Iran’s new judiciary chief, Sadegh Larijani, fired Saeed Mortazavi, prosecutor general of Tehran’s trial and revolutionary courts. In the aftermath of the removal of this notorious judge, who is also known as the “butcher of the press” in Iran, the …

Prominent Iranian journalist Bahman Ahmadi Amouei was arrested in his house on June 20 midnight after security officers carried out a night raid on his house. He continues to be held in solitary confinement. The family of this journalist is seriously …

Hossein Shariatmadari is ayatollah Khamenei’s representative at hardline Kayhan newspaper. Whenever he wants to “insult” anyone who opposes his Taliban-Mafia mentality - provided of course the person has not yet been arrested - he uses labels for the …

A member of the Assembly of Experts – which is responsible for monitoring the work of the supreme leader - called for an emergency meeting of the assembly’s members to discuss the supreme leader’s qualifications. Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Mohammad …

The Speaker of Iran’s eight Majlis Ali Larijani denied allegations of sexual abuse of detainees yesterday while several Majlis lawmakers confirmed such reports in interviews with Rooz. They added, however, that they had been banned from discussing …

The second ‘trial’ session of journalists and political activists arrested in the aftermath of the contested June 12 presidential election in Iran was held two days ago in Tehran. Two local employees of the French and British embassies and a French …

Abdollah Momeni, spokesperson for the Iranian Alumni Association (Advar-e Tahkim Vahdat), was arrested at Mehdi Karoubi’s campaign headquarters 45 days ago. According to eyewitness reports, he was severely beaten and dragged by officers who arrested …

The sudden and hasty trial of more than one hundred prominent reformist leaders and other post-election detainees began yesterday at the Tehran Bureau of Justice’s conference hall (Imam Khomeini complex), though it was announced previously that only …

The publication of different news versions regarding the removal of cabinet ministers in Iran has put the ninth administration in a major ‘crisis of legitimacy’ in its final days in office.On Sunday June 26th, official news agencies announced the …

Despite the announcement by judiciary and Tehran police authorities that most of those who were detainees after the June 12 election protests across Iran have been released, family members of many prisoners still have no news of their children …

And I was determined from the start to be the Oriana Fallaci of Iran (Oriana Fallaci is the famed Italian journalist who interviewed many world leaders and is known for her outspoken manner.)This was not just a pipe dream. I studied journalism in …

Simultaneous with Seyyed Mohammad Khatami and the Assembly of Combatant Clergy’s proposal to hold a referendum to vote on the legitimacy of the Ahmadinejad’s government, Mir-Hossein Mousavi reiterated his position in a meeting with families of recent …

While a large number of prominent Iranian journalists have been arrested since the June 12 presidential election, other journalists and independent newspapers are under heavy pressure as well and are constantly summoned by various security and …

Mohammad Ali Abtahi is former vice-president to president Mohammad Khatami and among reformists who have been arrested following the June 12the contested presidential election. There are reports in some government media that there have been attempts …

While no one in the Islamic Republic judiciary is willing to take responsibility for the mass arrests following the June 12 coup, authorities from the judiciary are putting pressure on families of detainees to prevent them from conducting interviews …

While pro-government news media report that detained political activists and journalists have made “confessions” of their wrong doing, legal scholar Mohammad Seifzadeh and lawmaker Dariush Ghanbari announced in an interview with Rooz that confessions …