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 […]
CODIR calls for the release of two French trade unionists imprisoned in Iran!
French Trade Unionists Imprisoned in Iran: A Case of “Hostage Diplomacy” Since May 2022, two French trade unionists, Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, have been arbitrarily imprisoned in Iran, accused by the Islamic Republic authorities of espionage and fomenting unrest. […]
December 7th, 2017 
Iran: workers in South Pars oil and gas fields submit petition to state broadcaster
06.12.2017 More than 1,000 workers added their names to a petition to the public broadcaster, calling on the organization to send an investigative team to report on terrible working conditions and unpaid wages. The petition was organized by IndustriALL Global […]
Middle East Needs Peace, Democracy and Solidarity, not US Intervention!
Recent events in the Middle East have brought the threat of a wider armed conflict in the region closer than ever. Jane Green considers the issues and the current balance of forces. Peace in the Middle East has, for many […]
IndustriALL Global Union calls on Government of Iran to release immediately Mahmoud Salehi and Reza Shahabi and respect fundamental human rights and labour rights
Geneva, 15 November 2017 H.E. Hassan Rouhani President Islamic Republic of Iran Email: media@rouhani.ir ; mission.iran@ties.itu.int; info_leader@leader.ir; contact@leader.ir; info@humanrights-iran.ir; iran@un.int Dear Mr. President, I am writing this letter to you as the General Secretary of IndustriALL Global Union , which represents more than fifty million workers in mining, […]
We condemn the government’s renewed onslaught on trade union activists!
In recent weeks, there have been worrying developments indicating a renewed onslaught on trade union activists in Iran. Reza Shahabi, an imprisoned bus driver and prominent trade union activist, remains imprisoned and without much needed access to medical treatment. Meanwhile, […]
Trump sends aggressive signal to Iran
14th October 2017 The decision of US President, Donald Trump, to de-certify the international deal with Iran has brought condemnation across the world. Jane Green assesses the likely consequences. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has repeatedly found that the […]
‘Is it art or pain?’ Iran’s Parastou Forouhar on family, death and the failed revolution
Every autumn, the Iranian artist Parastou Forouhar returns to Tehran from Germany to hold a memorial service for her murdered parents. Dariush Forouhar, a secular politician, and his wife, Parvaneh, were two of Iran’s most high-profile political activists when they […]
Solidarity group calls for urgent action on Iranian prisoners
15th September 2017 Press Release For Immediate Use Solidarity organisation, the Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR), has called for urgent action to secure the immediate release of two Iranian trade unionists on hunger strike. […]
Sick, untreated and tormented: How Iranian authorities leave prisoners to suffer
World powers have strengthened their ties with Iran since the nuclear deal was signed. Now they should pressure Tehran to end its ruthless treatment of political prisoners. A photograph showing the heavily bandaged face of a prominent Iranian journalist and […]
Iran: Arrest of human rights defender seeking truth about disappeared family members
11 September 2017, 17:46 UTC The Iranian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release a human rights defender arrested from her home last night, who has previously been targeted by the authorities for her peaceful activism, said Amnesty International. Raheleh Rahemipour […]
IndustriALL Global Union calls on Government of Iran to immediately release imprisoned union leaders and respect fundamental labour rights
Mr. Hassan Rouhani President Islamic Republic of Iran Email: media@rouhani.ir; mission.iran@ties.itu.int Dear Mr. President Hassan Rouhani, I am writing this letter to you as the General Secretary of IndustriALL Global Union, which represents more than fifty million workers in mining, energy […]
