1.675768-2602677261
Nicolas Sarkozy - Carla Bruni/others: Widely tagged as the Don Juan of international politics, his affairs seem to all follow a pattern. His courtship with Carla Bruni allegedly began while he was still married to his second wife Cecilia Ciganer-Albeniz. She left him soon for Richard Attias, and Sarkozy married Bruni within two months. Will his rumoured relationship with ecology minister Chantal Jouanno take the same route? Image Credit: Gulf News Archive

Paris: France said Tuesday that insults in the Iranian media against first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, who has been branded an "Italian prostitute" who "deserves death", are unacceptable.

"The insults in the daily Kayhan and picked up by Iranian websites against several French figures, including Mrs Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, are unacceptable," foreign ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said.

"We're making this message known by normal diplomatic channels."