Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 29 – Oil prices on the international markets would shoot up to $400 a barrel if an attack were to be carried out on Iran, a senior Revolutionary Guards commander warned, Persian-language websites reported on Thursday.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 29 – Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator said the country’s nuclear stand-off with the West is part of a greater strategic conflict between the Islamic Republic and the United States, state dailies reported on Thursday.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 29 – Iran’s newly-installed Defence Minister announced that the Islamic Republic had volunteers for suicide bombing that enabled the country to stand up to foreign enemies, a state-run weekly reported.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 29 – Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi called for a “decisive” crackdown on “trouble-makers”, state media reported on Thursday.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 28 – In a protest on Wednesday outside the British embassy in Tehran, Iran’s Islamist Bassij force threatened that no corner of the United States or the United Kingdom would be spared from attacks by the organisation if the Islamic Republic’s nuclear file were sent to the Security Council.