Persian Gulf & Afghanistan:

AFP:  Iran Warns Neighbors Over U.S. Presence In The Gulf

Guardian:  Iran’s ‘double game’ in Afghanistan

BW:  Gates Appeals to Saudi King on Tougher Sanctions Against Iran

Stratfor:  Video Dispatch: The Iranian Interest in Afghanistan

AFP:  US calls on Iran to play ‘constructive role’ in Afghanistan

US Policy:

WP:  Biden reassures Israel on Iran, presses for talks with Palestinians

Sanctions:

Russia Today:  (Video) Sanctions Against Iran?

Reuters:  ANALYSIS – Brazil’s Lula raises concern with Iran embrace

AFP:  Brazil, Germany clash on Iran nuclear sanctions

FT:  Shell halts supplies to Iran

Domestic:

GVF:  Unhappy workers summoned to court

RFE:  Iran’s Supreme Leader Defends Powerful Candidate-Vetting Body

Political Prisoners:

AFP:  Iran frees top opposition figure for new year: reports

MSNBC:  Report: Iran sentences professor to 6 years

RFE:  Interview: UN Envoy On Torture Says Concerned About Iran

Women:

Slide Show: Women’s History, Across the Globe, in The Nation

RFE:  U.S. Recognizes Afghans, Iranian As Among ‘International Women Of Courage’

Other:

CNN:  Will there be a Mideast single currency?

CNN:  The glamorous world of Lebanese haute couture

CS Monitor:  Lebanon resumes defense talks on Hezbollah’s military wing

FP:  Fiasco in Jerusalem