[5] Though they did not reveal their identity, The Washington Post reported that they are believed to be hezbollahi youth who were "acting on an exhortation from Khomeini Sunday to "resist" newspapers with articles reflecting views of those who want to remove the clergy from the political scene".

[5] The newspaper was critical of the hostage crisis and after the Americans were released in January 1981, it slammed handling of the issue by asking why it had not been "resolved sooner and better", and "why is the government and the speaker of parliament calling this a big victory and congratulating each other?".

[8] On 27 January 1981, 120 MPs wrote an open letter which said some newspapers were "using every means to poison the mind of the public", referring to Mizan and Enghelab-e-Eslami without explicit naming them.

[1] The newspaper reappeared on the newsstands on 26 April[12] with a pledge to "defend the independence of the judicial system and safeguard the liberties provided in the Constitution and the freedom of the press".

[14] The newspaper claimed in its first editorial that it should not be considered the official organ of the Freedom Movement, and it does not belong neither to left-wing nor right-wing, rather would choose a moderate course as its name, Mizan, suggests.