Iran Focus: Baghdad, Oct. 21 – Armed militia rigged Iraqi constitution votes at certain polling stations, an Iraqi daily
wrote on Thursday.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 21 – The international media watchdog, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), in a report ranked Iran as the worst violator of press freedoms rights in the Middle East.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 21 – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed to continue sensitive nuclear activities despite international pressure on Tehran to back down or face referral to the United Nations Security Council.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 21 – Nurses in the town of Babol, northern Iran, rallied outside the town’s health department building, protesting overdue salaries, Persian-language websites reported on Friday.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 21 – One of Iran’s former provincial governors and a city governor were involved in the theft of 470 billion Rials (approx. 47 million dollars), the country’s Judiciary announced on Thursday.