Saturday, February 28, 2015

Al-Azhar mosque, one of the oldest Islamic universities, in the old city of Cairo, Egypt
AFP - 25 February 2015 - A counter-terrorism conference attended by senior Muslim scholars from around the world on Wednesday called for education reform to tackle religious extremism.
Participants at the meeting in the Saudi holy city of Mecca urged Muslim leaders to review the religious messages in education, 'to achieve a more moderate approach.'
P5+1 Ministers and Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif in Vienna, Austria, November 24, 2014.
Despite the belief that the election of President Rouhani in 2013 would herald some sort of sea change in Iran, the situation is worse than ever, writes Ryszard Czarnecki.
Ryszard Czarnecki is Vice President of European Parliament and an MEP from the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) Group.
The conference in Geneva to support Camp Liberty residents in Iraq
The conference on the United Nations obligations and assisting Camp Liberty residents in Iraq, was held in Geneva Switzerland in United Nation’s Palais des Nations on Friday, 20th February 2015. The conference was held under the auspices of France Libertes-Foundation of Danielle Mitterrand, Nonviolent Radical Party, Transnational and Transparty, Women’s Human Rights International Association-WHRIA, and International Educational Developent – IED.
The township of Ekbatan in Tehran
Around noon time last Monday where a group of people had gathered in the town of Ekbatan to protest the water cutoff, the state security forces arrived to disperse the crowd and prevent the gathering from taking momentum. This provoked youth in that gathering, who had prevented the government officials from leaving without doing something to start the flow of water, to stand their ground and attack the suppressive security forces and giving them a lesson not to be forgotten.

Friday, February 27, 2015


Arak Heavy Water reactor
Persian Gulf Arab States and other neighboring counties are getting ever more anxious and concerned as the terms of a possible deal to curb Iran’s ambitions for a nuclear bomb is emerging.
Ad Melkert, former Special Representative of the UN for Iraq
Note of reference
'After having served as Special Representative of the UN Secretary-¬General for Iraq (July 2009-¬September 2011) I have naturally continued to feel intensely involved with the fate and future of the people of Iraq. I am frequently asked to comment on political, economic, social and humanitarian developments and to contribute to policy debate and recommendations. 

Tehran City Hall agents punished by vendors
A number of Tehran’s City Hall operatives harassed an old vendor in Shahristani Bazaar and Imam Hussein Square on Monday Feb. 23rd. The incident sparked a severe reaction by tradesmen in bazaar.
Fireworks dealers arrested for selling firecrackers
Tehran’s suppressing State Security and city hall employees operating out of Moalavi crossroad and surrounding alleys, attacked youth who were buying and selling firecrackers and other materials for feast of fire celebration held on the last Wednesday of the Iranian New Year in order to create an atmosphere of intimidation and fear among the public in the region. They started to beat and injure the firework sellers to disperse them and force them to leave.  
15million judicial cases unsolved in Iran
At a ceremony dubbed inauguration of judiciary trainees held on Feb. 24th, Mullah Amoli Larijani, the head of the regime’s judiciary acknowledged that in addition to many cases of lawsuits we have in our hands, there are 15 million other cases in different levels of the judicial work in courts around the country.
Iranian regime seeks developing internet crackdown
According to staterun news resources, Ali Reza Rahmani, assigned to 'cyber security' spoke on regime’s projects for developing internet crackdown and cyber terrorism. He reiterated on improvement in the Command structure of the Cyber Defense and replacing its director and said: from here on, the center for investigating organized cyber-crimes will operate under the supervision of this commanding base