New York Times: Members of the Sunni Awakening Councils, the former insurgents who switched sides to help bring calm to Iraq, are increasingly being besieged from all sides.
Arrests deepen Iraqi Sunnis bitterness
Iran favours oil price of $75 to $80: minister
AFP: Iran, OPEC's second largest crude producer, said on Sunday that it favours a global oil price of between 75 and 80 dollars a barrel, the state television website quoted the oil minister as saying.
Iran president dismisses demand to halt atom work
Reuters: Iran's president expressed openness for talks with the United States but again dismissed demands to halt nuclear work the West fears is aimed at making bombs, in an interview with Germany's Der Spiegel news magazine.
Peres threatens action against Iran
UPI: Israeli President Shimon Peres Sunday threatened to strike Iran if the Islamic republic fails to halt its nuclear program.
World powers must accept a nuclear Iran: Larijani
AFP: Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani said on Sunday that world powers must accept the Islamic republic as a nuclear power.
New bid to find missing ex-F.B.I. agent
New York Times: Two years after a former agent for the F.B.I. disappeared while on a trip to Iran, American diplomats and investigators are intensifying their efforts to resolve his case.
Iran says it controls entire nuclear fuel cycle
AP: Iran now controls the entire cycle for producing nuclear fuel, the Iranian president said Saturday, highlighting his country's growing capabilities at a time when the U.S. wants to negotiate with Iran over its nuclear program.
Iran accuses Netherlands of overthrow plot: report
AFP: Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards has accused the Netherlands of plotting to overthrow the Islamic regime by supporting the opposition through the media and the Internet, a newspaper reported on Saturday.
Blogger becomes casualty of Iran cyber-wars
AP: The first line of his first blog from Tehran in September 2006 asks: "What is freedom?"
Morocco to maintain Iran oil imports following diplomatic spat
Bloomberg: Morocco will continue to import oil from Iran, which supplied more than a fourth of its crude in 2008, even after cutting diplomatic ties with the Islamic republic, the head of the country’s sole oil refiner said.
