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 […]

 

Notice of AGM 2025

Join us to celebrate, plan, and consolidate CODIR’s work! 16:30 – 18:30 (GMT/UTC) Saturday 6 December 2025 The AGM will be an online meeting. All CODIR’s members and affiliates are invited. Email us at codir_info@btinternet.com for further information and registration […]

CODIR Joins the Call by 860 Iranian progressive and democratic personalities: Stop Executions in Iran NOW

Statement by 860 Political, Social, Civil, and Cultural Activists in Support of the Demands of the Striking Political Prisoners of Qezel Hesar and in Protest of the Expansion of Executions in Iran Statement on the Escalation of Executions in Iran As […]

The Autumn of the Ayatollahs What Kind of Change Is Coming to Iran?

Karim Sadjadpour November/December 2025 Published on October 14, 2025 or the first time in nearly four decades, Iran is on the cusp of a change of leadership—and maybe even of regime. As Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s reign nears its end, […]

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: UN member states must urgently press authorities to halt executions after horrifying increase in Iran

16 October 2025 Iran: UN member states must urgently press authorities to halt executions after horrifying increase Ahead of the presentation of the UN Secretary-General’s report on Iran on 16 October 2025 and the combined briefings of the UN Special […]

CODIR Statement on World Day Against the Death Penalty: Urgent action on Iran!

Friday 10 October marks the annual World Day Against the Death Penalty, an international observance initiated by the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty (WCADP) in 2003.  This global day for reflection and action was conceived to unify the international […]

Stand in Solidarity with the Striking Project Workers in the Oil and Gas Sector in Iran Demanding Justice and Dignity

According to confirmed reports, yesterday (8 October 2025), over 200 contractual workers at the Star Oil facility in southern Iran went on strike in protest at not having received their wages since July. The employer’s lacklustre response so far has […]

Join us in the call for an end to ALL executions in Iran

CODIR unequivocally condemns the theocratic dictatorship in Iran for the savage executions of at least 118 people since 20 September. The Mizan News Agency, the state-run media outlet of the Islamic Republic’s ministry of the judiciary, has announced that in […]

Education International condemns escalating repression of Iranian teacher union activists

Education International (EI) has issued a strong condemnation of the Iranian government’s intensifying crackdown on teacher union activists, particularly members of the Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Associations (CCITTA), EI’s affiliate in Iran. In a letter addressed to Ayatollah […]

CODIR calls for active solidarity with workers and trade unionists campaigning for fairer wage and secure work conditions

Major protest by Iran National Steel Group workers in Ahvaz

CODIR calls for active solidarity with protesting Iran National Steel Group workers and trade unionists in Ahvaz Major protest by Iran National Steel Group workers in Ahvaz Workers of the Iran National Steel Group (INSG) in the southern city of […]

Death of Somayeh Rashidi, Political Prisoner in Iran

CODIR Central Council condemns the Iranian judiciary for neglecting their responsibilities on the health, safety, and security of political prisoners! Reports from Iran have confirmed the death in detention of Somayeh Rashidi, an Iranian political prisoner, amid conflicting accounts from […]