According to figures released by officials or official agencies of the Islamic republic, at least 58 people, including two women, were hanged in Iran in the past month. Human rights activists tell Rooz that while the announced reasons for executions …

Hashemi Rafsanjani’s official last minute registration as a presidential candidate has not only disrupted the many political alignments in the country but has raised as many questions as well. Since reformist leaders declared their support for …

“Just like a soldier who puts his life on line, I too take the honor and credibility that I have acquired from the Islamic revolution and the people into my hands for the service of Islam, the revolution, people and the revival of the motherland, and …

Following the arrests of workers that followed the international Labor Day activities, news reports and human rights announcements indicate a rise in the arrest of labor activists and workers. Speaking to Rooz, Mahmoud Salehi, a labor rights …

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s presidential nominee has said, “I have received my approval to run for the post from the Heavens. Imam Al-ASR will force the Guardians Council to approve my qualifications.” Following that someone wrote me that the heavens and …

Family members of the five political prisoners who recently received sentences of 45 years of prison declared their protests against the heavy and unprecedented judgments. Mehr Ali Bigloo, Latif Hassani, Mahmud Fazli, Behbood Gholizadeh and Shahram …

The latest news on torture in Iran is related to attorney Javid Hootan-Kian who has been imprisoned and tortured because as the defense attorney for Sakineh Ashtiani he strived to free her from facing execution through stoning in the Islamic republic …

While a number of reformist and critical political groups and personalities are still talking with Ali Akbar Rafsanjani and Mohammad Khatami about their candidacy in the June 14 presidential election, ayatollah Khamenei’s representative in the …

In his March 20th message to the Iranian nation, ayatollah Khamenei declared that the next presidential elections in the country would be an “epic” event. He also at least verbally opened up the candidates’ field by saying, “Anybody who feels they …

“We have absolutely no political executions in Iran and those executed are related to individuals who have taken up arms against the regime. This is not political activity. Furthermore, according to the laws of the Islamic republic, execution is not …

Less than two months are for the presidential elections in Iran and each remark made by senior official and representative adds to the sense that state authorities are deeply and growingly concerned about another round of trouble in late June. But …

Arrests continue in the province of Khuzestan and in the words of a rights activist Karim Dahimi more than 280 people have been arrested in the province recently. The family members of those arrested have told Rooz that they have no information about …

The Committee to Honor the Martyrs of the World Islamic Movement ( Setade Pasdasht Shohadaye Nehzate Jahani Islam ) was created in 2003 with the purpose of opposing efforts to change the name of Khaled Islamboli street in Tehran ( Khaled Islamboli is …

Seyed Mohammad Bayatian is the chairman of the group of Majlis representatives from the province of Kurdistan. He spoke with Rooz about his presidential aspirations and other issues. He believes he enjoys wider public support than presidential …

After the remarks of Iran’s leader ayatollah Khamenei two weeks ago about the impact of international sanctions on Iran, his influential representative in the Revolutionary Guards force (the IRGC) cleric Ali Saeedi once again called on the public to …

In an exclusive interview with Rooz, a member of the central council of the conservative group Jame Rohaniate Mobarez (Society of Combatant Clerics) said that the head of the State Expediency Council Hashemi Rafsanjani would not be running in the …

After the news-breaking event a few months ago that three reformists had held a meeting with Iran’s supreme leader ayatollah Ali Khamenei, now there are news reports that the group is making another sprint to meet with him again. Majid Mohtashemi, …

Less than two weeks after a general from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) was killed in north western Iran, along with an officer from the police, Iranian government news agencies have announced the death of another victim, this time a former …

More details have emerged about the Tuesday meeting that Iran’s supreme leader had with the organizers of the Ammar People’s Film Festival, an event held in Tehran last week. The speeches and exchanges at the meeting are noteworthy. Among the …

The police force of the Islamic republic of Iran is working to implement special plans for the next presidential election in June so that, in the words of its commanders, “the most secure elections in history with high public participation” will be …

While election posturing is already the preoccupation of many Iranian politicians and “wanna bes”, clerics and student followers of influential right-wing cleric ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Mesbah, who enjoy connections inside Iran’s …

In the first visit of an Iranian president to Egypt since the 1979 Islamic revolution, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was welcomed by the Egyptian president and a young Syrian who threw a shoe at him. Ahmadinejad left Tehran on Tuesday morning but unlike his …

In an exclusive interview with Rooz, two members of Iran’s parliament, the Majlis, declared that journalists who were detained last week were not criminals and that the courts would pass a judgment on them. The two representatives, Mansour …

As the next presidential election in Iran approaches and as differences among the various ruling circles have been deepening, appointees and close associates of the country’s supreme leader have been visiting various clerics and clerical students …