Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 20 – Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons file will not be referred to the United Nations Security Council at a meeting of the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Thursday, a top Majlis official said on Sunday.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 20 – A top military commander who has been responsible for recruitment of suicide bombers in Iran’s armed forces was on Sunday promoted to the position of Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 20 – Iran’s hard-line Majlis, or Parliament, voted overwhelmingly Sunday evening to end snap inspections of the country’s suspected nuclear sites by international inspectors from the Untied Nations’ atomic watchdog if Tehran’s nuclear dossier was sent before the UN Security Council which could impose trade and economic sanctions.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 20 – Some 50 female teachers from the southern province of Fars gathered on Sunday outside Iran’s Majlis, or Parliament, and held a protest against the refusal by the government to provide them with jobs.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 20 – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Sunday that Tehran would not allow international inspectors of the United Nations atomic watchdog to visit a military site without providing “convincing proof” that would justify inspection.