Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 24 – A first visit by Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Brazil has ended with the two nations vowing to develop ties.

New York Times: After last summer’s disputed presidential election, Iran’s government relied largely on brute force — beatings, arrests and show trials — to stifle the country’s embattled opposition movement.

New York Times: Several months before the Iranian president made a controversial appearance at Columbia University in 2007, the Alavi Foundation — a nonprofit organization that had long supported educational programs related to Islamic and Iranian culture at schools and universities — donated $100,000 to Columbia.

Reuters: These are some of the leading stories in Iranian newspapers on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

AP: Former Iranian Interior Minister Ali Kordan, who was dismissed after being accused of faking a law degree from the University of Oxford, has died, reports said Monday. He was 51.

AFP: An alleged Belgian arms dealer has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to export fighter jet engines and parts to Iran, US justice officials said.

AFP: Iran's central bank chief said on Monday that the country has gained five billion dollars by replacing the US dollar with the euro in its currency basket, state-owned English language Press TV reported.

AFP: Iran on Monday shut down a best-selling newspaper, Hamshahri, for carrying a picture of a temple belonging to the outlawed Bahai sect, the official IRNA news agency reported.