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Rooz (Persian:روز, literally day) is a Persian and English news website. It is mostly staffed by exiled reformist Iranian journalists including Masoud Behnoud, Ebrahim Nabavi and Nikahang Kowsar with occasional articles by activists and journalists inside Iran, including Shirin Ebadi and Ahmad Zeidabadi.

It was first published on the web on May 10, 2005. It is published by "Iran Gooya" (registered in France).

Controversy

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• Critics of the website argue that since it is funded by Hivos, a Dutch organization which in turn is funded by the government of Netherlands, it works in the interest of that nation, and does not represent factual accuracy of the events.

• In November 2006, Hossein Derakhshan who maintained the Rooz website claimed on his blog that he was accused of working for the Islamic Republic government and therefore not paid for a year by Rooz. Furthermore he hoped that Hivos, a dutch organization that helps to fund for Rooz, would pressure them to allow more freedom of speech to their staff. In response, Nikahang Kowsar claimed that Derakhshan has taken the website "hostage" and that he demands "ransom", and asked director Hossein Bastani to confront Derakhshan.

See also

• Radio Zamaneh

References

1. ^
2. "Hivos - a short introduction". Hivos. Retrieved 2007-04-12.
3. ^ Hossein Bastani, editor of Rooz, a Hivos-funded project, refuses to pay staff's rights, accusing them of working with Islamic Republic to stifle free speech
4. in Perisan

• Template:Fa icon Rooz Online, the newspaper's website
• Archive of English articles on Rooz
• Hivos website

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