World Control: Iran

Police storm Christian’s home

"This new wave of persecution is coming against Christians that meet to worship God in the privacy of their homes," VOM said its sources revealed. "We have confirmed reports that several believers have been interrogated and one house was stormed by an elite police team that confiscated a computer, several CDs and Christian materials. A Christian was arrested in this attack, and remains in prison."
Source: WorldNetDaily, June 23, 2007

Iran ‘fakes’ US photos

An Iranian state news agency used the Photoshop program to manipulate photos in order to try and back up claims that the US was behind a spate of bombings in southeast Iran , a
popular American blog said.
Source: yNet News, February 18, 2007

Iranian MPs back fingerprinting Americans on entry

Iran’s conservative-dominated parliament, in a tit-for-tat measure, passed a bill on Sunday obliging the government to fingerprint U.S. citizens entering the Islamic Republic, state radio reported.
Source: Reuters, November 19, 2006

Iran crackdown on unIslamic dress starts Saturday

Police will launch a crackdown on women flouting Islamic dress codes starting on Saturday, one day later than previously announced, a police spokesman said on Friday.
Source: Reuters: India (online), April 21, 2006

The price paid for blogging Iran

Web logs have become a popular forum for dissent. And the Iranian government has responded by arresting dozens of bloggers.
Source: BBC News (online), February 21, 2006