Stop Fundamentalism – Some members of the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) announced today that Iran is ready to stop oil sales to Europe immediately, reported Fars news agency website.
Iran Infightings and Suspicious Deaths of 4 former IRGC Generals
Stop Fundamentalism – Iranian news reports say that four retired IRGC Generals have died in recent days amid rising tensions among leading military commanders of the force and the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Iran Threatens European Union of Oil Ban Consequences
Stop Fundamentalism – Iranian regime foreign ministry called the European Union’s announced ban on Iranian oil imports, illogical and unjustifiable, in a statement released yesterday by the ministry.
European Union to Ban Iranian Oil Imports and Close Iran’s Central Bank Accounts
Stop Fundamentalism – Foreign Ministers of the European Union Member States voted Monday to ban import of oil from Iran as a reaction to Iran’s defiance of international concern regarding its clandestine nuclear activities.
The European Ministers who met in Brussels today also agreed to freeze all accounts held by Iranian Central Bank throughout Europe.
‘Nader and Simin, A Separation’ Will be Nominated for Oscars – Iranian Film Chief
SF News – The Head of IraninanFarabi Foundation predicted in an interview today that on Tuesday January 24 when the final names of Oscars nominees will be announced, ‘Nader and Simin, A Separation’ will definitely be among non-English productions named.
Iranian Currency ‘Rial’ falls below 20,500 Per Dollar
Stop Fundamentalism – Iranian news media reported today that this country’s money is now worth even less than last week comparing to Dollar. Mehr news agency reported that while the Central Bank of Iran is silent, Dollar is sold in Iran’s open market for 20,500 Rial each. That is over 10% loss in value since last Friday for the currency.
Iranian Student, Gelareh Bagherzadeh, Shot to Death in Texas
Stop Fundamentalism – Gelareh Bagherzadeh, 30, an Iranian born medical student in Texas and a student activist, was shot to death in her car on the way home. She was shot dead through her car window around Midnight Monday, reported ABC News.
Huston police told reporters that when the police arrived at the scene her car was still running.
Iran Wants to Make a Documentary Movie about Wall Street Protests
Stop Fundamentalism – Following the success of an Iranian movie, A Separation, winning the Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Movie, now Iranian producers want a bigger chunk of not just Hollywood but the Wall Street as well.
An Iranian film producer has announced plans to create a documentary movie about Wall Street protests.
“My aim is to shed light on the movement,” said Iranian producer Ali Farsi. “Three different movies will be produces, one by an American film maker and the other two by two Iranians documentary film makers.”
Iran to Develop National Search Engine
Stop Fundamentalism – Iran is planning to develop its own search engine, to replace globally used search engines such as Google or Yahoo.
Iranian minister of communications, Reza Taghipour told Mehr state-run news agency that the plan to develop a national search engine is aiming to protect Iranian users’ privacy.
“There is no doubt that foreign search engines are in reality tools for espionage by outsiders” said Taghipour to Mehr, “We can see that in charts and figures they publish.”
Iran’s Currency Value ‘Rial’ continues to fall against Foreign Currencies
Stop Fundamentalism – Heavy presence of Iranian police and security agencies in the streets of Tehran to confront illegal and uncontrolled sales of foreign currency, did not help stabilize the value of Rial today. Dollar was sold in streets of Tehran for 17000 to 17300 Rials today which is relatively higher that its price last week.
The Iranian Central Bank has stopped providing foreign currency to foreign exchanges altogether.
