In reality world, to be respected is to be equal in terms of military muscle. Iran and Korea  do exactly that. Any country which want to voice a dissenting views agains the US should learn from the fate of Saddam Hussein. Via Haaretz:
A representative of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission and a senior Iranian official met last month to discuss the chances of declaring the Middle East a nuclear-free zone, Haaretz has learned.

This is the first direct meeting between official representatives of the two states since the fall of the Shah in 1979.

The Iranian Atomic Organization on Thursday denied that officials from Israel and Iran recently took part in the Cairo conference, calling the report “sheer lies.”

United States should concentrate on getting Israel to dismantle its nuclear arsenal, instead of criticising Tehran’s nuclear programme, says Iran.
Iran’s foreign ministry has said the United States should concentrate on getting Israel to dismantle its nuclear arsenal, instead of criticising Tehran’s nuclear programme.

The comments came after Hillary Clinton last week said the US would arm its allies in the Gulf region if Iran built a nuclear weapon.

“There is no need for the US to provide a defence umbrella for the neighbouring countries,” Hassan Qashqavi, a foreign ministry spokesman, said on Monday.

“It is enough to tell its ally, the Zionist regime and convince it for the issue of disarmament and dismantle its own 200 nuclear warheads from the occupied territories.

The White House on Monday condemned Iran’s latest missile tests as “provocative” and called on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to provide inspectors “unfettered access” to its nuclear facilities.

Protests as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sworn in as Iran’s new president
Vowing to “resist any violation of law and interference,” President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn into office for a second term Wednesday, almost two months after elections that divided the nation

After winning a landslide victory in Iran’s closely-contested and disputed 10th presidential election, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be sworn in before parliament between July 26 and August 19.

Update 18 June 2009: Nico Pitney over at Huffington Post does a live blogging on, what he calls,  the Iranian Uprising. Andrew Sullivan thinks the survival of the hardlineer Ahmadinejad in Iran  is very much  in the interest of right wing American politicians and Israel because “They are about warfare against Israel’s perceived enemies, and extending US hegemony to eclipse any rival regional or global power.”

Omid Memarian gives a complete insight over the Iran uprising. Iranians are the revolutionary people. That’s said, is the current uprising a start towards another revolution in the country? Unlikely, says political expert.

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Iran’s powerful Guardian Council says it is ready to recount disputed votes from Friday’s presidential poll. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election is being contested by rival Mir Hossein Mousavi and other moderate candidates, who are seeking a rerun, reports Jon Leyne of BBC from Tehran

Should Iran experience the second revolution? CNN reports
Seven people were killed after they reportedly attacked a military post in central Tehran, state television said Tuesday.

Government-funded Press TV said the people were killed Monday night at the site of Azadi, or Freedom, Square where opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi held a massive rally earlier in the day and urged followers to continue their demonstrations peacefully.

Moussavi told followers Monday he will “pay any cost” to contest the country’s presidential election results, but said he had little hope his challenge would succeed.

Moussavi made his first public appearance since Friday’s vote during a massive rally in central Tehran.

The official results showed incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad winning with more than 62 percent of the vote, and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — the true leader of Iran — has given his blessing to the outcome.

Moussavi has alleged fraud and filed a complaint with Iran’s Guardian Council, which oversees elections, but he said the council had not remained neutral in Friday’s vote.
The big demonstration over Iranian election aftermath controvery