Rooz (Persian:روز, literally day) is an Iranian morning newspaper in Persian and English, temporarily published on the internet only. It is mostly staffed by exiled independent 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 May 10, 2005. It is published by "Iran Gooya" (registered in France).

Booz rooz

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"Booz rooz" is the ancient Persian tradition of burning massive quantities of cannibis in a communal bonfire. The fire would be continually fed with bushels of the psychoactive plant from sunrise through sunset to the sunrise of the following day. Upon the fire's eventual exhaustion, the ceremony would continue with feasting, the telling of jokes, and general merriment.

External links

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• Rooz Online, the newspaper's website (in Persian)
• Archive of English articles of Rooz
• An example of booz roozing

Iranian newspapers