'Pulse of Iran' Sounds a Warning for President

Iran Close to India-Pakistan Gas Deal
A controversial 7bn dollars gas pipeline extending from Iran to Pakistan and India was on track for completion by 2011, said officials as the latest round of talks concluded yesterday in New Delhi.By The Financial Times

26 'Suspected Iran-linked Terrorists' Killed in Baghdad Raid
BAGHDAD -- US and Iraqi forces backed by helicopters killed 26 militants suspected of links to "Iranian terror networks" in raids in the Baghdad Shiite district of Sadr City on Saturday, the US military said.

Iran Regime Drowning in Oil
The hard-line regime of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been frightening neighbors with its meddling-by-proxy in Iraq, Lebanon, and Gaza. The regime's apparent pursuit of nuclear weapons has also prompted unusual solidarity among the United States, Europe, and Russia; together they have been ratcheting up United Nations Security Council sanctions on Iran, demanding that it suspend uranium enrichment and comply with its obligations to the International Atomic Energy Agency. But the most telling signs of trouble for the theocratic regime in Tehran are currently on display not in its external relations but in domestic turmoil.

He Spoke to Iran's Poor - and Now they are Shouting Back
TEHRAN, IRAN -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad swept to power promising to bring oil revenues to every family, but he now faces growing domestic discontent over newly imposed fuel rationing and skyrocketing prices. The anger at home is an unwelcome challenge for a president who already has his hands full fending off international criticism over Iran's nuclear program.