AFP: The foreign ministry summoned an Iranian official on Tuesday after Iran criticised Egypt's claim that it had arrested members of Lebanon's Hezbollah for allegedly planning attacks in the country.
Egypt summons Iran envoy over Hezbollah spat
U.N.’s Ban says Ahmadinejad “misused” racism meeting
Reuters: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon accused Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday of misusing a UN conference on racism at which he attacked Israel's policy towards the Palestinians as racist.
Iran press hails Ahmadinejad speech
AFP: Several newspapers in Iran on Tuesday praised President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's anti-Israeli tirade at a UN conference that drew angry condemnation from the West.
Iran coach Mayelikohan quits after two weeks – agency
Reuters: Iran head coach Mohammad Mayelikohan resigned on Tuesday after just two weeks in charge of the team, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Iran says U.S.-Iranian reporter appeals jail term
Reuters: Jailed Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi has appealed against her eight-year sentence for spying against Iran, the official IRNA news agency said on Tuesday.
Iran warns Israel not to attack nuclear sites
AP: Iran's state television says the parliament speaker has warned Israel against a possible attack on the country's nuclear facilities.
Israeli minister compares Iran to Nazis
AFP: Iran is trying to replicate Nazi Germany's treatment of the Jewish people, Israeli deputy prime minister Silvan Shalom said Tuesday ahead of a Holocaust ceremony at a former death camp.
Iranian calls Israel racist at meeting in Geneva
New York Times: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran on Monday used the platform of a United Nations conference in Geneva on combating racism to disparage Israel as a “cruel and repressive racist regime,” prompting delegates from European nations to desert the hall and earning a rare harsh rebuke from Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
North Korea, Iran hold U.S. reporters hostage, media group says
Bloomberg: North Korea and Iran are holding three U.S. reporters as “political hostages” to strengthen their position in negotiations with the Obama administration, the International Press Institute said.
Friends say imprisoned journalist is Iran’s pawn
AP: Hometown friends and colleagues of an American journalist imprisoned in Iran for espionage maintain that she's a political pawn and not a spy — though a local newspaper editor hesitates to declare her innocent without seeing the evidence.
