Speaking to Rooz, Hassan Fathy’s family revealed that a court had set bail for the journalist’s release, while the families of other Bahai leaders who have been behind bars for the past four years called for the observance of the political prisoners’ …

Marivan’s Friday prayer leader, Mamusta Mostafa Shirzadi, who is a main player in the twisted case of Loqman and Zanyar Moradi, is not willing to make any public comments about the case of the two young men who have been sentenced to death. Shirzadi …

The Moroccan butcher who lives in Paris was finally convinced. Three years ago, when I first talked to him, he was a diehard fan of Ahmadinejad. He said, “Ahmadinejad is a very good man.” I said, “No, he is a very bad man.” He glanced at my suit and …

While the condition of recently detained journalists remains unknown, more journalists are arrested ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections. In the latest instance, Reza Jelodarzadeh, editor-in-chief of the recently banned “Sobh-e Azadi” …

Soon after the threatening remarks by senior commanders of Iran’s armed forces about shutting the Strait of Hormuz, and attacking the US Navy ships should they return to the Persian Gulf, the strong US warning that was communicated to Tehran has …

Two most senior advisors to Iran’s leader responded to US President Obama’s letter to ayatollah Khamenei. Seyed Yahya Rahim Safavi, an aide and advisor in military affairs and Ali Akbar Velayati, advisor in international affairs to ayatollah Khamenei …

A manager at a key nuclear site which is part of Iran’s controversial nuclear program in Natanz was assassinated earlier this week on the very same street that houses the headquarters of the country’s all invasive Intelligence Ministry. Official news …

An Azerbaijani civil and media activist has been charged with espionage for Iran’s northern neighbor, the Republic of Azerbaijan, and recruiting informers for the intelligence service of that country. At the same time, the defense attorney for …

At a time when the protestors of the controversial 2009 presidential elections, along with reformist political parties and personalities have been advocating non-participation in the March 2 parliamentary elections, the supreme leader of the Islamic …

In an exclusive interview with Rooz, human rights activist Asieh Amini who has been involved in gathering information about secret executions in Mashhad’s Vakilabad prison, announced, “Many executed prisoners (in Vakilabad) learned of their fate just …

The New Year arrived along with the embargo on Iran’s Central Bank, the war games of the Iranian regime, and the threats to the Straits of Hormuz, the last of which can be the spot for adventures that are not in the interest of anyone. The actions of …

Even though some senior officials of the Islamic republic of Iran had previously implicitly acknowledged that the massive arrests of political and civil activists and street protestors in Tehran after the massively disputed 2009 elections were on …

As the number of former IRGC (Revolutionary Guards) members in the Majlis has been growing since they first entered the body in 2005 and took over key committees, this week the representative of ayatollah Khamenei in the force called on for more …

Mehdi Karoubi, a leader of Iran’s protest movement which sprung after the tenth presidential elections in 2009, announced that the Islamic republic of Iran intends to organize an orchestrated and dictated parliamentary elections in March 2012. …

These days, the post-2009-election events loom large in the psyche of Iranian leaders and officials, and as the March 2012 parliamentary elections inch closer, senior regime authorities express concern about the repetition of those events. This week …

Iran’s foreign minister Ali Akbar Salehi rejected the recent threats by Iranian military commanders and parliament deputies against Turkey and said their remarks were “personal” and did not reflect the official policy of the government of the Islamic …

After remaining hidden from public view for years, the leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah Seyed Hassan Nasrollah took the risk to come out and publicly reiterate the continuation of the armed struggle by his group and his support for Bashar Assad’s …

With only about three months left for the first elections since the bloody and controversial 2009 presidential voting, security and law enforcement officials have expressed concern over serious security challenges that the March Majlis elections may …

The death sentences of 11 individuals labeled “drug smugglers” by officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran were executed en-masse on Thursday at Shiraz’s Adelabad prison after the sentences were approved by the attorney general and the head of the …

Last Friday two key international organizations each passed a resolution against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Tehran responded angrily to both. The UN General Assembly passed a resolution with a strong majority condemning the “plot to assassinate” …

While the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), the Basij militia under its command, and the law enforcement forces in the Islamic Republic of Iran have been facing deserters and dealing with psychological issues in the past two years because of the …

While Iranian official and pro-government media published conflicting news over Friday’s massive expositions around Tehran and Karaj, one former soldier from the military base where the explosions took place provided specific details to Rooz. Hamed …

The Islamic Republic of Iran interprets journalists and journalism as spies and espionage. In its eyes, we journalists are spies. Where have we received our training? Colleges of journalism (places that they claim have brought the deviant sciences to …

Mehdi Khazali, the son of the well-known ultra-conservative Iranian cleric ayatollah Khazali who leads the ultra-right group Hojjatieh and who takes credit for such ultra-conservative views as calling for a ban on Iran’s longest tradition of …