Mediators move closer to extending US-Iran ceasefire

MEDIATORS moved closer today to extending the ceasefire between the United States and Iran and restarting negotiations to salvage the fragile truce before it expires next week.  A senior Iranian military official threatened to halt trade in the region if the […]

A Tribute to Iran’s Soulful and Revolutionary Cinema

ByEileen Jones With President Donald Trump recently threatening to destroy Iranian civilization itself, the country’s filmmakers carry on their long tradition of defiant, deeply human cinema forged under censorship, imprisonment, and war. With the people of Iran now targeted by […]

CODIR Cautiously Welcomes Ceasefire

Declaration of conditional ceasefire represents a step forward towards achieving a sustainable peace CODIR cautiously but relievedly welcomes the announcement on Tuesday night of a “conditional ceasefire” and two-week cessation of the illegal war being waged on Iran by the […]

Join us to campaign foran end to the US/Israeli War Crimes in Iran

Having reduced Gaza and the long-suffering Palestinian people to a state of ruin and desolation, the US-Israeli axis of destruction has now turned its ruinous gaze and intent towards Iran – with Donald Trump waxing not-so-lyrical, over the Easter festival […]

Iran: President Trump’s apocalyptic threats of large-scale civilian devastation demand urgent global action to prevent atrocity crimes

7 April 2026 Responding to the United States President Donald Trump’s statement about Iran on Truth Social on 7 April 2026, warning that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again”, Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of […]

 

A Nation Under Strain: The Deepening Crisis for Iran’s Workers and Marginalized – Intensified by War

Tehran, Iran – July 23, 2025 – Since April 2025, the social and economic fabric of Iranian society has been subjected to escalating pressures, with workers and marginalized communities bearing the brunt of a multifaceted crisis. A faltering economy, exacerbated by […]

Iran: Council sanctions eight individuals and one entity over serious human rights violations and transnational repression

The Council today imposed restrictive measures on eight persons and one entity under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions regime. They are responsible of committing serious human rights violations and abuses on behalf of the Iranian state bodies outside of Iran, in particular extrajudicial, summary and […]

Sharon Graham, General Secretary of Unite visits CODIR’s stall at UNITE

Sharon Graham, General Secretary of Unite visits CODIR’s stall at UNITE Policy Conference In Brighton July 2025

‘No More War on Iran!’

Unite members unequivocally reject the campaign of aggression against Iran at Policy Conference fringe event On Thursday 10 July, delegates to Unite the Union’s Policy Conference in Brighton attended a successful fringe meeting addressing the fallout from recent Israeli and […]

CODIR strongly condemns the violent treatment and mass expulsion of Afghan migrants from Iran

CODIR utterly condemns the violent actions of the Iranian authorities as it undertakes a huge nationwide expulsion of Afghan migrants from the country. According to Iranian government officials themselves, over 380,000 Afghan migrants have been expelled from Iran over a […]

No more War on Iran

CODIR Bulletin July- August 2025 is published!

CODIR has published a bulletin. The bulletin covers the following: Please click here to view.

Rising Threats and War Crimes

In Gaza, the convicted war criminal Netanyahu has repeatedly attempted to justify the Israeli state genocide with the false claim that Israel is acting in “self-defence”. Now with the endorsement of the US and the shameful participation of the British […]

Iranian Nobel Laureate Says War Dealt Big Blow to Fight for Democracy

The Wall Street Journal Story by Sune Engel Rasmussen After Israel’s 12-day war dealt a severe blow to the leadership of Iran, one of the country’s leading human-rights defenders warns that authorities will turn on their own people to consolidate power. “The […]

Iran suspends co-operation with UN nuclear watchdog

IRANIAN President Masoud Pezeshkian issued an order today suspending his country’s co-operation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). His action followed Iranian accusations that the United Nations nuclear watchdog had passed sensitive details to Israel and the United States […]