Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 03 – Iran rejected on Tuesday any proposal aimed at defusing the international standoff over its suspected nuclear weapons program which involved Tehran enriching uranium exclusively in Russia.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 02 – A top Iranian lawmaker on Monday rejected Russia’s proposal to break the deadlock over Iran’s nuclear program as “unacceptable” and announced that Tehran would recommence suspended nuclear activities at its giant uranium enrichment plant in Natanz, central Iran, in the coming days.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 02 – Iran’s State Supreme Court upheld a death sentence for a man in the city of Shiraz, central Iran, according to a report in the state-run daily Qods.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 02 – A court in Iran sentenced a young man to amputation of his hand, flogging, and jail time, a state-run daily reported on Monday.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 02 – Iran’s State Security Forces (SSF) have arrested hundreds of individuals in the north-eastern province of Khorrasan Razavi as part of a crackdown
of “trouble-makers”, Fars news agency, which is close to the Office of the Supreme Leader, reported.