Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 02 – A senior Iranian cleric accused France on Friday of human rights violations.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 02 – Iran’s para-military Bassij force began a three-day military exercise in the city of Karaj, west of Tehran, in what residents described as an attempt by the government to instil a reign of fear.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 02 – Iran has eight million illiterate people, according to a semi-official daily.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 02 – Several hundred officers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), the military force that has served as the main pillar of support for Iran’s clerical rulers, have been appointed to senior government positions by the hard-line administration of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran Focus has learnt.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 02 – The Supreme Commander of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) reaffirmed his force’s “solid support” for the hard-line government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a government-run website reported on Friday.