Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 30 – Pharmacology students in the University of Shiraz, southern Iran, have boycotted classes and plan to hold a demonstration outside Iran’s Majlis (Parliament) in Tehran to protest against government policy on medicine and pharmaceutical companies, a student activist said.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 29 – At least two people have been killed during clashes between demonstrators and State Security Forces (SSF) in the city of Ahwaz, south-west Iran.

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.