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 […]

 

CODIR Sounds the Alarm:  Israel and Iran Have Started Playing with Fire! 

The Expansion of War to the Heart of Persian Gulf Energy Infrastructure: Iran Strikes Qatar and Targets Saudi Arabia Following Attack on Pars Gas Field The conflict involving the United States, Israel, and Iran entered a new and extremely perilous […]

USA/Iran: Those responsible for deadly and unlawful US strike on school that killed over 100 children must be held accountable

Those responsible for planning and executing an unlawful US strike on a school in Minab, Hormozgan province in Iran that killed 168 people, including over 100 children, must be held accountable, Amnesty International said today.   Evidence gathered by the organization […]

CODIR warns that the continuation of the War only Harms the Popular Struggle for Peace, Democracy, and Social Justice in Iran!

An elderly man is shepherded to safety in the bloody aftermath of an attack by US-Israeli warplanes on the area in and around Tehran's Enqelab (Revolution) Square on 3 March 2026, which left scores dead and gravely wounded as well as extensive damage to residences and civilian infrastructure | Tasnim News Agency | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

11th March 2026 Press release For immediate use CODIR warns that the continuation of the War only Harms the Popular Struggle for Peace, Democracy, and Social Justice in Iran! An elderly man is shepherded to safety in the bloody aftermath […]

US, Israel and Iran continue missile barrages as Trump sends mixed messages on war

IRAN launched fresh waves of strikes at Israel and US and energy assets in the Gulf states today as it continued to retaliate against devastating US and Israeli air raids. Sirens warned of incoming missiles in Dubai and in Bahrain, authorities […]

22 British Parliamentarian Challenge the Illegal War Imposed on Iran

Escalation of conflict with IranEDM (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, and […]

International Women’s Day 2026

The civilian toll climbs past 1,200 as women, children and families are struck in their homes, schools and public spaces – a stark illustration of the human cost of war. AZAR SEPEHR emphasises that the future of Iran is solely […]

Iran and Israel exchange massive waves of missile attacks

RAN and the United States-Israeli coalition exchanged a massive wave of missile attacks today. Iran announced today that it launched a massive combined missile and drone operation against Israeli territory and US facilities in countries across the region. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard […]

CODIR warns of ground war danger in Iran

5th March 2026 Press release For immediate use The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) has issued a warning that the incursion of ground forces through the North West of Iran could lead to the Balkanisation of […]

Manufacturing war, paying the price

History shows from Iraq to Libya, and now Iran, that regime-change fantasies rarely deliver stability — but they always deliver human and economic cost, says MARYAM ESLAMDOUST HE illegal attack by Israel and the United States on Iran on Saturday […]

British Trade Unions Oppose Illegal War Against Iran

In a proactive move to express principled opposition to the illegal and unjustified military attack upon Iran by the United States and Israel on the morning of Saturday 28 February 2026, 12 British trade unions issued a joint statement later […]