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	<description>For a Democratic &#38; Pluralistic Iran</description>
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		<title>Leslie H. Gelb: Israel and Netanyahu, Pipe Down the Threats of War on Iran</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2012/02/06/leslie-h-gelb-israel-and-netanyahu-pipe-down-the-threats-of-war-on-iran/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2012/02/06/leslie-h-gelb-israel-and-netanyahu-pipe-down-the-threats-of-war-on-iran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[IND:  Great advice.  If only the Israeli leadership would listen&#8230;
Bibi, Israel, curb your over-the-top war rhetoric toward Iran.  I urge this as one who cherishes Israel and values military power. But  you’ve got to understand that your constant threats to attack Iran to  stop its nuclear program aren’t working. Unending military threats [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington has the leverage over Beijing when it comes to Tehran</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2012/01/11/washington-has-the-leverage-over-beijing-when-it-comes-to-tehran/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2012/01/11/washington-has-the-leverage-over-beijing-when-it-comes-to-tehran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[IND:   What an impact in just 10 days!  Washington&#8217;s efforts to sanction Iran&#8217;s central bank and the Europeans&#8217; steps to place an embargo on the purchase of the Iranian oil have proved more effective, thus far, than any other policy the US and Europe have tried in 30 years.

 
 
TEHRAN, Jan 10 (Reuters) &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China is hedging its bets</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2012/01/10/china-is-hedging-its-bets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2012/01/10/china-is-hedging-its-bets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[IND: China will this week launch its highest-level diplomatic visit to the  Persian Gulf in more than two years.  This trip comes right after Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner arrived in Beijing on Tuesday to press China on Iran.  Interesting timing! 
This trip is all about China hedging its bets.  Most probably, the Chinese [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iranians don&#8217;t trust officials to stabilize the economy</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/12/28/iranians-dont-trust-officials-to-stabilize-the-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/12/28/iranians-dont-trust-officials-to-stabilize-the-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 03:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[SFGate:&#8230;The official rial-to-dollar rate was 11,030 on Dec. 21, while the market  rate at currency bureaus soared to 15,300 the same day. That gap  narrowed yesterday to 11,100 and 15,150, a 36 percent difference,  according to Donya-e-Eqtesad. The 39 percent gap last week was the  widest in about 20 years and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S., Allies Step Up Iran Embargo Talks</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/12/19/u-s-allies-step-up-iran-embargo-talks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/12/19/u-s-allies-step-up-iran-embargo-talks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[IND:  Today&#8217;s WSJ had an interesting piece on efforts being taken to place an oil embargo on the regime.  This site has long advocated such a policy as the real solution to confront the regime; but it is absolutely critical how the reasoning  for such an oil embargo is framed for the Iranian people.  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newt Gingrich Contemplates War with Iran</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/12/13/newt-gingrich-contemplates-war-with-iran/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/12/13/newt-gingrich-contemplates-war-with-iran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;The implications of that position–”militarily” replacing the  Iranian regime–are even more dramatic. Does Newt really entertain the  idea of going to war with Iran to change its government and somehow  install a friendlier one? It seems so. Gingrich he has said previously that any strike on Iran’s nuclear program should be undertaken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A growing Iranian threat, in wake of U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq this month</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/12/13/a-growing-iranian-threat-in-wake-of-u-s-military-withdrawal-from-iraq-this-month/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/12/13/a-growing-iranian-threat-in-wake-of-u-s-military-withdrawal-from-iraq-this-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting video by Ted Koppel analyzing Iran&#8217;s deep influence in Iraq.
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		<title>No to War</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/12/13/no-to-war/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/12/13/no-to-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Message from the Network of Iranian Labor Association: 
&#8230;As you know, the Iranian regime is in the throes of its worst ever  crisis. In fact we are dealing not with one but multiple crises:  economic, political and ideological ones. This is beginning to hit the  very heart of the regime: i.e. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VOA&#8217;s Persian service is a waste of U.S. tax dollars</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/12/13/voas-persian-service-is-a-waste-of-u-s-tax-dollars/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/12/13/voas-persian-service-is-a-waste-of-u-s-tax-dollars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A scathing attack on the VOA Persian service by Mehdi Khalaji.  Two parts stood out in particular.

While the average age of VOA employees is 64, the age of average Iranians is 32.
In September 2010, when President Barack Obama wanted to talk with  Iranians, he chose BBC Persian over its own Voice of America Farsi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West must abandon its ‘bipolar’ policy choice over Iran</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/12/06/west-must-abandon-its-%e2%80%98bipolar%e2%80%99-policy-choice-over-iran/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/12/06/west-must-abandon-its-%e2%80%98bipolar%e2%80%99-policy-choice-over-iran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Financial Times had the following letter from Reza Ladjevardian in response to David Miliband&#8217;s essay from a few days ago.  David Miliband, MP for South Shields, was British foreign  secretary from 2007-10. Their pieces are both posted below: 


Sir, David Miliband and Nader Mousavizadeh correctly point out the  potential dangers of increased [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>41</slash:comments>
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		<title>Senators Press Obama on Iran&#8217;s Central Bank</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/08/08/senators-press-obama-on-irans-central-bank/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/08/08/senators-press-obama-on-irans-central-bank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON—More than 90  U.S. senators signed a letter to President  Barack Obama pressing him to sanction Iran&#8217;s central bank, with some  threatening legislation to force the move, an outcome that would  represent a stark escalation in tensions between the two countries.
Such a measure, if effectively implemented, could potentially freeze  Iran [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1157</slash:comments>
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		<title>Iran Redistributes Wealth in Bid to Fight Sanctions</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/07/27/iran-redistributes-wealth-in-bid-to-fight-sanctions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/07/27/iran-redistributes-wealth-in-bid-to-fight-sanctions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The WSJ has a great article on the economic impacts of reducing the energy subsidies in Iran.  Here are some highlights:
TEHRAN—Iran&#8217;s Islamist government may be public enemy No. 1 at the White  House. But in the halls of the International Monetary Fund a few blocks  away, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is being hailed as [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>46</slash:comments>
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		<title>Iran says: &#8216;Show me the money&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/07/25/iran-says-show-me-the-money/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/07/25/iran-says-show-me-the-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to the FT:

Tehran  and Beijing are in talks about using a barter system to exchange  Iranian oil for Chinese goods and services, as US financial sanctions  have blocked China from paying at least $20bn for oil imports
The US sanctions against Iran,  which make it extremely difficult to conduct dollar-denominated  [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1253</slash:comments>
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		<title>Machiavelli’s got nothing on Iran’s Supreme Leader</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/07/22/machiavelli%e2%80%99s-got-nothing-on-iran%e2%80%99s-supreme-leader/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/07/22/machiavelli%e2%80%99s-got-nothing-on-iran%e2%80%99s-supreme-leader/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[IND:  An outstanding piece by Mr. Karim Sadjadpour.  This is probably one of the best essays written on Khamenei.  What this essay clearly highlights is that Khamenei is not first and foremost concerned about spreading the ideology of the Islamic republic or even promoting the national interest of Iran.  Machiavellian to the core, what Khamenei  [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>875</slash:comments>
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		<title>The rise and fall of Iran’s Ahmadinejad</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/07/15/the-rise-and-fall-of-iran%e2%80%99s-ahmadinejad/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/07/15/the-rise-and-fall-of-iran%e2%80%99s-ahmadinejad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[IND: Another outstanding essay by Mr. Karim Sadjadpour.
&#8230;For Washington, the best outcome of Iran’s conservative fratricide is  only that the fight continues. Authoritarian collapses tend to have  three prerequisites: grass-roots protests, fissures among the elite and a  regime’s loss of will to use sustained brutality to retain power. While  Iran has [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1730</slash:comments>
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		<title>Green Movement in Iran Issues New Manifesto in Wake of Arab Uprising</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/07/12/green-movement-in-iran-issues-new-manifesto-in-wake-of-arab-uprising/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/07/12/green-movement-in-iran-issues-new-manifesto-in-wake-of-arab-uprising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[IND:  This is a step in the right direction.  Power to bring about change comes from connecting the isolated green islands and combining them with a popular, respected and somewhat hierarchical decision making team.  The question is can such a goal be accomplished?
Editor’s Note: The following text was given to insideIRAN.org by a  group [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Critics give Iranian education low marks</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/07/11/critics-give-iranian-education-low-marks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/07/11/critics-give-iranian-education-low-marks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;But,  more than 30 years after the Islamic regime imposed strict segregation  of boys and girls and expanded the time devoted to religious teaching,  some in the political establishment are beginning to recognise that the  country’s education system is failing.
Authorities and experts agree that teaching methods, school books,  teachers’ skills, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>148</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cutting Iran Down to Size</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/05/26/cutting-iran-down-to-size/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/05/26/cutting-iran-down-to-size/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 17:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[IND:  A great essay by Afshin Molavi at The National Interest:
Ask an average Iranian what they think of Britain and the British and  the responses will vary from cunning to cutthroat to clever. As a  journalist based in Iran several years ago, I would often hear middle  class Iranians rail against the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1502</slash:comments>
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		<title>Changes to Iranian Student Visa Validity</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/05/23/changes-to-iranian-student-visa-validity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/05/23/changes-to-iranian-student-visa-validity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 14:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[IND: Great job by the Obama administration!  Side with the Iranian people and widen the wedge between the Iranian people and the regime.


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		<slash:comments>802</slash:comments>
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		<title>Text of President Obama&#8217;s Address on Mideast, North Africa Issues</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/05/19/text-of-president-obamas-address-on-mideast-north-africa-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/05/19/text-of-president-obamas-address-on-mideast-north-africa-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 18:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Photo: White House
IND:  An outstanding speech by President Obama.  You can read the entire speech here at VOA. While the world&#8217;s news outlets will likely highlight President Obama&#8217;s endorsement of the 1967 borders for a future Palestinian state, the most critical part of the speech, I believe, was President Obama&#8217;s emphasis on economic solutions.  He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The MEK &amp; its American heavyweight supporters</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/05/13/the-mek-its-supporters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/05/13/the-mek-its-supporters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 18:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The WSJ reports:
WASHINGTON—An Iranian exile group once allied with Saddam Hussein  has enlisted former top U.S. officials—including heads of the CIA, FBI,  the Joint Chiefs of Staff and politicians from both parties—to try to  get it removed from the State Department&#8217;s terrorist list.
The Mujahedin e-Khalq, or People&#8217;s Holy Warriors, has deployed the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israeli Strike on Iran Would Be ‘Stupid,’ Ex-Spy Chief Says</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/05/09/israeli-strike-on-iran-would-be-%e2%80%98stupid%e2%80%99-ex-spy-chief-says/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/05/09/israeli-strike-on-iran-would-be-%e2%80%98stupid%e2%80%99-ex-spy-chief-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 15:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[NYT reports:
JERUSALEM — Israel’s former intelligence chief has said that a strike on  Iran’s nuclear installations would be “a stupid idea,” adding that  military action might not achieve all of its goals and could lead to a  long war.
The intelligence official, Meir Dagan, who retired in early January  after eight years [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Khamenei vs. Ahmadinejad</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/05/07/khamenei-vs-ahmadinejad/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/05/07/khamenei-vs-ahmadinejad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 00:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Guardian reports:
An unprecedented power struggle at the heart of the Iranian regime has intensified after it emerged that the supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, had given an ultimatum to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to accept his intervention in a cabinet appointment or resign.
A  member of the Iranian parliament, Morteza Agha-Tehrani – who is  described as [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>88</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lawmakers introduce human rights into Iran sanctions debate</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/05/05/lawmakers-introduce-human-rights-into-iran-sanctions-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/05/05/lawmakers-introduce-human-rights-into-iran-sanctions-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 16:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A quartet of lawmakers have banded together to raise the prospect of  human right sanctions against Iran. A press release reads, in part:
The Iran Human Rights and Democracy Promotion Act of 2011, sponsored  by Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) in  the Senate and by Congressman Robert Dold (R-Ill.) [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1468</slash:comments>
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		<title>The 16th International Oil, Gas, refining and Petrochemical Exhibition in Tehran</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/04/28/the-16th-international-oil-gas-refining-and-petrochemical-exhibition-in-tenrann/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2011/04/28/the-16th-international-oil-gas-refining-and-petrochemical-exhibition-in-tenrann/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the list of exhibitors attending the above exhibition in Iran.  These companies are facilitating the regime&#8217;s repression of the Iranian people by enabling the regime to have access to Iran&#8217;s oil and gas income.  In addition to the obvious Chinese companies, it&#8217;s surprising to see how many German firms are exhibiting.  Unlike the [...]]]></description>
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