Iran Focus: London, Mar. 02 – The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) urged Iran on Thursday to “demonstrate full transparency” towards his agency.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 02 – Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani reaffirmed that the Islamic Republic could never be forced to give up its “right” to carry out uranium enrichment, the crucial factor in a deal laid out by Russia aimed at resolving the international deadlock over Tehran’s suspected nuclear weapons program, the state-owned Mehr news agency reported on Thursday.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 02 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared that his government will not suspend uranium enrichment activities, despite the looming prospect of United Nations Security Council referral, government-owned newspapers reported on Thursday.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 02 – Two men accused of carrying out a recent bombing in the south-western city of Ahwaz were hanged in public on Thursday morning, a government-owned news agency reported.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 02 – More than ten people have been arrested in connection with a recent spate of bombings in the Iranian city of Ahwaz, situated in the oil-rich south-west province of Khuzestan, the head of the Islamic Republic’s intelligence service announced late Wednesday.