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Iran – Street Clashes with Police after Tehran Bazaar Shutdown

Archive - 2009 After Elections Protests
Archive - 2009 After Elections Protests

Archive - 2009 After Elections Protests 

Stop Fundamentalism – Reports from Tehran Bazaar say that protests are taking place in Tehran Bazaar and shops have closed today in protest of instabilities in the market during the past few days.  Some protesters have been beaten and arrested by Tehran police in clashes and in other locations the police have used tear gas to disperse demonstrators.

Comet Passing by Earth in 2013 Will Outshine Moon

ISON comet, is expected to shine up to 15 times the moon
ISON comet, is expected to shine up to 15 times the moon

ISON comet, is expected to shine up to 15 times the moon

SF News – Russian scientists have recently discovered a comet that is passing by our plant and will be visible in 2013 with naked eyes over the western horizon.  The comment, called ISON, is expected to shine up to 15 times the moon depending on how big its tail will get when it gets closer to the sun.

U.S. State Department Removes Iranian MEK from its Blacklist

Stop Fundamentalism – The U.S. Department of State officially announced today that it has removed the Iranian dissident group, the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK) from its Foreign Terrorist Organizations list.  The announcement comes only a week after the department’s spokeswoman, Victoria Nuland told reporters in a press briefing that Secretary of State Clinton has made her decision regarding the group and notified the Congress about her decision. 

Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, 10 Years Younger than Paris Version

Mona Lisa painted by painter Leonardo da Vinci
Mona Lisa painted by painter Leonardo da Vinci

Mona Lisa painted by painter Leonardo da Vinci 

In a press conference with more than a hundred journalists and cameramen present, a painting that was kept in a vault in Switzerland for over forty years, was shown publicly for the first time.  The drawing is of “Mona Lisa.” The same famous character once painted by painter Leonardo da Vinci.  But this one shows the woman being 10 years younger.

Secretary Clinton to Remove MEK from U.S. FTO List

Stop Fundamentalism –U.S. officials told reporters today that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will notify the Congress Friday about her decision to take the Iranian opposition group, Mujaheding-e Khalq or MEK out of its list of foreign terrorist organizations.

Former U.S. Officials Call on Department of State to Delist MEK

On August 30, 2012, 17 former U.S. Generals and elected officials of U.S. government issued a joint statement calling on the Department of State to remove the name of the Iranian resistance movement, the Mujahedin-e Khalq, MEK from its Foreign Terrorist Organizations list. The full text of the statement, as was received by Stop Fundamentalism, is as follows.

Washington, DC–In February of this year, in response to open and repeated skepticism from members of Congress as to why the State Department continues to designate as a Foreign Terrorist Organization a group of Iranian expatriates who fervently oppose the oppressive regime in their native country and who present no threat to this country’s security, our Secretary of State said she would reconsider that designation.  She said that one significant element in that reconsideration is whether 3,400 members of that organization, known as MEK, who resided at a location within Iraq known as Camp Ashraf and had surrendered what weapons they had to U.S. troops in 2003 in return for a guarantee that they would be treated as protected persons, would move to an abandoned U.S. military base near Baghdad known as Camp Liberty.  The move was supposed to be in aid of resettling the MEK members in other countries.  In part because these defenseless people had already been attacked twice — in 2009 and 2011 – by Iraqi troops acting at the apparent behest of Iran, with dozens killed any many more wounded, they agreed.

20 Wounded in latest Iraqi Attack on Camp Ashraf

Stop Fundamentalism – In the latest attack on Camp Ashraf residents by Iraqi forces today, Monday August 27, twenty residents were wounded, says a statement released by the Secretariat of National Council of Resistance of Iran.  Six of the injured were taken to Iraqi hospitals for treatment, while others were attended to in the camp.

IAEA Report To Expose New Evidence of Iran’s Further Nuke Work

Stop Fundamentalism – The International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, is set to release another report on Iran’s advancement in its nuclear program and the threat of a nuclear armed Iran in the near future.  On the other hand a reportedly intense meeting with Tehran that lasted 8 hours in Vienna failed yesterday as the agency did not succeed in compelling Iran to provide it access to an increasingly disturbing site known as Parchin.

Iran Minister: Origin of Satellite Jamming Unknown

Stop Fundamentalism – Iranian Minister of Communications and Information Technology, said today that his ministry does not know the origin of satellite jamming which is disrupting the country’s communication and also satellite program broadcasting. 

Persian Language Farsi Originated in Ancient Anatolia

SF News – Tracing origins of viruses scientists have found a way to trace back origins of languages.  The recent finding shows that the origin of the Persian language, Farsi, which is considered an Indo-European language, was in fact in Anatolia (today’s Turkey).