Reuters: Hard-line Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy was imitating the "arrogant" style of the pharaohs who ruled ancient Egypt, state television reported.
Iran accuses Sarkozy of pharaonic arrogance
UN ministerial meeting on Iranian nuclear program
AFP: Ministers from the six nations involved in talks on Iran's nuclear program will meet Tuesday at the United Nations with representatives of several Arab countries, diplomatic sources said.
Turkey: Iran, Iraq could supply gas for Nabucco
AP: Turkey's president said Tuesday that natural gas from Iran and Iraq could help fill a pipeline that would transport the commodity from the Caucasus, through Turkey, and on to Western markets.
AP Interview: Rice says sanctions affecting Iran
AP: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the sting of international sanctions is forcing at least some Iranian leaders to second-guess the regime's rebuff of world demands that it roll back its disputed nuclear program.
Ahmadinejad visits Khuzestan
Iran Focus: Tehran, Dec. 16 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived on Tuesday in Ahvaz, south western Iran.
Ahmadinejad visits Khuzestan
Iran Focus: Tehran, Dec. 16 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived on Tuesday in Ahvaz, south western Iran.
Pirates attacked five Iranian oil tankers this year
Reuters: The chairman of Iran's oil tanker fleet called for tougher action to fight piracy in the Gulf of Aden on Tuesday, saying that five Iranian supertankers laden with oil had been attacked by pirates off Somalia this year.
Iran’s YouTube generation
Wall Street Journal – REVIEW & OUTLOOK: Iran's universities are again the scene of battles over the country's future. In the digital age, we're able to take a better peek inside.
Arab states to hold talks with world powers on Iran
Iran Focus: London, Dec. 15 – Arab states anxious about a change in US policy towards Iran are meeting world powers this week, in an attempt to establish a regular channel of communication over Gulf security that would survive into the next US administration, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
Arab states to hold talks with world powers on Iran
Iran Focus: London, Dec. 15 – Arab states anxious about a change in US policy towards Iran are meeting world powers this week, in an attempt to establish a regular channel of communication over Gulf security that would survive into the next US administration, the Financial Times reported on Monday.


