Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 21 – A senior Iranian lawmaker declared in the country’s Majlis, or Parliament that if the suspected nuclear weapons dossier of the Islamic Republic was hauled before the United Nations Security Council for possible sanctions the repercussions on the West would be great.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 21 – A teenager that was put in the violent criminals’ ward of a prison in Iran’s notorious Adel-Abad Prison died on Friday as a result of being raped by several dangerous convicts, an investigation has concluded.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 21 – Iraqi President Jalal Talabani arrived in Tehran on Monday in the first trip by an Iraqi head of state to Iran in more than 30 years.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 21 – Three youths were sentenced to flogging, jail time, and being street-paraded, a semi-official daily reported on Monday.

Iran Focus: London, Nov. 20 – State Security Forces (SSF) have been dispatched to the streets in the Kurdish city of Mahabad, north-western Iran, and the volatile city is in a de facto state of martial law, according to local Kurdish activists.