alireza Zakani – an ultra-radical of the Iranian regime – has been invited to attend the Brussels Urban Summit, and even though he is not on the sanctions list, his presence in Brussels was questioned, notably in light […]
Inside Iran’s Biggest Strike Wave since 1979
Growing labour unrest is keeping the revolution alive and threatening the ruling establishment AUTHOR: Hamid Mohseni If we are to understand and evaluate the situation faced by the striking workers in the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), it is essential […]
Iran: Prisons turned into killing fields as drug-related executions almost triple this year
Iranian authorities have executed at least 173 people convicted of drug-related offences this year after systematically unfair trials, nearly three times more than this time last year, Amnesty International said today. Executions for drug-related offences make up two thirds of […]
Stop the execution spree in Iran
The Iranian authorities are carrying out a horrific state-sanctioned killing spree under the guise of judicial executions. Those executed include people convicted of drug-related offences, protesters, political dissidents, and members of oppressed ethnic minorities. Call for states to urgently intervene […]
ILO… No place for the violators of workers’ rights!
CODIR supports the protest against the presence of Islamist regime-affiliated delegation at the ILO Annual Conference 2023! To all Labour/Trade Unions Support the protest rally in front of the [Annual Conference of the] International Labour Organisation [ILO] in solidarity with […]
IRAN/BELGIUM: Iran must be held accountable for hostage-taking after OVERDUE RELEASE OF Olivier Vandecasteele in prisoner swap
Amnesty International welcomes the release of Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele and is relieved he will soon be with his family in Belgium. He had been unjustly imprisoned in Iran since February 2022 and subjected to enforced disappearance, torture and […]
