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Iran Shows off Cyber Police Activity

A scary black and white drawing of an eye highlights Iran's Cyber Police role on the internet during show
A scary black and white drawing of an eye highlights Iran's Cyber Police role on the internet during show

A scary black and white drawing of an eye highlights Iran's Cyber Police role on the internet during show

Stop Fundamentalism – Iranian Cyber Police shows off its activities during a “Police and Science” exhibition in Tehran, bragging about how better its achievements are than the American police.

 

Another Iranian Jailed Blogger At Risk

Mohammad Reza Pourshajareh and daughter Mitra Pourshajareh
Mohammad Reza Pourshajareh and daughter Mitra Pourshajareh

Mohammad Reza Pourshajareh and daughter Mitra Pourshajareh

Stop Fundamentalism – Another jailed Iranian blogger, Mohammad Reza Pourshajareh, is facing serious health issues and is being denied adequate medical treatment by Iran’s prison officials, reported Human Rights Activists News agency, today.

A Real Harry Potter Style Invisibility Cloak

A Real Harry Potter Style Invisibility Cloak
A Real Harry Potter Style Invisibility Cloak

A Real Harry Potter Style Invisibility Cloak

SF News – A newly developed Harry Potter style camouflage fabric can make soldiers completely invisible in the battlefield, claims a Canadian based company.

Iran Human Rights – Two Empty Seats Tell The Story

Nasrin Sotoudeh (left) and Jafar Panahi (right) won 2012 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought
Nasrin Sotoudeh (left) and Jafar Panahi (right) won 2012 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought

Nasrin Sotoudeh (left) and Jafar Panahi (right) won 2012 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought

Stop Fundamentalism – Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, winners of this years European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, were absent at the awards ceremony today at the parliament’s Strasbourg headquarters.  The two winners are barred from leaving the country and Sotoudeh currently is serving a six-year prison sentence for defending dissidents and speaking out against juvenile executions.

Seasons Greetings Smelling Like Hot-Fresh Pizza

Pizza Hut Perfume
Pizza Hut Perfume

Pizza Hut Perfume

SF News – It’s no Giorgio Armani. This one smells like pizza.  It is a new way of attention grabbing and rewarding Facebook fans  just in time for Christmas season by the major pizza chain, Pizza Hut. Now the first question that would come to mind is that would it be pepperoni or mushrooms?

 

President Talabani Warns of Iraqi-Kurds Faceoff

Tensions Rise Between Baghdad and Iraqi Kurds
Tensions Rise Between Baghdad and Iraqi Kurds

Tensions Rise Between Baghdad and Iraqi Kurds

Stop Fundamentalism – Iraqi President, Jalal Talabani warned the Iraqi people on his official website that the political process preventing an Iraqi civil war is facing major threats.  He blamed lack of trust among different political groups to be the cause of the rising tensions.

 

Iran – At Least 5 Dead in Khorasan Earthquake

Stop Fundamentalism – A Tremor of 5.5 magnitude on the Richter scale shock the city of Zahan near Brijand in the eastern Iranian province of Khorasan at exactly 20:38 local time tonight, reported Iranian state-run news agency Mehr.

Iranian Exiles Want Recognition by European Union

President of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), which is Iran's opposition in exile, called on France and the European Union Wednesday to "recognize" the "Iranian Resistance"
President of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), which is Iran's opposition in exile, called on France and the European Union Wednesday to "recognize" the "Iranian Resistance"

President of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), which is Iran's opposition in exile, called on France and the European Union Wednesday to "recognize" the "Iranian Resistance"

Source: AFP – Translated from French
Stop Fundamentalism, Paris – President of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), which is Iran’s opposition in exile, called on France and the European Union Wednesday to “recognize” the “Iranian Resistance” for a regime change in Iran, similar to what has transpired with Syria.

Classroom Fire injures 45 Girls in Primary School

At least six girls currently stay in critical condition at the Piranshahr hospital
At least six girls currently stay in critical condition at the Piranshahr hospital

At least six girls currently stay in critical condition at the Piranshahr hospital

Stop Fundamentalism – Forty five fourth graders suffer burn injuries after a fire breakout in a primary girls’ school in Iranian West-Azerbaijan province today. At least six girls currently stay in critical condition at the Piranshahr hospital while some others were treated for minor injuries at the scene, reported Iranian news agencies.

Nasrin Sotoudeh Ends Hunger Strike After Travel Ban Lifted

Nasrin Sotoudeh Ends Hunger Strike After Travel Ban Lifted
Nasrin Sotoudeh Ends Hunger Strike After Travel Ban Lifted

Nasrin Sotoudeh Ends Hunger Strike After Travel Ban Lifted

Stop Fundamentalism – Iranian jailed human rights lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, who is scheduled to receive the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought later this month, has reportedly ended her 49 day hunger strike after travel ban on her 12-year-old doughier was lifted by Iranian authorities today, repots Kalame website.