Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 19 – An Iraqi court has sentenced 46 Iranians who illegally entered Iraq to six months prison time, the government-run news agency Fars reported on Monday.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 19 – Since the international community began to challenge Tehran over its suspected nuclear weapons program a few years ago, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and its affiliated Bassij force have been dwindling in ranks.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 19 – Iran’s Chief State Prosecutor announced that special regional security forces would be organised in Iran’s restive provinces to deal with “counter-revolutionary” elements, the official news agency IRNA reported on Monday.

Iran Focus: Ashraf City, Iraq, Jun. 18 – More than 5.2 million Iraqis have signed a statement warning of the dangers posed by the Iranian regime in Iraq and affirming their support for Iran’s principle opposition group, the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI / MeK).

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 18 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that Iraq’s various groupings and factions had to maintain unity in order to prevent “foreign powers” from “infiltrating” and “ruling” Iraq.