A Voice Behind Bars: Tajzadeh’s Mandate to End Executions in Iran

From inside Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, prominent reformist turned outspoken dissident Seyyed Mostafa Tajzadeh issued an urgent open letter calling on Iranian authorities to immediately cease the execution of young protesters and political activists.  The statement addresses the accelerated pace […]

“Endless War” and the Perilous Future Facing Iran and the Middle East

CODIR Calls for an Unconditional Peace Immediately! Iranian People Are the Main Victims of the “Endless War” and Ongoing RepressionThe ongoing campaign of aggression led by U.S. and Israel has inflicted severe damage on Iran, posing a grave threat to […]

Iran: End escalating campaign of arbitrary executions and death sentences against protesters

PRESS RELEASE 28 July 2026  The public execution of two protesters today, following the arbitrary execution of at least three other protesters last week, marks a further escalation in the authorities’ use of the death penalty to quash dissent, Amnesty International said. The organization fears that at least 60 others, including three arrested as children, remain at risk of execution after being […]

Hands off Iran! US out of the Middle East!

CODIR Calls for ACTION: We are deeply alarmed by the rapid escalation of the military conflict between the United States and Iran Iran: Grave concerns growing regarding the looming spectre of a US ground assault and invasion  The Committee for […]

US targets civilian infrastructure as they trade attacks with Iran

THE United States military said on Sunday that it carried out fresh attacks on Iran to “swiftly punish” Tehran for a devastating attack that killed two US military personnel. An area near Sirik in Iran’s Hormozgan province and Qeshm Island were […]

 

A Voice Behind Bars: Tajzadeh’s Mandate to End Executions in Iran

From inside Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, prominent reformist turned outspoken dissident Seyyed Mostafa Tajzadeh issued an urgent open letter calling on Iranian authorities to immediately cease the execution of young protesters and political activists.  The statement addresses the accelerated pace […]

“Endless War” and the Perilous Future Facing Iran and the Middle East

CODIR Calls for an Unconditional Peace Immediately! Iranian People Are the Main Victims of the “Endless War” and Ongoing RepressionThe ongoing campaign of aggression led by U.S. and Israel has inflicted severe damage on Iran, posing a grave threat to […]

Iran: End escalating campaign of arbitrary executions and death sentences against protesters

PRESS RELEASE 28 July 2026  The public execution of two protesters today, following the arbitrary execution of at least three other protesters last week, marks a further escalation in the authorities’ use of the death penalty to quash dissent, Amnesty International said. The organization fears that at least 60 others, including three arrested as children, remain at risk of execution after being […]

Hands off Iran! US out of the Middle East!

CODIR Calls for ACTION: We are deeply alarmed by the rapid escalation of the military conflict between the United States and Iran Iran: Grave concerns growing regarding the looming spectre of a US ground assault and invasion  The Committee for […]

US targets civilian infrastructure as they trade attacks with Iran

THE United States military said on Sunday that it carried out fresh attacks on Iran to “swiftly punish” Tehran for a devastating attack that killed two US military personnel. An area near Sirik in Iran’s Hormozgan province and Qeshm Island were […]

No ‘calibrated’ solution to Iran war

Behind the language of military strategy is a confrontation that risks drawing the wider Middle East into war, says STEVE BISHOP THERE is much media talk of “calibration” in the current escalation of US aggression against Iran, which once again […]

War, Peace, Memorandum of Understanding!

The State, Employers, Workers! According to a report from the Payam-e Syndika (Union/Syndicate Messenger), the structural unemployment of over three million Iranian workers during the course of the two wars [against Iran] in 2025 and 2026 – including the resumption […]

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 […]