The general Iranian masses have been turned into citizens lacking any protection, even ‎though they do not engage in any political activities or criticize the regime. If any one is ‎sent to prison through fake accusations, they are put under the …

Despite promises by the Ninth Administration to bring inflation down to single digits, the ‎latest figures released by the Central Bank for the month of Shahrivar (August-‎September) suggest that the inflation rate continues to rise. According to the …

It is not hard to talk about people whose general demeanor convince a person that they are petty and cruel dictators. It actually is easy to do so, even though it is bothersome and injurious on one’s conscience. What is hard is to talk about those …

‎While official reports speak that gasoline and diesel consumption in Iran rose last week in ‎comparison previous weeks, the deputy oil minister of Ahmadinejad’s administration ‎announced that the allocated budget for this year’s gasoline imports had …

Coinciding with the dissolution of Basij’s leadership into the Revolutionary Guards, one of supreme leader’s representatives in the Basij announced that the organization plans to “establish branches outside the country.” The Basij is a para-military …

I am an Iranian journalist. I do not care whether Israel was the “main loser” of the Columbia University event or not; whether the president of Columbia University will retain his high post or not. Rather than being concerned with “political …

In a recently published article, entitled “Why Silence?” journalist and political activist Abbas Abdi argued that “[f]or some time – at least six months – one must remain silent and refrain from speaking about current affairs.” Abdi provided several …

For years, “reform” has lost meaning in Iran’s judicial system. Anytime a law is amended or repealed under the guise of reform, rather than being brought into conformity with the times and social developments, it will become less in tune with social …

A year has passed since the launch of the One Million Signatures Campaign to Change Discriminatory Laws. When we look at the developments during the year, we find it hard to believe that the campaign is only a year old; it has matured and experienced …

Haleh Esfandiari has spent hundred days in solitude and may spend more. Kian Tajbakhsh has spent hundred days in solitude and may spend more. Nothing is known from the fate of Ali Shakeri. “Solitude” is a punishment that those who love Iran must …

The simultaneous appearance of two video clips on two websites belonging to Fars news agency and the Islamic Republic Document Center is a moving image of what is taking place in our homeland these days. It is the story of “brains” that are not …

Meanwhile, the gasoline crises is now impacting the agricultural sector in addition to the city and inter-city transportation activities such that the gasoline shortage has forced many businesses involved in the transportation and delivery of farm …

This article is baseed on an assumption. But it is not an improbable one. It is about the possibility that Abdollah Momeni will be forced to make a televised “confession”. Actually it is about the possible “confessions” of all those students and …

A credible confession has certain characteristics. A self-incriminating confession in front of television cameras set up in a prison cell is neither credible nor legitimate. The confessions of Haleh Esfandiari and Kian Tajbakhsh are at odds not only …

It could not be any better. Twenty-eighth years have passed since they introduced flogging and stoning and amputating body parts as punishments prescribed by the Islamic penal code. They claimed that this was necessary for creating a city on a hill. …

The stoning verdict of Jafar Kiani, which was halted by the direct orders of the head of the judiciary, was carried out in Takistan on Thursday. [Roozonline had published an unconfirmed report on Sunday about Kiani’s stoning.] On Monday, two official …