Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 09 – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared on Thursday that the Islamic Republic would push ahead with its nuclear program like “steel” despite having been referred to the United Nations Security Council, state media reported.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 09 – Iran’s Minister of Intelligence and Security said on Thursday that authorities had identified and apprehended more than 50 people in connection with the recent spate of bombings in the oil-rich province of Khuzestan in south-western Iran.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 09 – Iran’s Defence Minister declared on Thursday that the Islamic Republic would give a “crushing and lethal response” to any military attack on its nuclear sites.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 09 – The West will suffer more than Iran by taking action against the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program, Iran’s radical President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said at a gathering during his tour of the western province of Lorestan, the state-run news agency ISNA reported on Thursday.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 09 – Iran’s nuclear officials will appear in Majlis (Parliament) next week to be questioned on the current status of the country’s nuclear affair, Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel announced on Thursday, a day after it became clear that the Islamic Republic’s nuclear file was heading for the Untied Nations Security Council, the state-run news agency Fars reported.