In the second of two articles, STEVE BISHOP looks at how the 1979 revolution’s aims are obfuscated to create a picture where the monarchists are the opposition to the theocracy, not the burgeoning workers’ and women’s movement on the streets of Iran
The United Nations Security Council met in emergency session yesterday (22 June) to discuss US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites as Russia, China and Pakistan proposed the 15-member body adopt a resolution calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the Middle […]
In part one of two articles, STEVE BISHOP exposes blatant lies of the warmongers who demand ‘unconditional surrender’ from Iran using the excuse of nuclear weapons, when it is Israel that blatantly disregards international law
In Gaza the convicted Israeli war criminal, Netanyahu has tried to justify the Israeli state genocide against Palestinians with an erroneous claim that Israel is acting in “self-defence”. Now he is using the same lie to seek support for the […]
CODIR has published a bulletin. The bulletin covers the following:
Roya Heshmati has stated that she had been lashed 74 times because of a social media post she made in April in which she could be seen without a hijab. The lashes to Roya Heshmati’s body have triggered renewed condemnation […]
Amid plunging living standards, government corruption and state oppression, strike waves are spreading across Iran, reports STEVE BISHOP THE Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights (Codir) has called for the international trade union movement to back the […]
2nd January 2024 – For immediate use The Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) has called for the international trade union movement to back the calls of Iranian workers in their struggles for improved recognition, pay and […]
On Dec 30th, after 8 days of strike, the workers of Iran National Steel Industrial Group (INSIG) in Ahvaz, in south of Iran, decided to go back to work after they were promised that the employer will implement the Job […]
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The Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) has called for the international community to focus upon the abuse of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran to mark the anniversary of the UN Declaration of […]
by Mona Tajali, Associate Professor of International Relations and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Agnes Scott College * Large-scale protests that erupted in 2022 across Iran, centering on women’s rights, captured the world’s attention. Iranians peacefully protested in the streets of places […]
Security forces in Iran used rape and other forms of sexual violence, amounting to torture and other ill-treatment, to intimidate and punish peaceful protesters during the 2022 “Woman Life Freedom” uprising, Amnesty International said in a new report published today. The […]
GITA AZADI of the Democratic Organisation of Iranian Women talks to the Star about Iran’s famous Woman, Life, Freedom movement, the misogyny of Islamist rule, and what women worldwide can do to show solidarity THE Democratic Organisation of Iranian Women […]
For Rights and Justice in Iran: CODIR’s AGM 2023 The Committee for Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) held a well-attended AGM this weekend at UNISON’s central London headquarters. In her opening remarks, the meeting’s chair, Liz Payne, welcomed everyone, […]
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