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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).

Terror Tagging MEK for Camp Ashraf Stay Illegal

The following is a response by a spokesman of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, Mr. Shahin Ghobadi, to a New York Times editorial titled “Iraq: Iranian Group May Return to U.S. Terrorist List Over Camp” published as a news article on August 16, 2012.  The response was published on August 23 in the opinion pages of the New York Times.

IAEA Adding Muscle to Probe, Forms “Iran Team”

AP – The U.N. nuclear agency is forming a special Iran team, drawing together sleuths in weapons technology, intelligence analysis, radiation and other fields of expertise as it seeks to add muscle to a probe of suspicions that Tehran worked secretly on atomic arms, diplomats tell The Associated Press.

Fresh Talks Between Iran and UN Nuclear Watchdog to Start Friday

Stop Fundamentalism – UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, said today that it will meet Iranian officials Friday in Vienna after two months, to further discuss this country’s suspicious nuclear program.

US – Iran: Aircraft Carrier Sent to Middle East

Stop Fundamentalism – The United States sent its Stennis aircraft carrier four months ahead of schedule to the Middle East region in face of growing threats in the region by countries such as Iran and Syria.

High Dollar for Euro

Stop Fundamentalism – Reuters reported today that the value of Euro has jumped to highest of its value during the past seven weeks. 

Earthquake in Iran, This Time in Shiraz

Stop Fundamentalism – An Earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale shook the Iranian central city of Shiraz Thursday morning at 4:13 AM local time according to Tehran University Geophysics Institute, reported Iranian news media.

Tehran Shaken by 3.8 magnitude earthquake

Stop Fundamentalism – Tehran’s seismology research center reported today that a 3.8 magnitude earthquake shock the Iranian capital city of Tehran, this morning Saturday August 19.  The center of earthquake is determined to be in the north part of the city. 

Iranian Residents of Camp Ashraf Ready to Move 400 to Liberty

Stop Fundamentalism – In a statement released today by office of Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, President-elect Maryam Rajavi announced 400 residents of Camp Ashraf are prepared to move to Camp Liberty in Iraq as further goodwill gesture on August 23.