Iran Focus: London, Dec. 06 – An Iranian-backed Iraqi Shiite cleric called on Monday for the execution of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 06 – Radical Islamists fiercely loyal to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei condemned on Tuesday protests against the appointment of a notorious cleric with no academic background as the new chancellor of the University of Tehran.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 06 – The Supreme Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) declared on Tuesday that the United States would suffer a greater defeat in Iraq than it did in its war in Vietnam.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 06 – The following are photographs of scenes of a plane crash in Tehran on Tuesday.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 06 – Following “unhealthy” air pollution levels in Tehran, schools in the Iranian capital were ordered to be shut down on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to a state-run news agency.