Two days after the results of Iran’s elections for its tenth president were officially certified, Mir-Hossein Mousavi issued a statement in which he calls Ahmadinejad’s administration to lack political legitimacy, while another reformer and former …

Two days after the results of Iran’s elections for its tenth president were officially certified, Mir-Hossein Mousavi issued a statement in which he calls Ahmadinejad’s administration to lack political legitimacy, while another reformer and former …

I have been carrying the image of Ahmad Janfeshan Vazife’s face for many years. He was the first person subjected to air his “confessions” after the “Islamic system” was established, sitting for the TV cameras of the “brothers”. He was very young, …

With a very distressed voice, Mrs. Hajjarian said, “I saw him today”. Rooz: Where is he now? Mrs. Hajjarian: Evin prison. Rooz: How come they allowed you to visit him? Mrs. Hajjarian: I don’t know. Whatever the reason, he was not doing well. You know …

Since security agencies in Iran these days intervene and interfere in cyberspace activities and by sending various emails and news attempt to misinform and disrupt cyber public activities, I decided to ignore this email. While it is true that in his …

How did this change come about? Mohsen Makhmalbaf, the prominent Iranian filmmaker who was relegated the responsibility regarding communications for Mousavi’s election headquarters because all communications between Iran and the outside world were …

In his last moments on the Iranian soil, the Shah saw the crowds from above in bewilderment. They were shouting: We do not want you. He could not take it and left the country. Today, the new shah has chosen to commit suicide, rather than see, listen …

In the course of the ninth presidential elections in Iran in 2005, prior to Mehdi Karubi’s quip that dosing for just a few hours during the election could alter its outcome and cause Mahmud Ahmadinejad’s majority votes to emerge from the ballot …

The AI report says that eight of those executed in Iran had committed crimes before they ‎had reached the age of 18. The methods used to execute the court orders in Iran were ‎hanging by rope and stoning, which are inhuman. One can add to the …

Many years ago the Iranian television broadcast a film about a group of school children ‎who went to visit a zoo with their teachers. During their tour of the gardens, one of the ‎teachers noticed that one of the students is missing from the group. …

February 16, 2009 was a sad day. It was the day that the government of Pakistan made a ‎deal with the original residents of Swat valley and accepted that the 1.3 million residents ‎of the region be governed according to the Sharia as interpreted by …

The television has recently been showing programs about Cambodia, the distant Far ‎Eastern country. The film scenes are of the prosecution of a number of Pol Pot members. ‎These are the last remnants of the extremists who sent thousands of innocent …

Finally they met: Former president Mohammad Khatami and current leader Ali Khamenei. But as was foreseen, no news has been made available, from either side. The only words that did leak in the form of a drop-let was this: “The leader neither …

Rooz ®: What was the connection between the Guadeloupe Conference (1) and the ‎Shah’s departure from Iran, and also the subsequent surrender – or cooperation – of the ‎military with the new regime?‎ Ibrahim Yazdi (IY): The Shah’s trip to leave …

Simultaneous with his directive regarding “refraining from premature election campaigning”, Mr. Khamenei was the first to expressly step into the campaign and, in a meeting with Mahmud Ahmadinejad and his cabinet during the “Week of the Government” …

A news website close to Tehran’s mayor Morteza Qalibaf, who was also current President Ahmadinejad’s rival in the 2005 presidential bid, revealed that IRNA state news agency sells its news and presents a positive image of the performance of …

While declaring his pleasure at the closure of the offices of Iran’s leading human rights ‎group - Center for the Defense of Human Rights - Mr. Shariatmadari, the operator of ‎Keyhan newspaper and the loudest mouthpiece for the ruling faction in …