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.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 20 – A study last year revealed that fourteen percent of children in Iran work to provide income for their families. The following are photos of children forced to work taken by a state-run news agency.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 19 – A senior Iranian cleric’s call on Saturday for a purge of “anti-Islamic and atheist” university professors is being seen in the Iranian capital as a clear signal that the massive purges launched by the dominant hard-line faction are now moving on to universities.