Iran’s semi-official Rajanews news agency has launched a review of seven of Friday sermons that the leader of the Islamic republic ayatollah Khamenei has delivered. It calls this selection the “historic” sermons. The report begins with ayatollah …

As supporters and associates of the ruling circles of the Iranian regime continued their accusations and slander of the leaders of the Green Movement through writings in the government media - which intensified when Mohammad Khatami formally …

The head of Iran parliament’s Article 90 (of the constitution) committee announced that the case of Esfandiyar Rahim Mashaee will be subjected to a “special procedure”. At a press conference yesterday, which received extensive news coverage in the …

The website of Iran’s supreme leader ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced that for 10 days it would be publishing the leader’s remarks and directives on the post-election events in Iran under the title, “Thoughts and Lessons” as a way to commemorate the …

The presiding board of Iran’s Assembly of Experts on Leadership met last week to determine a specific date for the next formal gathering of the council that meets twice a year to - in theory - review the work of the leader. At the conclusion of the …

A year and a half after the mothers of victims of the presidential election protests in Iran formed the group Grieving Mothers (aka Mothers of Laleh Park), they are now under growing suppression. Only during last week several group members and …

The Problem: It is said from time immemorial that the sources of emulation in Islam (known in Islam as the marjae taghlid, or senior clerics, also known as the grand ayatollahs who become mentors and leaders in religious matters for people to follow …

Speaking exclusively to RoozOnline, the families of 6 political prisoners Fariborz Raeesdana, Nazanin Khosravani, Fatemeh Arabsorkhi, Bahareh Hedayat, and Mahdieh Golroo said that they have been kept in the dark despite their efforts to contact …

The representative of Iran’s supreme leader at Keyhan publishing house and the editor of widely-circulated Keyhan daily Hossein Shariatmadari accused those senior ayatollahs who recently met with families of political prisoners of “supporters of …

Five days after the collapse of Hejdak mine near the city of Ravar in Kerman province which trapped four young miners, one is found dead but there is still no information on the fate of the other three mine workers. Meanwhile, similar to many …

After dismissing Manoutchehr Mottaki from his Foreign Ministry post, the President of the Islamic republic of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appointed the head of the Atomic Energy Organization Ali-Akbar Salehi as the caretaker of the foreign policy …

Neither the allies of the US nor any world power has the authority under international law, custom or ethics to unilaterally impose itself on the US navy and change the name of the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Gulf. Speaking about the change in the …

Amidst the fight between Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s administration and the Majlis, Iran’s parliament, when the ideologue MPs warned Ahmadinejad of his growing non-compliance of laws passed by the eighth parliament, he dismissively responded that he was …

The secretary of Iran’s Guardian Council has conceded that despite the use of suppressive measures the so called “enemy” had not been totally eliminated. Speaking at the commemoration of martyred clerics of Fars province, Ahmad Janati said, “The …

Shahla Jahed Hanged in Tehran It is not yet 6am and daylight has not struck. I am awakened by a telephone call. The caller says, “I will be leaving; Sooner or later you too will come.” And before I could say a word she said, “Bless me, and do not …

While numerous reports were published last year regarding the discontent and criticism by senior Shiite clerics of ayatollah Khamenei’s decisions on the 2009 presidential elections, and its bloody aftermath through which protestors were brutally …

In an exclusive interview with RoozOnline, the wife of former 2-time Majlis Speaker Mehdi Karoubi characterized the on-and-off blockade of her husband by security forces as “a makeshift siege.”Fatemeh Karoubi, herself a former Majlis deputy said, …

The ministry of culture and guidance of the Islamic republic of Iran issued a license for the website of the Association for the Study of Nazism in Iran (Anjomane Pajooheshi Nazism Iran) in effect giving the green light to pro-Nazi cyber activists in …

In an interview with RoozOnline, family members of the secretary general of the Freedom Movement of Iran, Nehzate Azadi, expressed their concerns about the physical health of its leader Ibrahim Yazdi, and warned that the responsibility for his health …

In a statement to “all coup perpetrators, fraudsters, and hardliners,” Iran’s pro-reform group, Islamic Iran Participation Front (IIPF), warned them not to “continue their futile resistance” and instead “heed to the wishes and votes of their …

As the holy month of Moharram approaches, various agencies of the Islamic republic are preparing themselves for a special commemorative event. In this light, the head of the mosques organization revealed the issuance of a special directive to Iran’s …

Strongly criticizing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s remarks about the need for 3 million Tehrani residents to leave the capital, the principlist newspaper “Tehrane Emrouz” (Tehran Today) issued a warning to the chief executive not to treat the residents of …

Attorney Mohammad Seyfzadeh, who was sentenced to 9 years of prison and barred from practicing his profession for 10 years last week, told Rooz in an exclusive interview that the sentence against him was completely political and a political-judicial …

Years since the Islamic republic of Iran has been labeled the “regime of the clerics” (hokoomate akhoondi) by its opponents, ayatollah Ali Khamenei responded to the brand at a public gathering. Having gone to the city of Qom which is recognized as …