Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 06 – Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Monday that the Islamic Republic would not back down even in the slightest manner in its drive to obtain nuclear capabilities.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 06 – Iranian authorities hanged three men in the north-eastern town of Sabzevar, Khorassan Razavi province, a state-run daily reported on Monday.

Iran Focus: London, Feb. 06 – United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan called on Iran on Monday to take “confidence-building measures” so that it could return to the negotiations table regarding its suspected nuclear weapons activities.

AP: Iran told the International Atomic Energy Agency to remove surveillance cameras and agency seals from sites and nuclear equipment by the end of next week, the U.N. watchdog agency said Monday.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 06 – Iran Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi condemned on Monday a resolution by the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency reporting Tehran’s nuclear file to the United Nations Security Council, the official state news agency reported.