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Iranian Opposition Warns About another Attack on Camp Liberty in Iraq

Camp Liberty residents want to go back to Camp Ashraf
Camp Liberty residents want to go back to Camp Ashraf

Camp Liberty residents want to go back to Camp Ashraf

Stop Fundamentalism – The Iranian opposition, in a statement today, warned about possibility of another attack on a dissident camp in Iraq, which is occupied by 3100 of its members.  A rocket attack on the camp last month killed 7 and injured about one hundred residents.

US Commander in Middle East: Iran is Buying Time

IAEA says Iran has tested a nuclear warhead in Parchin
IAEA says Iran has tested a nuclear warhead in Parchin

IAEA says Iran has tested a nuclear warhead in Parchin

Stop Fundamentalism – In a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing today, General James Mattis, the US’s head of Central Command in the Middle East said that the current efforts by the west to stop Iran from building a nuclear bomb are not working.

Iran Executes 82 Prisoners in Two Weeks

Stop Fundamentalism – Iranian regime, in another round of mass-execution spree, hanged 82 prisoners during the past two weeks, says the Iranian opposition.

Iran Replacing Old Nuclear Centrifuges with Advanced Models

Iran displaying missile in front of supreme leader Ali Khamenei’s picture
Iran displaying missile in front of supreme leader Ali Khamenei’s picture

Iran displaying missile in front of supreme leader Ali Khamenei’s picture

Stop Fundamentalism – Iran’s head of Nuclear Energy Agency, Fereidoun Abbasi, told the state-run ILNA news agency yesterday that his country plans to replace old centrifuges with 3000 new advance models in a very short period of time.

UN Refugee Agency Renews Concern about Iranian Dissidents

Stop Fundamentalism – Following the February 9 rocket attack on Camp Liberty in Iraq were 3000 Iranian dissidents and refugees who are members of the Iranian resistance movement, the Mujahedin-e Khalq or MEK, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees once again in a statement today expressed deep concern about the safety and security of the residents.  The UNHCR considers the residents to be asylum seekers and for that reason being “people of concern” who should receive international protection.

Iran’s Political Prisoners Want West Address Human Rights in Talks

Stop Fundamentalism – Iranian political prisoners at Zahedan central prison called on western powers to address the situation of human rights in Iran during the February 26 talks with the Iranian regime in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

EU HR Catherine Ashton Wants Progress in Iran Talks

European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton

Stop Fundamentalism – Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative, calls for progress in nuclear negotiations between western powers and Iran that is taking place in Almaty, Kasakhstan today.

Iranians Arrested in Spain for Spying on Dissidents

Stop Fundamentalism – The Spanish police has arrested three Iranians on the suspicions of spying on Iranian regime dissidents and reporting back to Tehran, said a statement by the Interior Ministry yesterday.

French Princess’s Centuries-Old Slippers Found in Scotland University

Slippers found in British University
Slippers found in British University

Slippers found in British University

SF News – A completely gone ignored and unnoticed pair of tiny slippers, sitting in the Scottish University of Aberdeen collection for over hundred years, are now identified to have been owned by French Napoleon Bonaparte’s youngest sister, Princess Pauline Borghese.

Technology for Disabled Can Help Control Future Spacecrafts

BCI: Brain-Computer Interface
BCI: Brain-Computer Interface

BCI: Brain-Computer Interface

SF News – Using what is called a Brain-Computer Interface technology or BCI, scientists at the University of Essex have been helping NASA with a new design test to control spacecrafts.  The technology originally was intended to enable people with disabilities enter control commands into computers using only their brain waves without using their hands.