One year after the June 12, 2009 electoral coup, the head of the Islamic Republic’s law enforcement forces revealed that his organization had predicted the post-election events and that he had personally warned senior police chiefs to be prepared for …

Thirty-eight days after the execution of five political prisoners at Tehran’s Evin Prison, the government continues to refuse to return the dead bodies of the executed individuals to their families. Under these circumstances, Kurdish activists have …

Even though a year has passed since the June 12, 2009 electoral coup, complaints filed by families of post-election martyrs remain to be ignored, the regime is trying to implement a new scenario by forcing the families of martyrs, through threats and …

The Iranian people started the June 12 anniversary of last year’s disputed presidential election with text messages from the intelligence ministry; threatening text messages that read: “Dear citizen, you have been deceived by foreign media and are …

While the request by Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi for a June 12 march on the first anniversary of last year’s disputed presidential election in Iran has been widely supported by a range of reformist groups, Iran’s top military commander …

While the Islamic Republic judiciary officials have turned silent after making several contradictory statements about the death of Ramin Pourandarjani, Rooz has determined that contrary to official claims, the young doctor at Tehran’s Kahrizak prison …

A year after the June 12 election coup, and with only few days remaining for the anniversary of the first death related to election protesters in Iran, rather than conducting investigations to identify those who ordered and carried out the murder of …

The just-published letter written by a long-time close associate of ayatollah Khomeini who was in charge of this year’s annual ceremony marking ayatollah Khomeini’s 21st passing anniversary Mohammad Ali Ansari to seyed Hassan Khomeini, the Islamic …

Following Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s recent remarks that “political parties should not interfere in government affairs,” Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei declared that “the principlists have crossed Ahmadinejad,” adding, “Many principlists who were not with …

As civil society and political activists continue to be arrested in Tehran and other cities across Iran, security agents have arrested 31 Azerbaijani political activists in the past two weeks. In this connection, the Association for the Defense of …

In a face to face meeting, Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi drafted a letter to Tehran’s governor, Morteza Tamadon, requesting a permit for a peaceful rally on June 12 from Imam Hussein Square to Azadi Square in accordance with Article 27 of the …

A friend of mine was telling me the other day that velayat faghih (i.e. the rule of the clerics) has become a pipeline network in Iran. He explained that Mr. Khamenei, the absolute ruler, is the primary feed of the pipeline. He has absolute …

The government continues to summon and threaten bazaari merchans, arrest activists and fuel speculation that it would carry out death sentences for other political prisoners two weeks after the execution of Kurdish political prisoners and the ensuing …

As the anniversary of the disputed June 12, 2009 presidential election in Iran approaches, the two contesting candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi met to reaffirm their positions and the need for a national march 12 months after the …

While Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi emphasized in their latest meeting the importance of June 4 and 5, as well as 15 and 20, and asked for a permit for a national demonstration on June 12, military commanders in the Basij and the Islamic …

Journalist and human rights activist Kaveh Ghasemi Kermanshahi was released on Sunday on bail after spending more than one hundred days behind prison bars in Iran. Moments after his release, this human rights activist spoke to Rooz in an exclusive …

After the three American mothers visited Iran and met their children held captive in Tehran, Iran’s minister of intelligence asserted, after a cabinet meeting, that the permission to the mothers was a “humanitarian gesture,” while announcing that …

The trial of human rights activist Shiva Nazar-Ahari will begin in Tehran on May 23rd 2010. This activist who has been behind bars for 11 months, continues to be held in Evin’s solitary confinement Ward 209 with another cellmate. Rooz spoke with …

While reactions to last week’s executions are ongoing, Tehran’s prosecutor announced that six individuals arrested during post-election protests have been sentenced to death. Tehran’s prosecutor announced that death verdicts of Mohsen and Ahmad …

The tradition for prisoners facing the death sentence is that they are informed of their execution the night before so they can pronounce their will and say farewell to their family. Even though they did not do this with Shirin Alam-Hooli, she was …

Mohammad Davari, the imprisoned editor of Saham News website, said during his trial on Sunday, “They want to sacrifice someone over the issue of raping detainees, and didn’t find anyone better than me.” Meanwhile, his lawyer called on Mehdi Karoubi …

No new agreements were reached during a U.N. dinner hosted by the Islamic Republic foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki for Security Council members. Apart from China, members of the Security Council sent their deputy ambassadors to the event. As …

While less than 20 days are left for the eight Majlis leadership elections, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s allies in the legislature are continuing their efforts to prevent current Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani from retaining his legislative leadership seat. …