- Rooz
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Rooz (disambiguation) "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 andNikahang Kowsar with occasional articles by activists and journalists inside Iran, includingShirin Ebadi andAhmad Zeidabadi .It was first published on the web on
May 10 ,2005 . It is published by "IranGooya " (registered inFrance ).Controversy
* Critics of the website argue that since it is funded by
Hivos , [http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:JjK9K-KdXTAJ:www.hivos.nl/nederlands/layout/set/print/partners/moretest%3Fid%3DIR007+site:http://www.hivos.nl+iran+gooya&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&client=firefox-a] [http://www.refahnews.com/detail.asp?id=4567] [http://www.sokhan.info/Farsi/PKosar.htm] [http://www.peiknet.com/1384/hafteh/06mehr/hafteh_page/85abdi.htm] [http://www.todaylink.ir/author/javad/] ] a Dutch organization which in turn is funded by the government ofNetherlands , [cite web
url = http://www.hivos.nl/english/english/about_hivos/short_introduction
title = Hivos - a short introduction
accessdate = 2007-04-12
publisher =Hivos ] 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. [http://hoder.com/weblog/archives/015639.shtml 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] ] 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 directorHossein Bastani to confront Derakhshan. [ [http://nikahang.blogspot.com/2006/11/blog-post_116326605491307166.html] in Perisan]See also
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Radio Zamaneh References
* [http://roozonline.com/ Rooz Online] , the newspaper's website
* [http://roozonline.com/english/ Archive of English articles on Rooz]
* [http://www.hivos.nl/english Hivos website]
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