Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 12 – Iran threatened on Friday to end all nuclear cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, if its nuclear file was sent to the UN Security Council, as is looking more likely than ever.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 12 – Angry people clashed with government forces in the southern city of Ahwaz on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha, local residents told Iran Focus.

Iran Focus: London, Jan. 12 – Canada on Thursday declared its support for Iran’s referral to the United Nations Security Council for breaching its nuclear obligations and said that it was “deeply concerned” by Tehran’s “unilateral and unwarranted” decision to resume uranium enrichment-related activities.

Iran Focus: London, Jan. 12 – United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice condemned on Thursday Iran’s decision to resume uranium enrichment-related activities at its key nuclear site in Natanz and said that Washington supported Tehran’s referral to the United Nations Security Council.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 12 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday evening that the Islamic Republic’s 1979 Islamic revolution was a great movement and a stepping stone to a final “great event” in the world.