Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 08 – More than 500 people attacked two government buildings and set fire to tyres in the streets of the town of Basamanj, northwest Iran, in protest to constant water and electricity disruptions, the state-owned daily Kayhan reported on Wednesday.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 08 – The newly-appointed Iran police chief said that as part of a new policy to aggressively
crack down on “trouble-makers”, or dissidents, in society, the
SSF were being assisted by members of the hard-line Islamist Bassij, a government-run Persian-language website reported on Thursday.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 08 – Some 300 angry workers from the small industrial town of Ghazveen, southwest Iran, blockaded the town’s main road during a demonstration Wednesday after not receiving their salaries for more than six months.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 08 – Iran’s para-military Bassij forces in the coastal province of Mazandaran, northern Iran, annexed pastures belonging to farmers and peasants under the pretext of carrying out military drills, locals reported.

Iran Focus: London, Sep. 08 – A criminal appeals court in Yemen upheld a ruling against two individuals on terrorism charges and working on behalf of the Iranian regime to instigate havoc in the country.