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	<title>Iran News Digest &#187; Russia</title>
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	<description>For a Democratic &#38; Pluralistic Iran</description>
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		<title>Medvedev: Iran &#8216;ignoring questions&#8217; about nuclear program</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/14/medvedev-iran-ignoring-questions-about-nuclear-program/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/14/medvedev-iran-ignoring-questions-about-nuclear-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iran is ignoring questions from the international community about its nuclear program, using &#8220;small phrases&#8221; to make &#8220;small suggestions,&#8221; Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday.
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		<title>U.S., Israeli attack on Iran would be &#8216;unacceptable&#8217; &#8211; Russia military</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/12/u-s-israeli-attack-on-iran-would-be-unacceptable-russia-military/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/12/u-s-israeli-attack-on-iran-would-be-unacceptable-russia-military/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any airstrike against Iran by the United States or Israel would be &#8220;unacceptable,&#8221; the chief of the Russian General Staff Nikolai Makarov said on Monday.
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		<title>Medvedev against sanctions targeting Iran oil trade</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/12/medvedev-against-sanctions-targeting-iran-oil-trade/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/12/medvedev-against-sanctions-targeting-iran-oil-trade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/?p=21738</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview aired Monday that while he agreed sanctions were needed to halt Iran&#8217;s nuclear drive, they should not crack down on its oil trade.
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		<title>The atomic Ayatollahs&#8217; angels</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/10/the-atomic-ayatollahs-angels/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/10/the-atomic-ayatollahs-angels/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 14:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/?p=21532</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration is claiming that it finally has support from China and Russia for &#8220;crippling sanctions&#8221; on Iran over its nuclear program.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently proclaimed that America and China are &#8220;unified&#8221; on the sanctions issue, while President Obama said he expects a new United Nations Security Council sanctions resolution &#8220;within weeks.&#8221;
But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Start to rein in Iran&#8217;s ambitions</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/09/new-start-to-rein-in-irans-ambitions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/09/new-start-to-rein-in-irans-ambitions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/?p=21376</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The nuclear treaty signed by Obama and Medvedev undercuts Iranian efforts to drive a wedge between Russia and the west.
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		<title>Medvedev warns of limits to Russia&#8217;s backing of Iran sanctions</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/08/medvedev-warns-of-limits-to-russias-backing-of-iran-sanctions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/08/medvedev-warns-of-limits-to-russias-backing-of-iran-sanctions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/?p=21339</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Free Iran:  The Russians are simply trying to make sure America is tied down with perpetual talks over Iran.  It&#8217;s all about extending the current game so the Russians (as well as the Chinese) could drive a better bargain with both Iran and the US.  Why ruin a good thing?
PRAGUE &#8212; Russian President Dmitry Medvedev [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. and Russia Sign Nuclear Arms Pact</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/08/u-s-and-russia-sign-nuclear-arms-pact/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/08/u-s-and-russia-sign-nuclear-arms-pact/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Doug Mills/The New York Times
PRAGUE — With flourish and fanfare, President Obama and President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia signed a nuclear arms control treaty on Thursday and opened what they hoped would be a new era in the tumultuous relationship between two former cold war adversaries.
Meeting here in the heart of a once-divided Europe, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russian oil company may cut Iran supply</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/07/russian-oil-company-may-cut-iran-supply/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/04/07/russian-oil-company-may-cut-iran-supply/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/?p=21299</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Russia’s second-largest oil group on Wednesday said that it would consider ceasing the supply of petroleum to Iran, a move that would make it the latest in a line of companies to halt shipments to Tehran.
Lukoil’s move may be a further signal that Russia’s government is beginning to throw its weight behind the drive to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A worthy U.S.-Russia arms control treaty</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/27/a-worthy-u-s-russia-arms-control-treaty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/27/a-worthy-u-s-russia-arms-control-treaty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/?p=20731</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[THE NEW U.S.-Russian arms control treaty was described Friday by the Obama administration as a step toward the achievement of a host of ambitious goals: a &#8220;strong partnership&#8221; with the regime of Vladimir Putin; multilateral action to stop or reverse the nuclearization of Iran and North Korea; and not least, as President Obama put it, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nuclear deal is aimed at Iran</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/26/nuclear-deal-is-aimed-at-iran/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/26/nuclear-deal-is-aimed-at-iran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/?p=20706</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The nuclear weapons cuts agreed between the US and Russia are largely about sending a message to countries such as Iran.
They are not what they might be, but they are better than they could be. The conclusion of a nuclear arms reduction agreement, after months of protracted and often fraught negotiations, suggest that relations between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lukoil Stops Iran Work Due to U.S. Pressure</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/24/lukoil-stops-iran-work-due-to-u-s-pressure/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/24/lukoil-stops-iran-work-due-to-u-s-pressure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/?p=20561</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW—U.S. sanctions against Iran forced OAO Lukoil Holdings to abandon a project in the Islamic Republic, the Russian oil company said Wednesday, as diplomatic pressure starts hurting investments from countries considered close to Iran.
In its consolidated financial statements for 2009, Lukoil said it booked an impairment loss of $63 million &#8220;for [the] Anaran project in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China and Russia Pressed Iran to Accept U.N. Deal</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/24/china-and-russia-pressed-iran-to-accept-u-n-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/24/china-and-russia-pressed-iran-to-accept-u-n-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/?p=20558</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — Russia disclosed on Wednesday that Russian and Chinese envoys pressed Iran’s government to accept a United Nations plan on uranium enrichment during meetings in Tehran early this month but that Iran refused, leaving “less and less room for diplomatic maneuvering.”
“The clouds are piling up,” said a top Russian Foreign Ministry official, briefing reporters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NYT:  Iran Dispute Becomes Focus of Clinton’s Russia Trip</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/19/nyt-iran-dispute-becomes-focus-of-clinton%e2%80%99s-russia-trip/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/19/nyt-iran-dispute-becomes-focus-of-clinton%e2%80%99s-russia-trip/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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NYT:  Iran Dispute Becomes Focus of Clinton’s Russia Trip
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Russia’s foreign minister clashed publicly Thursday over an announcement that Russia would complete a nuclear power plant in Iran this summer.
Mrs. Clinton said the announcement, made during her visit, sends the wrong signal at a time when the West is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran gives Russia pilots two months to leave</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/06/iran-gives-russia-pilots-two-months-to-leave/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/06/iran-gives-russia-pilots-two-months-to-leave/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lilli Parvin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iran has given Russian commercial pilots working in the Islamic Republic two months to leave the country as it has no need for them, Transport Minister Hamid Behbahani was quoted as saying on Saturday.
The move is a further sign of strains between Iran and Russia, which has indicated it could back new sanctions against Tehran [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russia says still room for diplomacy with Iran</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/02/russia-says-still-room-for-diplomacy-with-iran/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/02/russia-says-still-room-for-diplomacy-with-iran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/?p=18814</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Russia&#8217;s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday there was still room for diplomacy rather than sanctions to produce a solution to the dispute with Iran over its nuclear program.
&#8220;We will concentrate all efforts on finding political and diplomatic solutions. These efforts have not yet been exhausted,&#8221; Lavrov told journalists during a trip to Paris.
Lavrov [...]]]></description>
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		<title>France, Russia discuss Iran sanctions</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/02/france-russia-discuss-iran-sanctions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/03/02/france-russia-discuss-iran-sanctions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/?p=18788</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Russia and France took a big step toward tighter relations Monday, entering talks about the possible sale of four French warships to Moscow as Russia toughened its stance against nuclear-minded Iran.
The burgeoning courtship between Paris and Moscow came as Russian President Dmitry Medvedev paid a pomp-filled state visit to France, clearly mindful of the big [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russia suspends Iran arms sale following Israeli PM&#8217;s visit to Moscow</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/02/17/russia-suspends-iran-arms-sale-following-israeli-pms-visit-to-moscow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/02/17/russia-suspends-iran-arms-sale-following-israeli-pms-visit-to-moscow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/?p=17795</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Russia decided to delay the delivery of S-300 air defense missiles to Iran a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow. The delay is expected to further strain relations between Moscow and Tehran.

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		<title>Russia Seeks Quid Pro Quo to Rein Iran In</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/02/15/russia-seeks-quid-pro-quo-to-rein-iran-in/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/02/15/russia-seeks-quid-pro-quo-to-rein-iran-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russia, it would seem, is finally making some of the right noises about tougher sanctions against Iran. Excellent.
But is it being reflexively suspicious to ask what’s the deal, where’s the catch, the quid pro quo that the United States and/or its friends will be pressed to concede in return?
You can assume that Russia, never amused [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bombs Away</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/02/10/bombs-away/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/02/10/bombs-away/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free Iran</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/?p=17191</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[IND:  An excellent explanation as to why China &#38; Russia have been thus far reluctant to join America in applying crippling sanctions against Iran.  The Obama administration, like the previous American administrations, is applying the wrong remedies because it has misdiagnosed the problem. 
An Iranian bomb, then, won’t disadvantage China or Russia. In fact, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No problems in supplies of S-300 systems to Iran &#8211; director</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/01/28/no-problems-in-supplies-of-s-300-systems-to-iran-director/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington Post:  Russia still considers Iran a valuable customer for its weapons, a top arms trade official said Thursday, issuing a reassuring message to Tehran despite recent indications of Moscow&#8217;s support for tougher Western sanctions.Anatoly Isaikin, the head of the state arms trader Rosoboronexport, said no international agreements bar Russia from selling weapons to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russia &#8216;regrets Iran&#8217;s rejection of nuclear deal&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/01/22/russia-regrets-irans-rejection-of-nuclear-deal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russia regrets that Iran has apparently rejected a UN-brokered nuclear fuel exchange deal to ease the standoff over its atomic programme, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
&#8220;We regret that Iran &#8212; as far as we can see &#8212; does not consider it possible to agree to the formula that it was offered,&#8221; Lavrov told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran Blocks Russia Fighter Overflight Access</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/01/20/iran-blocks-russia-fighter-overflight-access/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2010/01/20/iran-blocks-russia-fighter-overflight-access/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russia may not be able to showcase its Su-27 fighter to potential buyers at the Bahrain air show after Iranian authorities barred it from entering the nation&#8217;s air space, the Russian Foreign Ministry said today.
An Su-27 bound for Bahrain was denied passage over Iran as it neared the border even though its flight plan had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China and Russia face pressure on Iran</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2009/12/01/china-and-russia-face-pressure-on-iran/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2009/12/01/china-and-russia-face-pressure-on-iran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Western diplomats are seeking to use Tehran’s announcement that it will expand its nuclear programme to push Russia and China into backing tougher sanctions against Iran, amid fears of rising regional tensions.
“They are having trouble making one enrichment plant work successfully, so it defies belief that they could make serious progress developing so many more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran says Russia to get priority in power projects</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2009/12/01/iran-says-russia-to-get-priority-in-power-projects/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2009/12/01/iran-says-russia-to-get-priority-in-power-projects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russia will receive priority in Iran&#8217;s future power generation projects, Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran&#8217;s Atomic Energy Organisation, said on Monday.
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		<title>&#8216;Iran less of a threat than North Korea&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2009/11/27/iran-less-of-a-threat-than-north-korea/</link>
		<comments>http://www.IranNewsDigest.com/2009/11/27/iran-less-of-a-threat-than-north-korea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iran is not as great a threat to global security as other nuclear-proliferating countries such as North Korea and Pakistan, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told European Jewish leaders in a meeting in Moscow on Thursday afternoon.
However, he added, Russia would agree to additional actions against the regime in Teheran if negotiations over Iran&#8217;s nuclear program [...]]]></description>
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