The former President of Iran, who headed a reformist administration, has recently come under new attacks and accusations by the anti-reformist media. They have published reports claiming that a movie clip on Internet sites shows Mr Khatami shaking …

This is my second interview with Massoud Dehnamaki. During the first, he was one of the Hezbollahis. During the current interview, Dehnamaki is a filmmaker. His latest film is Ekhrajiha (the Ex-communicated, which is about a group of thugs who go to …

Women have surrounded Iran’s security apparatus. These women are not armed or guerilla fighters but have challenged the government through peaceful means. They work only through cultural tools: they write scenarios, act in theatrical plays, share …

When we were firs year students, we knew little about 16 of Azar [December 7, Iran’s Student Day]. We also knew some general things about Iran’s past and the blood that had been shed, which was enough to motivate us to break a few windows, chant …

Introduction: As an Iranian satirist, today I want to disclose some of my most secret experiences. These may not be useful for you, but it surely is for Italian military and marine forces. Nine years ago, when I started to write satire in Iran, I …

Prominent Iranian filmmaker, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, who has been invited to attend the 60th Cannes Film Festival in France, told Rooz in an interview, “If I or members of my family are killed, the Iranian government is responsible for it.”

Makhmalbaf …

How are we to interpret and understand the Islamic Republic’s battle against women? Women who want equality and the elimination of discrimination are tried and given hefty jail sentences. In public places throughout the country, the regime has …

When, speaking to a group of university students, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the country’s educational system of being subservient to secular interests for more than 150 years, and called on students to cooperate in overhauling the …

The 60th annual Cannes Film Festival opened on Wednesday. For the second year in a row, no movie from the Islamic Republic was selected for screening in this prestigious art festival. For the first time, however, an anti-Islamic Republic movie made …

On the eve of the re-publication of Ham-Mihan daily, we spoke to Gholamhossein Karbaschi, the paper’s chief editor. Karbaschi is also Tehran’s former mayor and a high-ranking member of the Kargozaran-e Sazandegi (“Servants of Construction”) party. …

Iran and American Sincerity (a satire)

While the mouth of every so-called ideologue in the Islamic regime is salivating to engage in talks with the US, and Iranian authorities have been sending officials and non-officials around different capitals to talk with what used to be called the …

The story of the British sailors has turned into quite a story. After receiving 200 thousand dollars, Faye Turney published her story and said that she was afraid of being raped by the Iranians. Soon after, the British minister of defense banned the …

Nobody doubts that the trespass of a foreign country’s forces into one’s country is a national security issue that those responsible for guarding the borders cannot ignore. But what provides credibility and legitimacy to a country’s response to such …

What the Iranian women want is not very complex. They want certain legal reforms that would ensure a less discriminatory kind of life for them. Without further due, let me cite a few instances of the kinds of laws Iranian women protests against. …

In an interesting article in Zanestan, Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani writes about the times when she “didn’t go to school, and was not able to read the timeless writings of Mehrangiz Kar in defense of women’s rights, which promised a brighter future for …

The largest group arrests of Ahmadinejad’s administration took place two days go. Almost all the known women activists were arrested. Here is a list of the charges filed against them: 1- They are not men. 2- In addition to not being men, they are …

Pravaneh, the wife of imprisoned activist Mansour Osanloo, celebrated his husband’s 48th birthday last Friday with nervousness, as Osanloo’s court appearance was scheduled for the day after. Finally, on Saturday morning, the president of the …

In an interview with Rooz, Mr. Massoud Dehnamaki, a leader of the Ansar-e Hezbollah, a journalist and finally a film-maker, said, “They call Sharifinia a thug because he has acted with me in a film, while they call me a liberal because I work with …

It is said that during the ninth presidential election in 2005, some Islamic Republic officials opposed Ahmadinejad’s candidacy on a peculiar ground: his appearance and physical characteristics. I know of someone who voted for “Doctor Ahmadinejad” …