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RIGHTS campaigners warned yesterday that the Iranian people stood to suffer from raised tensions between Washington and Tehran.
The Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights (Codir), founded in 1981 by Iranian exiles and British trade union activists, called on labour, peace and democratic movements worldwide to be on the alert against a possible conflict between the two countries.
Codir’s executive council held an emergency meeting over the weekend after US President Donald Trump and his government put Tehran “on notice” last week over its recent unsuccessful test of the Khorramshahr medium-range ballistic missile.
Statement from the executive committee of the Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights
The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (Codir) welcomes demonstrations across Iran, which have put pressure upon the theocratic dictatorship, but warns against intervention by the United States to force Iran in a particular direction