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	<title>Iran News Digest &#124; Stay Informed. Stay Green.</title>
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		<title>جایزه بین المللی شجاعت زنان از وزارت خارجه آمریکا [Persian]</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/12/state-departments-international-prize-for-women-%d8%ac%d8%a7%db%8c%d8%b2%d9%87-%d8%a8%db%8c%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%84%d9%84%db%8c-%d8%b4%d8%ac%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%aa-%d8%b2%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%a7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<title>U.S. Says &#8216;Serious Violations&#8217; Of Human Rights Continued In 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/u-s-says-serious-violations-of-human-rights-continued-in-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/u-s-says-serious-violations-of-human-rights-continued-in-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>

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The police crackdown on protesters in Iran was cited as evidence of the deteriorating rights situation there.
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RFE: The U.S. State Department says in its annual human rights report that many governments worldwide continued to perpetrate grave rights violations.
The State Department highlighted three major trends which defined violations of human rights in 2009, the first of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Containing Iran &#8211; The president is trapped between an angry Congress and a stubborn China</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/containing-iran-the-president-is-trapped-between-an-angry-congress-and-a-stubborn-china/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/containing-iran-the-president-is-trapped-between-an-angry-congress-and-a-stubborn-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sanctions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the same time as he prods the stubborn mule that is China, however, Mr Obama is also struggling to curb the angry stallion that is Congress. Anti-Iranian sentiment on Capitol Hill was already inflamed by the Holocaust-denying rhetoric of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad but has reached fever-pitch since the regime’s clampdown since June on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gates to Discuss Iran With Emirates Leaders</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/gates-to-discuss-iran-with-emirates-leaders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/gates-to-discuss-iran-with-emirates-leaders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Persian Gulf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sanctions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Policy]]></category>

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Cherie Culle/DOD, via Associated Press
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates visited the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Mosque in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Thursday.
NYT:  Gates to Discuss Iran With Emirates Leaders
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here Thursday to consult with the United Arab Emirates about military defenses and the growing unease in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why China drags its feet on UN sanctions against Iran</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/why-china-drags-its-feet-on-un-sanctions-against-iran/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/why-china-drags-its-feet-on-un-sanctions-against-iran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sanctions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The longer China holds out, the better treatment it gets from the West, which is hoping for sanctions that will likely do little to resolve the nuclear impasse anyway.
There are several reasons for Beijing not to impose meaningful sanctions.
Iran is China’s third-largest oil supplier and home to expanding Chinese energy and commercial enterprises. China and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rep. Kennedy Rips Media in Afghan Speech</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/rep-kennedy-rips-media-in-afghan-speech/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/rep-kennedy-rips-media-in-afghan-speech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Press]]></category>

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Free Iran:  This is how I feel when it comes to Iran.  Why so damn little coverage?  The future of the Islamic world is at stake!!!!
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		<title>Links 3/11 III</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/links-311-iii/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/links-311-iii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Domestic:
InsideIran:  Return of Moderate Conservatives Could Help Greens
RFE:  Who Is Waging War Against God In Iran?
GVF:  Senior reformist Tajzadeh released
GVF:  Photo: Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard meet with released prisoner Tajzadeh
GVF:  Photo: Khatami meets with released prisoner Tajzadeh
GVF:  IUST Students at IUST remember fallen comrade (Photos)
GVF:  Six students summoned by disciplinary committee of Babol University
Amnesty:  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mousavi&#8217;s wife says Iran government illegitimate</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/mousavis-wife-says-iran-government-illegitimate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/mousavis-wife-says-iran-government-illegitimate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rahnavard]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The wife of opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi called the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad &#8220;illegitimate,&#8221; the reformist Kaleme website reported Thursday.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the most powerful figure in the Islamic establishment, has criticized Iran&#8217;s opposition leaders for disputing the legitimacy of Ahmadinejad&#8217;s government and for refusing to &#8220;bow before the law.&#8221;
&#8220;I have said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protest at Babol University</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/protest-at-babol-university/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/protest-at-babol-university/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lilli Parvin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Protests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raw Footage]]></category>

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Students at Babol university protesting and singing Yare Dabestani.
 
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		<title>Remembering Martyr Kianoosh Asa on his Birthday</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/remembering-martyr-kianoosh-asa-on-his-birthday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/remembering-martyr-kianoosh-asa-on-his-birthday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lilli Parvin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Green Supporters]]></category>
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People light candles and gather to remember Kianoosh Asa on what would have been his 27th Birthday.
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		<title>Ali Akbar Mosavi Khoini&#8217;s Brave Speech [subtitles]</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/ali-akbar-mosavi-khoinis-brave-speech-subtitles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/ali-akbar-mosavi-khoinis-brave-speech-subtitles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lilli Parvin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Videos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reformists]]></category>

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Ali AKbar Mosavi Khoini&#8217;s speech in Parliament where he openly criticizes the government.
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		<title>Vaclav Havel Urges Iran Student Leaders Not to Lose Hope</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/vaclav-havel-urges-iran-student-leaders-not-to-lose-hope/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/vaclav-havel-urges-iran-student-leaders-not-to-lose-hope/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Movement]]></category>

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Vaclav Havel
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Former Czech President Vaclav Havel has praised the two Iranian activists who were awarded the Homo Homini prize presented annually by the Czech NGO People in Need &#8220;in recognition of a dedication to the promotion of human rights, democracy, and nonviolent solutions to political conflicts&#8221; and called on them not to lose hope.  We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran Oil Fund to Expand If Crude Stays Above $65</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/iran-oil-fund-to-expand-if-crude-stays-above-65/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/iran-oil-fund-to-expand-if-crude-stays-above-65/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Iran, holder of the world’s second- biggest oil and gas reserves, will add to its oil stabilization fund if crude prices remain over $65 in the coming 12 months, the deputy central bank governor said.
“As long as the price of petroleum is over $65 per barrel Iran will gain extra petroleum revenue, which will find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gates to Discuss Iran With Emirates Leaders &amp; Calls Iran Support for Taliban &#8216;Limited&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/gates-to-discuss-iran-with-emirates-leaders-calls-iran-support-for-taliban-limited/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/gates-to-discuss-iran-with-emirates-leaders-calls-iran-support-for-taliban-limited/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[NYT:  Gates to Discuss Iran With Emirates Leaders
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here Thursday to consult with the United Arab Emirates about military defenses and the growing unease in the Persian Gulf over possible missile attacks by Iran.
Mr. Gates, who is a crucial part of the Obama administration’s intensifying campaign to put more pressure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Move afoot to restore Rafsanjani to powerful Friday prayers post</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/move-afoot-to-restore-rafsanjani-to-powerful-friday-prayers-post/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/move-afoot-to-restore-rafsanjani-to-powerful-friday-prayers-post/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rafsanjani]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a new move afoot to get Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi  Rafsanjani back to the pulpit during Tehran&#8217;s Friday prayers.
According to a report Wednesday in the reformist daily newspaper Bahar (in Persian), the dean of Tehran&#8217;s elite Imam Sadegh University (where many of the leaders of Iran&#8217;s intelligence and security apparatus get trained) got [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Familiar hurdles for U.S. as it ramps up pressure on firms doing trade with Iran</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/familiar-hurdles-for-u-s-as-it-ramps-up-pressure-on-firms-doing-trade-with-iran/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/familiar-hurdles-for-u-s-as-it-ramps-up-pressure-on-firms-doing-trade-with-iran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sanctions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Congress and the Obama administration are stepping up pressure on private companies to stop doing business with Iran, but their efforts are running into the same problems U.S. sanctions have encountered for three decades &#8212; reluctance in Europe and a host of elusive trading companies eager to sell gasoline and other goods to Iran.
To deter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Links 3/11 II</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/links-311-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/links-311-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Persian Gulf &#38; Afghanistan:
AFP:  Iran Warns Neighbors Over U.S. Presence In The Gulf
Guardian:  Iran&#8217;s &#8216;double game&#8217; 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 &#8216;constructive role&#8217; in Afghanistan
US Policy:
WP:  Biden reassures Israel on Iran, presses for talks with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s Private Sector Facing a Liquidity Squeeze</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/irans-private-sector-facing-a-liquidity-squeeze/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/irans-private-sector-facing-a-liquidity-squeeze/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editors' Picks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Free Iran:  I received the following email from someone I know and trust in Tehran.
The executive branch of  Iran has increased its power and grip over the administration of state institutions (economic and political) since the June Presidential election. They have made new appointees from the Revolutionary Guard and it is planned that the number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran’s Hardliners Pressure Rafsanjani: Children Charged with Organizing Protests</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/iran%e2%80%99s-hardliners-pressure-rafsanjani-children-charged-with-organizing-protests/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to IRNA, the Islamic Republic’s News Agency, the Iranian justice system has filed cases against Faezeh and Mehdi Hashemi, two children of Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani. In an interview with IRNA March 10, Alireza Avaie, the highest ranking judicial official in the province of Tehran, announced that cases have been filed in the General Court [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ahmadinejad denies subsidy cut plan raises inflation</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/ahmadinejad-denies-subsidy-cut-plan-raises-inflation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/ahmadinejad-denies-subsidy-cut-plan-raises-inflation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attending a closed session of Iranian parliament (Majlis) yesterday, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denied that the implementation of subsidy reform plan will raise the inflation.
He also requested the Parliament to approve a 400 trillion rials (40 billion dollars) revenue to be resulted from the execution of the plan.
Earlier Ahmadinejad has submitted a letter to the supreme [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Pro-Democracy Stance Has Limited Impact in Mideast, New Study Suggests</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/u-s-pro-democracy-stance-has-limited-impact-in-mideast-new-study-suggests/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Despite Obama&#8217;s 2009 Cairo pledge to support democratic freedoms, survey finds worsening human rights situation in Arab world.
Less than a year ago, U.S. President Barack Obama gave a speech in Cairo, calling for a new beginning in America&#8217;s relations with the Muslim world while pledging to support the advance of democracy and human rights.
Secretary of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran wastes $120 million oil revenue a day</title>
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		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/iran-wastes-120-million-oil-revenue-a-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ali Shams Ardakani, the head of energy commission of Iran&#8217;s Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Mines (ICC IM) said currently $120 million revenue is wasted everyday in the country due to the high domestic consumption.
Speaking to Khabar Online correspondent, he underlined that as 1.5 million barrels of oil is allocated to local consumption, estimating that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran Tops List of Jailers of Journalists in World</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/iran-tops-list-of-jailers-of-journalists-in-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Journalists have become a prime target in an Iranian government crackdown on the opposition following last June&#8217;s disputed presidential election, with 52 of them currently held &#8212; making Iran the top jailer of journalists in the world, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
The wave of arrests, which has only accelerated recently, has sent a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boyfriend of killed Iran protest icon talks</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/boyfriend-of-killed-iran-protest-icon-talks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/boyfriend-of-killed-iran-protest-icon-talks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA — The boyfriend of an Iranian woman, who became an opposition icon after images of her death at a Tehran protest spread across the Internet, says the event has turned him into a staunch activist.
A year ago, &#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t have thought that I would be here,&#8221; Caspian Makan told AFP on the sidelines of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Links 3/11</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/11/links-311/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Economy:
NYT:  Two Large Multinationals Pull Back From Iran
BW:  Fighting intensifies in Iran over subsidy cuts
Domestic:
InsideIran:  Taking the Temperature in Tabriz
Inside Iran:  Khoeini: Khamenei Seeks Return of Moderate Conservatives to Preserve Islamic Republic
Afghanistan:
Telegraph:  Iran and US trade insults over Taliban-led violence
US Policy:
FP:  How to Win the War of Ideas
Telegraph View: Surrounded by enemies, Israel must not [...]]]></description>
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