Iran Focus: London, Nov. 30 – With the parliamentary elections in Iraq less than three weeks away, several Shiite groups have started to claim that the revered twelfth Imam in Shiite Islam has guided Iraqis to vote for their candidate, according to an Iraqi cleric from Najaf.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 30 – Iran’s Interior Minister censured the United Nations refugee agency for its criticism of the Islamic Republic of its treatment of refugees.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 30 – There were more than 420 recorded political protests in Iran over the past month, according to an Iran Focus tally.

Iran Focus: London, Nov. 30 – United States Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld criticised on Tuesday Iran and Syria for remaining “unhelpful” in Iraq.

Iran Focus: London, Nov. 30 – British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw told a House of Commons debate on Tuesday that the Iranian government was incontrovertibly developing long-range missiles and warned that Tehran might face United Nations Security Council action if it continued with its nuclear non-compliance.