Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 27 – Iran’s State Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for a teenage woman accused of murdering another woman despite her repeatedly denying that she had committed the crime, according to a wire report from the country’s State Security Forces (SSF).

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 27 – A top commander in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said on Tuesday that the United States had mobilised two thirds of its resources and potential for media and psychological warfare.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 27 – Iranian authorities hanged
a young man in the Kurdish town of Saqqez, a Persian-language opposition website reported on Tuesday.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 27 – Iran’s south-western province of Khuzestan was jolted three times Tuesday morning during minor earthquakes, state television reported.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 27 – Iran’s State Supreme Court upheld stoning and amputation sentences for four men and jail terms for several dozen other members of a gang in the north of the country, according to a report in a semi-official daily.