Editorial: Rising Threat

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 Bulletin Summer 2025 is published!

CODIR has published a bulletin. The bulletin covers the following:

CODIR Bulletin Spring 2025 is published!

CODIR has published a bulletin. The bulletin covers the following:

Israel must stop bombing Iran. De-escalation now

CND condemns Israel’s illegal attack on Iran today, which is a violation of international law. We have repeatedly warned that ongoing military threats by US and Israel posed very serious dangers to the region. Now Israel has launched multiple attacks […]

CODIR condemns unilateral Israeli attack upon Iran  

13th June 2025 Press release For immediate use The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) has condemned as outrageous the Israeli military attack upon Iran when talks with the United States were ongoing and due to enter […]

 

Iran’s crackdown on anti-government protesters ‘eerily similar to South America’s Dirty War’

Iran’s Tudeh Party said the victims bared the hallmarks of having been extrajudicially executed MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2019 THE brutal crackdown of anti-government protesters in Iran last month is eerily similar to South America’s “dirty war” of the 1970s and […]

Iran: Thousands arbitrarily detained and at risk of torture in chilling post-protest crackdown

Thousands arrested including children as young as 15 Detainees subjected to enforced disappearance and torture At least 304 people killed in protests according to credible sources Iran’s authorities are carrying out a vicious crackdown following the outbreak of nationwide protests […]

IndustriALL stands in solidarity with the people of Iran

29 November, 2019The brutal suppression of protests in Iran has led to at least 250 deaths and 3,700 injuries, and at least 7,000 protesters have been arrested. The protests started on 15 November, after the government tripled the fuel price […]

Shoot to Kill: Thousands may already be dead in Iran

December 2, 2019 1:50 PM CST  BY JOHN WOJCIK In this Nov. 25, 2019, photo, an Iranian soldier stands on a rooftop with an automatic rifle during a government event condemning protesters. The theocratic regime has given soldiers “shoot to kill” orders for […]

Bachelet calls on Iran to address multiple human rights violations in context of recent protests

GENEVA (6 December 2019) – As more information gradually filters out of Iran in the wake of the recent protests, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday expressed alarm at the continuing lack of transparency about […]

Leaders of Britain’s influential union of teachers and educationalists protest against repression in Iran

29 November 2019 To His Excellency, Hamid Baeidinejad, the Iranian Ambassador, Your Excellency, We are writing as representatives of the National Education Union to express our deep concern about the violence perpetrated by the Iranian authorities during recent days against […]

Iran: Death toll from bloody crackdown on protests rises to 208

2 December 2019, 15:51 UTC The number of people believed to have been killed during demonstrations in Iran that broke out on 15 November has risen to at least 208, said Amnesty International, based on credible reports received by the […]

UNISON condemns murderous attack on protesters in Iran

H.E. Mr Hamid Baeidinejad Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran 16 Prince’s Gate LONDON SW7 1PT By email: iranemb.lon@mfa.gov.ir Tuesday, 3 December 2019 Dear Ambassador, On behalf of UNISON’s 1.3 million members, working in public […]

Teacher’s Union protests clamp down in Iran

HE Hamid Baeidinejad Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran 16 Princes Gate London SW7 1PT Dear Your Excellency, I write on behalf of the NASUWT, the Teachers’ Union to express our outrage at the violent abuses committed by Iranian […]

Abolfazl Ghadiani: The Foremost and Ultimate Culprit for All Spilled Blood [in Iran] is Khamenei

Iran’s current tyrant does not want to give up his destructive and tension-building policies in the region, the world beyond, [or to take any step towards reducing tension]. This is because he is extremely fearful that if his foreign policy […]