Committee for Defence of Iranian Peoples Rights

CODIR Campaigns for Peace, Human Rights, and Democracy in Iran. CODIR was established in 1981 by a group of British labor and trade union activists in collaboration with Iranian democrats living in exile in the UK. The main aim of the organization since its inception has been to provide truthful and unbiased information and analysis about the reality of life in Iran.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Committee for Defence of Iranian Peoples Rights

World

Sugar workers in Iran striking for wages and public ownership
October 2, 2020 By Committee for Defence of Iranian Peoples Rights
Privatization of their company allowed embezzlement of funds.
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World

Human Rights Day spurs Iranians’ call to end repression
December 10, 2014 By Committee for Defence of Iranian Peoples Rights
Each year, on Dec. 10 the world remembers the day in 1948 when all nations came together in Paris to sign the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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International groups to Iran’s new president: End trade union repression
August 5, 2013 By Committee for Defence of Iranian Peoples Rights
CODIR's call for action has brought together major UK trade unions.
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World

Iranian mothers appeal for clemency for sons
July 26, 2013 By Committee for Defence of Iranian Peoples Rights
Before the ink is even dry on the confirmation of Hassan Rouhani as the new president of Iran, the Islamic Republic continues to carry out barbaric and meaningless executions.
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World

Appeals urged to release Iranian teacher sentenced to death
March 9, 2012 By Committee for Defence of Iranian Peoples Rights
CODIR is calling for pressure to on the government of of Iran in the case of a school teacher who has been sentenced to death.
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World

Appeal for support for Iran hunger strikers
August 6, 2010 By Committee for Defence of Iranian Peoples Rights
Hunger strikers in Iran's notorious Evin Prison are approaching their third week without food in protest at being transferred to solitary confinement, inhuman prison conditions and violent treatment.
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World

Urgent action required to free Iran political prisoners
January 17, 2010 By Committee for Defence of Iranian Peoples Rights
People around the world are urged to speak out in solidarity with Iranian campaigners for peace, democracy and social justice.
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World

Iranian group calls for world protests as arrests mount
December 29, 2009 By Committee for Defence of Iranian Peoples Rights
Ibrahim Yazdi, a nationalist leader and the first foreign minister after the 1979 revolution, was arrested Dec. 28, following arrests of a leader of Iran's student movement and hundreds of others.
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