Join us to celebrate, plan, and consolidate CODIR’s work!

16:00 – 18:00 (GMT/UTC) Saturday 23 January 2027 The AGM will be online  All CODIR’s members and affiliates are invited. Email us at codir_info@btinternet.com or CODIR.Executive@gmail.com for further information and registration forms. CODIR campaigns For peace, human and democratic rights, […]

CODIR endorses the call by 29 respected Iranian Civil Activists on the Necessity of the Immediate Cessation of Executions in Iran

Joint Statement by 29 Iranian Political and Civil Activists on the Necessity of the Immediate Cessation of Executions It is with profound regret that a number of detainees from the January 2026 protests have thus far been executed, with the heaviest […]

CODIR calls for peace as priority in the Middle East

4 November 2026 Press release For immediate use The Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) has called for all belligerents in the war against Iran to place peace at the top of the agenda as tentative […]

Iranian Lawyer, Bahareh Aghaei, Is sentenced to 26 years for Being a Lawyer!

CODIR Protests Against Iranian Defence Attorney, Bahareh Aghaei, Being Sentenced to 26 years Imprisonment For Practising Law! Heavy Sentence Imposed on Attorney Due to Protest and Media Activities26-Year and One-Month Prison Sentence Handed Down to Bahareh Aghaei The issuance of […]

 Theocratic Regime in Iran Starts Repressive Clamp Down on Arts & Culture!

Ja’afar Panahi, the prominent Iranian filmmaker, has been sentenced to five years and one month in prison and the confiscation of all his assets.Mostafa Nili, defence counsel for the prominent Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, announced that Branch 26 of the […]

 

Britain Union of Teachers Demands Abdi’s Freedom

News has reached us in recent days of the re-arrest and detention of the General Secretary of the Iranian Teachers’ Association, Mr Esmail Abdi as a result of his legitimate trade union activities. I write on behalf of National Union […]