In his first interview with the Arab press since his election, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told journalist Fahmi Huwaidi that Israel can be defeated only through cooperation between Egypt and Iran, and that the French premier's threats against Iran are pointless.
He reiterated that the U.S. had kidnapped the four Iranian scientists who recently disappeared, and stressed that the scientist Shahram Amiri had no connection to the Qom nuclear facility.
Sources: Al-Sharq, Qatar; Al-Safir, Lebanon, October 27, 2009
