Social Issues – Iran continues to insist that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only, and after searching for years for evidence showing otherwise, reports are coming in from Mossad, Israel’s Intelligence Service, and a source in U.S. Intelligence, that there is no proof that Tehran is working on a nuclear weapons program. In fact, it is believed that Iran’s program was shut down in 2003. “Mossad does not disagree with the U.S. on the [Iraninan] weapons program,” an unnamed former senior U.S. Intelligence official told the New York Times. “There is not a lot of dispute between the US and...
Jan17
Morality Police
Iran Cracks Down On Barbie
Social Issues – Iran has taken extreme steps in its war against Western influences by banning the most obscenely offensive product in its market – Barbie. There has been a ban on Mattel Inc.’s Barbie in Iran since 1996 due to its “destructive cultural and social...
Jan12
Game On, Iran!
Nuclear Scientist Assassinated
Human Rights – One of Iran’s top nuclear scientists was killed in a Hollywood-style assassination plot on Wednesday, after a motorcycle driver sped up to his car and attached a magnetic bomb to it…KABOOM! According to Iranian Media, “the blast killed Mostafa Ahmadi...
Jan03
Halting What?
Iran Test Fires New Missile
Social Issues – Iran has done the opposite of halting its nuclear energy program as it announced a nuclear “fuel” breakthrough while simultaneously test-firing a new radar-evading medium-range missile in the Gulf on Sunday. The moves come as a direct contradiction to recent...
Dec16
Beast of Kandahar
Iran's New Drone Had Name
Social Issues – President Obama has asked Iran return America’s downed spy drone– you know the one they “lost.” The Islamic Republic has yet to issue a formal answer, but given the fact that Tehran is flaunting videos of its conquest on the Internet it would be...
Dec08
Downsizing Is OK
French Embassy Scales Back
Social Issues – The French government recently announced it will decrease the size of its embassy’s workforce in Tehran. This comes after protesters stormed Britain’s embassy last Tuesday. The relocation of embassy employees has been called a “preventative security...
Dec01
UK Embassy Pillaged
Iranian Embassy Closed
Social Issues – The UK withdrew its entire diplomatic staff from Iran on Wednesday and ordered the Iranian Embassy in London closed after protestors pillaged the British Embassy and residential compound in Tehran. London said it was outraged and ominously warned of “serious...
Nov25
Severed Ties
UK Sanctions on Tehran
Social Issues – The UK has imposed new sanctions on Tehran, including the severing of all financial ties with Iranian banks. It follows the International Atomic Agency’s report on Iran that shed light on Iran’s suspicious nuclear program. From 15:00 GMT on Monday, UK credit and...
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