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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Mahmoud ahmadinejad</title>
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		<title>Marwa Ali El Sherbini Shames US Media</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angsuman Chakraborty</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Marwa Ali El-Sherbini was an Egyptian pharmacist and handball player. She was killed in a courtroom in Dresden, Germany, by a neo-Nazi and racist against whom she had testified for previous xenophobic insults against her.Her death helped today to once again highlight the biased vision of Western Media.

Marwa Ali El-Sherbini fault was just wearing a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israel plotted Ahmadinejad killing, claims Teheran</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/israel-plotted-ahmadinejad-killing-claims-teherans-intelligence-chief-113540/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[JERUSALEM - Teheran&#8217;s Intelligence  Chief  Gholam-Hossein  Mohseni-Ejei  has  claimed that Israel  had  planned  to assassinate  Iranian  President Mahmoud  Ahmadinejad  during  the country&#8217;s elections last month.

Mohseni-Ejei  claimed  that  Israel  collaborating  with  Iranian Mujahedeen opposition members had met [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s ruling clerics praise Ahmadinejad; dismissals suggest political purge under way</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-ruling-clerics-praise-ahmadinejad-dismissals-suggest-political-purge-under-way-95847/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William J. Kole</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

Iran&#8217;s ruling clerics closed ranks around President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday, hailing him [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama inspires most confidence among all world leaders: Poll</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-inspires-most-confidence-among-all-world-leaders-poll-95747/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama inspires the most confidence as compared to any other contemporary political leader in the world, according to a new poll by an international public opinion network.

Sixty-One percent of respondents in some 20 countries have expressed confidence that Obama would &#8220;do the right thing regarding world affairs&#8221;, showed the poll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran declares election fight over, vote valid, paving way for Ahmadinejad&#8217;s second term</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-declares-election-fight-over-vote-valid-paving-way-for-ahmadinejads-second-term-95312/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-declares-election-fight-over-vote-valid-paving-way-for-ahmadinejads-second-term-95312/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Weissenstein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

Supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad celebrated Tuesday after Iran&#8217;s highest electoral authority proclaimed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bon Jovi, Baez show support for Iranian protesters with lyrics in Farsi</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bon-jovi-baez-show-support-for-iranian-protesters-with-lyrics-in-farsi-94075/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bon-jovi-baez-show-support-for-iranian-protesters-with-lyrics-in-farsi-94075/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaya Tayefe Mohajer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAIRO — They wouldn&#8217;t be allowed to perform in Iran, but singers Joan Baez and Jon Bon Jovi are showing their support for protesters.

In videos carried on YouTube, the artists perform songs — with a few lines in Farsi — that call for peace.
Bon Jovi sings &#8220;Stand By Me&#8221; alongside Armenian-Iranian pop star Andy Madadian. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran detains local staff at British Embassy; Britain angrily complains of &#8216;harassment&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-detains-local-staff-at-british-embassy-britain-angrily-complains-of-harassment-94043/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-detains-local-staff-at-british-embassy-britain-angrily-complains-of-harassment-94043/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karin Laub</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

Iranian authorities have detained several local employees of the British Embassy in Tehran, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Khamenei calls for an end to Iran&#8217;s election disputes</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/khamenei-calls-for-an-end-to-irans-election-disputes-94012/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/khamenei-calls-for-an-end-to-irans-election-disputes-94012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN - Iran&#8217;s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on all relevant parties Sunday to end disputes over the outcome of the June 12 presidential election.

&#8220;I call on both sides not to provoke emotions of the youth, stop putting people against each other and refrain from scratching the nation&#8217;s unity,&#8221; Khamenei said in a meeting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran detains local staff at British embassy; Britain complains of &#8216;harassment&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-detains-local-staff-at-british-embassy-britain-complains-of-harassment-94010/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-detains-local-staff-at-british-embassy-britain-complains-of-harassment-94010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karin Laub</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

Iranian authorities have detained several local employees of the British Embassy in Iran, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s supreme ruler calls for national unity after bitter election dispute</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-supreme-ruler-calls-for-national-unity-after-bitter-election-dispute-93985/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-supreme-ruler-calls-for-national-unity-after-bitter-election-dispute-93985/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Iran&#8217;s supreme ruler has called for national unity and urged both sides in a bitter election dispute &#8220;not to stoke the emotions of the young.&#8221;

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei&#8217;s appeal was broadcast Sunday on state TV.
Khamenei has rejected demands by opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi to hold a revote. Mousavi says he is the rightful winner, not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iranian opposition leader rejects partial recount, insists June 12 election be nullified</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iranian-opposition-leader-rejects-partial-recount-insists-june-12-election-be-nullified-93878/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iranian-opposition-leader-rejects-partial-recount-insists-june-12-election-be-nullified-93878/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

Iran&#8217;s opposition leader insisted that the recent bitterly contested presidential election be nullified, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s Moussavi rejects partial vote recount</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-moussavi-rejects-partial-vote-recount-93796/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-moussavi-rejects-partial-vote-recount-93796/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN - Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi Saturday refused to support a panel set up by the electoral watchdog Guardian Council to conduct a partial recount of votes in the disputed presidential election, a media report said. 

Refusing to be cowed by attacks on his party offices, Moussavi again demanded for fresh polls.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s Ahmadinejad vows &#8216;crushing&#8217; response if Obama continues criticism of crackdown</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-ahmadinejad-vows-crushing-response-if-obama-continues-criticism-of-crackdown-93773/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-ahmadinejad-vows-crushing-response-if-obama-continues-criticism-of-crackdown-93773/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Weissenstein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Saturday to make the U.S. regret its criticism of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Hacktivists&#8217; attack sites for Iranian government and media as clashes in streets quiet</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hacktivists-attack-sites-for-iranian-government-and-media-as-clashes-in-streets-quiet-93758/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaya Tayefe Mohajer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

A sharp clampdown by Iranian authorities may have quelled street protests, but the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ahmadinejad pledges &#8216;crushing&#8217; response if Obama continues criticism of postelection crackdown</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ahmadinejad-pledges-crushing-response-if-obama-continues-criticism-of-postelection-crackdown-93747/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Weissenstein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Saturday to make the U.S. regret its criticism of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Away from protest crowds, quiet crackdown drains force from Iran&#8217;s dissident community</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/away-from-protest-crowds-quiet-crackdown-drains-force-from-irans-dissident-community-93731/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Weissenstein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

The Iranian government has seized and detained several hundred activists, journalists and students [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis: Iran&#8217;s twin pillars of rule _ the turban and the helmet _ tighten grip</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/analysis-irans-twin-pillars-of-rule-_-the-turban-and-the-helmet-_-tighten-grip-92335/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Murphy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

Iran&#8217;s Islamic regime may well ride out the post-election crisis, but not without [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s opposition leader says he won&#8217;t quit election fight; Ahmadinejad blasts Obama</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-opposition-leader-says-he-wont-quit-election-fight-ahmadinejad-blasts-obama-92319/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William J. Kole</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

Iran&#8217;s embattled opposition leader vowed Thursday that he wouldn&#8217;t back down from challenging [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iranian doctor says Tehran protester Neda Agha Soltan was gunned down by militiaman</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iranian-doctor-says-tehran-protester-neda-agha-soltan-was-gunned-down-by-militiaman-92217/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — An Iranian doctor who claims he tried to save Neda Agha Soltan as the young Iranian protester bled to death on the streets of Tehran said Thursday that she apparently was shot by a member of Iran&#8217;s pro-government Basij militia.

Video images of 26-year-old Soltan, with blood pouring from her mouth and nose as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal welcomes Obama&#8217;s Mideast approach but says wants action</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hamas-chief-khaled-mashaal-welcomes-obamas-mideast-approach-but-says-wants-action-92080/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DAMASCUS, Syria — The top Hamas leader on Thursday welcomed what he said is &#8220;new language&#8221; by President Barack Obama toward the Islamic militant group — part of Hamas&#8217; cautious outreach to Washington in recent weeks.

In a televised speech, Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal avoided any mention of the recent turmoil in Iran, even though the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moussavi complains of arrests, as Iran stalemate continues</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/moussavi-complains-of-arrests-as-iran-stalemate-continues-91941/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN/BERLIN - Defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Moussavi claimed Thursday via his website that the Tehran authorities had arrested 70 academics he had met with, as the tense post-election standoff continued in the capital.

Incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, meanwhile, hit out at criticisms of the police crackdown in Tehran by US President Barack Obama, accusing him [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran reform leader says he&#8217;s under pressure to withdraw his election challenge</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-reform-leader-says-hes-under-pressure-to-withdraw-his-election-challenge-91901/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karin Laub</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

Iranian authorities briefly arrested dozens of university professors who met with embattled opposition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran reform leader says on Web site that he&#8217;s under pressure to withdraw election challenge</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-reform-leader-says-on-web-site-that-hes-under-pressure-to-withdraw-election-challenge-91704/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karin Laub</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Iran&#8217;s opposition leader pledged Thursday not to withdraw his election challenge despite what he said were attempts to isolate and discredit him, while the declared winner of the vote, hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, accused President Barack Obama of meddling in Iran&#8217;s affairs.

Obama, along with other Western leaders, has ratcheted up his criticism of Iran&#8217;s clampdown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iranian academics held after meeting with Moussavi</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iranian-academics-held-after-meeting-with-moussavi-91682/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN - Iranian authorities arrested 70 academics after they met opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi, the defeated presidential candidate&#8217;s website said Thursday.

The report did not clarify where the university professors, who are all members of the Islamic Associations of their universities, were brought after Wednesday&#8217;s arrests.	 	
Hundreds of opposition supporters, who protested against alleged manipulation in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ahmadinejad tells Obama not to interfere in Iran</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ahmadinejad-tells-obama-not-to-interfere-in-iran-91675/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ahmadinejad-tells-obama-not-to-interfere-in-iran-91675/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:19:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Thursday called on his US counterpart Barack Obama not to interfere in Iran&#8217;s internal affairs following unrest over alleged election fraud, the state-run Fars news agency reported.

The news agency quoted Ahmadinejad as saying that Obama should stop interfering and indirectly demanded an apology from the US president for meddling. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Web site of Iran opposition leader Mousavi: 70 professors detained after meeting him</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/web-site-of-iran-opposition-leader-mousavi-70-professors-detained-after-meeting-him-91506/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

Seventy university professors were detained in Iran in a widening government crackdown on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Department says no Iranian diplomats had accepted overseas 4th of July invitations</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/state-department-says-no-iranian-diplomats-had-accepted-overseas-4th-of-july-invitations-91117/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has rescinded an offer for Iranian envoys to attend U.S. embassy Fourth of July parties as the violent crackdown in Tehran continues.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday notified diplomats and other department employees overseas that her earlier invitations had been withdrawn.
&#8220;Unfortunately, circumstances have changed and participation by Iranian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s opposition candidate Rezaei withdraws poll complaint</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-opposition-candidate-rezaei-withdraws-poll-complaint-90725/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN -  Mohsen Rezaei, an opposition candidate in Iran&#8217;s June 12 presidential elections, has withdrawn his complaint to the Guardian Council regarding irregularities in the election process, Iranian media reported Wednesday.

The (current) political, social and security situation has entered a sensitive and decisive phase, which is more important than the election, said Rezaei in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama toughens talk on Iran, says US, world &#8216;appalled and outraged&#8217; by post-election violence</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-toughens-talk-on-iran-says-us-world-appalled-and-outraged-by-post-election-violence-89910/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Loven</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday declared the United States and the entire world &#8220;appalled and outraged&#8221; by Iran&#8217;s violent efforts to crush dissent and for the first time expressed significant doubt about the legitimacy of the national election at the root of the upheaval.

The president suggested that Iran would face consequences for brutally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama: World is &#8216;appalled and outraged&#8217; by violence in Iran</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-world-is-appalled-and-outraged-by-violence-in-iran-89870/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Loven</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday declared the United States and the entire world &#8220;appalled and outraged&#8221; by Iran&#8217;s violent efforts to crush dissent, a clear toughening of his rhetoric as Republican critics at home pound him for being too passive.

Obama condemned the &#8220;threats, beatings and imprisonments of the last few days. &#8220;
&#8220;I strongly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Europe, trade ties may trump outrage over Iran post-election violence, crackdown</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/in-europe-trade-ties-may-trump-outrage-over-iran-post-election-violence-crackdown-89862/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Moore</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT — Iran is big business for Europe, whose companies sell it everything from rail equipment to turbines and even cell phone technology that has been used to block communications between protesters seeking to overturn disputed election results.

But while European governments have expressed outrage over Tehran&#8217;s bloody crackdown on the demonstrations, lucrative business interests will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran says it expelled 2 British diplomats for &#8216;unconventional behavior&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-says-it-expelled-2-british-diplomats-for-unconventional-behavior-89839/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karin Laub</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAIRO — Iran says it has expelled two British diplomats for what it called &#8220;unconventional behavior.&#8221;

The confirmation came after Britain announced it sent two Iranian diplomats home in response to Iran&#8217;s expulsions.
Iran&#8217;s official news agency, IRNA, is quoting Foreign Ministry spokesman Hasan Qashqavi as saying the diplomats were expelled on Tuesday. Qashqavi did not give [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s top electoral authority reportedly rules out annulling results of June 12 election</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-top-electoral-authority-reportedly-rules-out-annulling-results-of-june-12-election-89362/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:39:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nasser Karimi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iran&#8217;s state TV reports the country&#8217;s top electoral authority has ruled out annulling the results of the disputed June 12 election in which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was named the winner.

A spokesman for the Guardian Council, Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei, was quoted by Iran&#8217;s state-run English language Press TV as saying Tuesday that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s top electoral authority rules out annulling results of June 12 election: State TV</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-top-electoral-authority-rules-out-annulling-results-of-june-12-election-state-tv-89349/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nasser Karimi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iran&#8217;s state TV reports the country&#8217;s top electoral authority has ruled out annulling the results of the disputed June 12 election in which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was named the winner.

A spokesman for the Guardian Council, Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei, was quoted by Iran&#8217;s state-run English language Press TV as saying Tuesday that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boyfriend of woman killed in Iran protests says she only wanted democracy, freedom for Iran</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/boyfriend-of-woman-killed-in-iran-protests-says-she-only-wanted-democracy-freedom-for-iran-89294/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaya Tayefe Mohajer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — A man identifying himself as the boyfriend of a young woman whose grisly death in Iran&#8217;s postelection protests was captured on amateur video said Monday that she only wanted democracy and freedom for the people of Iran.

In the video, Neda Agha Soltan is lying on the ground as blood flows from her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Italy says it considers invitation to Iran for this week&#8217;s G-8 summit rejected</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/italy-says-it-considers-invitation-to-iran-for-this-weeks-g-8-summit-rejected-89009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alessandra Rizzo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ROME — Italy considers its G-8 meeting invitation to Iran rejected since Tehran has not yet responded, the foreign minister said Monday in a sign of Rome&#8217;s growing impatience.

Italy had invited Iran to attend talks on Afghanistan and Pakistan to be held during the Group of Eight foreign ministers&#8217; meeting starting Thursday in Trieste. Rome [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Europe protests Iranian crackdown, taking the heat from Tehran instead of Obama</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/europe-protests-iranian-crackdown-taking-the-heat-from-tehran-instead-of-obama-88968/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur Max</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AMSTERDAM — Europe has stepped up pressure on Iran to end its bloody crackdown on street protests, feeling less constrained to speak out than President Barack Obama — who has made engagement with the Islamic Republic a keystone of U.S. foreign policy.

But like Obama, European leaders have tempered their reaction, wary of crossing a line [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Italy says Iran should reply to invitation to this week&#8217;s G8 summit</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/report-italy-says-iran-should-reply-to-invitation-to-this-weeks-g8-summit-88598/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ROME — Italy will consider its G-8 meeting invitation to Iran rejected unless Tehran replies by the end of the day, the foreign minister said Monday in a sign of Rome&#8217;s growing impatience.

Italy has invited Iran to attend talks on Afghanistan and Pakistan to be held during the Group of Eight foreign ministers&#8217; meeting starting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran does not rule out expulsion of diplomats over protests</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-does-not-rule-out-expulsion-of-diplomats-over-protests-88569/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN - Iran Monday did not rule out the expulsion of foreign diplomats following days of mass protests against alleged vote rigging in the June 12 presidential polls.

&#8220;The issue of expulsion (of some European diplomats) is currently evaluated in parliament and the foreign minister will consult today (Monday) with parliament&#8217;s foreign policy commission about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama sticks with careful response to Iran crisis; GOP critics push for stronger reaction</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Gearan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he does not want to become a scapegoat for Iran&#8217;s leadership amid that country&#8217;s postelection upheaval, but Republicans are nevertheless saying the new president is being too cautious.

&#8220;The last thing that I want to do is to have the United States be a foil for those forces inside Iran [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s opposition calls for continiued protests, but strategy for avoiding violence unclear</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-opposition-calls-for-continiued-protests-but-strategy-for-avoiding-violence-unclear-88514/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-opposition-calls-for-continiued-protests-but-strategy-for-avoiding-violence-unclear-88514/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Heintz</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi and a popular reformist former president are boldly defying the country&#8217;s supreme leader by supporting continued protests of a disputed presidential election, but it was unclear Monday whether protesters would dare to continue massive demonstrations after a bloody crackdown.

&#8220;The country belongs to you &#8230; protesting lies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s opposition facing dilemma: risk more bloodshed or lose momentum?</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-opposition-facing-dilemma-risk-more-bloodshed-or-lose-momentum-88458/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nasser Karimi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi has vowed he will stand by the protesters whose week of defiance has deeply shaken the country, but says he won&#8217;t allow their lives to be put in peril and says the security forces that bloodied them are their comrades.

The statements by Mousavi, posted on Web [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans demand stronger Iran response, while Obama maintains cautious approach</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/republicans-demand-stronger-iran-response-while-obama-maintains-cautious-approach-88420/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/republicans-demand-stronger-iran-response-while-obama-maintains-cautious-approach-88420/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Gearan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Republicans intensified their criticism of President Barack Obama&#8217;s handling of his first major test of international leadership, saying Sunday that he has been too cautious in response to Iran&#8217;s postelection upheaval.

&#8220;The president of the United States is supposed to lead the free world, not follow it,&#8221; said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. &#8220;He&#8217;s been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Power struggle among Iran&#8217;s clerics bursts into the open as ayatollah&#8217;s relatives are arrested</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/power-struggle-among-irans-clerics-bursts-into-the-open-as-ayatollahs-relatives-are-arrested-88372/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nasser Karimi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — A backstage struggle among Iran&#8217;s ruling clerics burst into the open Sunday when the government said it had arrested the daughter and other relatives of an ayatollah who is one of the country&#8217;s most powerful men.

State media said the daughter and four other relatives of former President Hashemi Rafsanjani were later released [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Britain denies &#8216;meddling&#8217; in Iran affairs</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/britain-denies-meddling-in-iran-affairs-88359/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Britain has rejected the claims by Iran that the post-poll protests and violence were orchestrated by foreign countries. 

&#8220;I reject categorically the idea that the protesters in Iran are manipulated or motivated by foreign countries,&#8221; British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said in a statement Sunday. 	 	
Iran&#8217;s Foreign Minister Manoucher Mottaki had earlier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arrests of ex-president&#8217;s relatives expose rift among Iran ruling clerics over election</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/arrests-of-ex-presidents-relatives-expose-rift-among-iran-ruling-clerics-over-election-88267/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William J. Kole</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iran&#8217;s government said Sunday it arrested the daughter and four other relatives of former President Hashemi Rafsanjani, one of the country&#8217;s most powerful men, in a move that exposed a rift among the ruling Islamic clerics over the disputed presidential election.

State media also reported at least 10 more deaths, bringing the official [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lugar sees potential &#8216;very brutal&#8217; end to Iran chaos, blames supreme leader&#8217;s reaction</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Sen. Richard Lugar says Iran&#8217;s supreme leader has pushed the conflict there toward a &#8220;very brutal outcome.&#8221;

The Indiana Republican, one of the Senate&#8217;s most respected voices on foreign affairs, says Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has put himself in the center of the postelection uprising. Lugar faults the Iranian leader for refusing to give in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eerie calm settles over Tehran as death toll jumps to 19, Rafsanjani relatives arrested</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William J. Kole</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — An eerie calm settled over the streets of Tehran Sunday as state media reported at least 10 more deaths in post-election unrest and said authorities arrested the daughter and four other relatives of ex-President Hashemi Rafsanjani, one of Iran&#8217;s most powerful men.

The reports brought the official death toll for a week of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eery calm settles over Tehran as death toll jumps to 19, Rafsanjani relatives arrested</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — An eery calm settled over the streets of Tehran Sunday as state media reported at least 10 more deaths in post-election unrest and said authorities arrested the daughter and four other relatives of ex-President Hashemi Rafsanjani, one of Iran&#8217;s most powerful men.

The reports brought the official death toll for a week of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 killed in Iran unrest</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN - While Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continued to ignore the protests against the outcome of the June 12 presidential elections, state television reported Sunday that at least 10 people were killed in Saturday&#8217;s clashes.

The news network Khabar quoted the police as saying that at least 10 were killed and several injured in the unrests. [...]]]></description>
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