Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 28 – Two men were hanged in public in the volatile city of Ahwaz, southwest Iran, the official state news agency reported on Wednesday.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 28 – Dozens of young men have been arrested in the northern province of Golestan as part of a nationwide crackdown on “trouble-makers”, state-run dailies reported on Wednesday.

Iran Focus: Baghdad, Dec. 28 – A Baghdad daily accused Iraq’s Electoral Commission of having a hand in polling fraud during the parliamentary elections held earlier this month.

Iran Focus: Baghdad, Dec. 28 – Thousands of Iraqis turned out to demonstrate in Baghdad Tuesday morning against Iranian meddling in December 15 parliamentary elections and called for an international committee

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 27 – The Commandant of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) warned on
Monday of the “threats” by foreign and domestic enemies of the Islamic Republic and vowed that his elite military force would stand against such dangers.