Trump threatens war and punitive tariffs to recapture Iranian resources – just as in 1953, when the CIA overthrew Mossadegh and US corporations immediately seized 40% of the oil, says SEVIM DAGDELEN
LAST November, when protests erupted in Tehran, rapidly spreading across Iran, the Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights (Codir) highlighted the connections between the economic plight of the Iranian people and the ongoing abuse of human rights in the so-called Islamic Republic.
A recent report by Amnesty International, Trampling Humanity, confirms the extent of the abuse by the Iranian regime, as it attempted to suppress the protests and strike fear into any opposition to the theocratic dictatorship.
The Amnesty report concluded that the Iranian regime had, “committed widespread patterns of serious human rights violations, including arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, torture and other ill-treatment, and flagrant breaches of the right to a fair trial.”
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
Payam Solhtalab talks to GAWAIN LITTLE, general secretary of Codir, about the connection between the struggle for peace, against banking and economic sanctions, and the threat of a further military attack by the US/Israel axis on Iran



