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Fears raised as US turns screw on Iran
‘It’s the people who will suffer’ with resurgence of fighting talk

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.

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