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		<title>Ahmadinejad declares new era for Iran as opposition leaders struggle to revive protest</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali Akbar Dareini</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sought to disperse the clouds of doubt surrounding his re-election in his first major television address. But even as he spoke, opponents went to their rooftops shouting &#8220;death to the dictator&#8221; — a sign of continuing defiance.

In his half-hour address late Tuesday, Ahmadinejad insisted that the June 12 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s top opposition leaders calls for release of detainees, end to &#8217;security state&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iran&#8217;s top three reformist leaders sought to rekindle their opposition movement, demanding that ruling clerics end the heavy &#8220;security atmosphere&#8221; imposed after the disputed presidential election and free those detained in the unrest, according to an opposition Web site Tuesday.

Mir Hossein Mousavi, who claims to have won the June 12 election, is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran opposition leader vows to continue campaign against regime, stops short of protest call</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali Akbar Dareini</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi made his first public appearance in a week Monday, vowing to continue his campaign against a government that he said lacks legitimacy. But his comments suggested he is abandoning massive street protests after they were quashed by a tough crackdown.

Mousavi&#8217;s statements, reported on an pro-opposition news [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s top leader warns West, says alleged post-vote meddling could negatively impact ties</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali Akbar Dareini</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iran&#8217;s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Western governments on Monday of a &#8220;negative impact&#8221; on relations over what he called their meddling in Iran&#8217;s post-election riots.

Meanwhile, opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi on Monday made his first public appearance in a week, saying he was determined to persist in his challenge to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran top leader warns West, says alleged post-vote meddling could negatively impact relations</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-top-leader-warns-west-says-alleged-post-vote-meddling-could-negatively-impact-relations-100579/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iran&#8217;s supreme leader warned Western governments on Monday of a &#8220;negative impact&#8221; on relations over what he called their meddling in Iran&#8217;s post-election riots, state television reported.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei&#8217;s comments reflect continued efforts by the regime to blame Western powers such as the U.S. and Britain — not internal anger — for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran says has released British-Greek reporter; reformists call for president to step down</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-says-has-released-british-greek-reporter-reformists-call-for-president-to-step-down-100046/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nasser Karimi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iran said Sunday it has released a British-Greek journalist detained for two weeks during its postelection crackdown as opposition forces pressing their claims of fraud called for parliament to dismiss President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

The freelance reporter for The Washington Times was accused Sunday of &#8220;illegal activities&#8221; during the protests that followed the June [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran releases Greek reporter held for over 2 weeks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has released a Greek journalist that had been held for more than two weeks following the disputed presidential election, Iran&#8217;s state television reported Sunday.

State television quoted a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, Hasan Qashqavi, as saying that Iason Athanasiadis had been released in, what he described as the framework of Tehran-Athens [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Son of Iranian revolutionary icon calls for election results to be cancelled</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/son-of-iranian-revolutionary-icon-calls-for-election-results-to-be-cancelled-99818/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nasser Karimi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — The son of an Iranian revolutionary icon called on parliament to dismiss President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from his post, as the country&#8217;s conservative political establishment upped pressure Sunday on the reformists.

Ali Reza Beheshti, 47, a close Mousavi ally and son of one of the main leaders of the 1979 Islamic revolution, also urged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iranian paper says reformists are &#8220;dangerous&#8221; as pressure mounts on Mousavi</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian newspaper closely tied to the government says reformists disputing last month&#8217;s presidential elections are &#8220;dangerous.&#8221;

The editorial in the conservative Kayhan newspaper, and earlier comments by a top aide to Iran&#8217;s all powerful clerical leader, mark an escalation of pressure on defeated reformist presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi and his supporters.
Kayhan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyer: Local British embassy employee charged by Iran with &#8216;acting against national security&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN — The lawyer for a detained Iranian employee of the British embassy in Tehran says his client has been charged with &#8220;acting against national security.&#8221;

Lawyer Abdolsamad Khorramshi says his client is being held in Evin prison and will in all likelihood stand trial soon.
The lawyer on Saturday identified his client as Hossein Rassam, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Influential Iranian conservative accuses Mousavi of being US agent and committing treason</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/influential-iranian-conservative-accuses-mousavi-of-being-us-agent-and-committing-treason-99197/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — A top aide to Iran&#8217;s all-powerful leader has accused the country&#8217;s main opposition leader of being an American agent who should be tried for treason, increasing the pressure on reformists disputing the outcome of last month&#8217;s presidential election.

There was no immediate reaction from Mir Hossein Mousavi to the accusation in an editorial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Iranian cleric: Some British Embassy staff will be put on trial</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
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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 powerful cleric said Friday that Iran will put British Embassy staffers on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran reports more protest arrests, Russia rejects G-8 sanctions</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-reports-more-protest-arrests-russia-rejects-g-8-sanctions-98063/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Heintz</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 on Thursday announced more arrests in the post-election turmoil, detaining seven alleged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s reformists call election a coup; EU considers pulling out all 27 ambassadors</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-reformists-call-election-a-coup-eu-considers-pulling-out-all-27-ambassadors-97585/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-reformists-call-election-a-coup-eu-considers-pulling-out-all-27-ambassadors-97585/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:28:53 +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.

Iran&#8217;s former president has joined ranks with the country&#8217;s embattled reformist presidential candidate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s reformists boldly confront the regime; EU considers pulling out all 27 ambassadors</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-reformists-boldly-confront-the-regime-eu-considers-pulling-out-all-27-ambassadors-97000/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:59:35 +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.

In fresh displays of defiance, Iran&#8217;s opposition leader told supporters Wednesday &#8220;it&#8217;s not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Iranian president: election outcome &#8216;velvet coup&#8217; against democracy</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-iranian-president-election-outcome-velvet-coup-against-democracy-96929/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami is calling the outcome of disputed elections a &#8220;velvet coup&#8221; against democracy.

Khatami&#8217;s statement comes two days after Iran&#8217;s powerful Guardian Council confirmed that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the landslide winner over Mir Hossein Mousavi in June 12 elections. Mousavi claims fraud robbed him of victory, touching off the worst civil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iranian state TV: All but 1 of detained Iranian employees of British embassy released</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iranian-state-tv-all-but-1-of-detained-iranian-employees-of-british-embassy-released-96874/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iranian-state-tv-all-but-1-of-detained-iranian-employees-of-british-embassy-released-96874/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Iranian state television says authorities have released all but one of the Iranian employees of the Britsh Embassy who were detained last week.

State-run Press TV says the sole Iranian who remans in custody is being held on suspicion of playing a role in post-election violence.
Britain said nine of its local employees initially were arrested last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s opposition leader calls election illegitimate; demands release of political prisoners</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-opposition-leader-calls-election-illegitimate-demands-release-of-political-prisoners-96736/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-opposition-leader-calls-election-illegitimate-demands-release-of-political-prisoners-96736/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:01:06 +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 embattled opposition leader urged his supporters Wednesday to keep pressing for their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s Basij militia asks for investigation into opposition leader&#8217;s role in street protests</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-basij-militia-asks-for-investigation-into-opposition-leaders-role-in-street-protests-96556/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-basij-militia-asks-for-investigation-into-opposition-leaders-role-in-street-protests-96556/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:51:08 +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 feared Basij militia asked the country&#8217;s chief prosecutor Wednesday to investigate embattled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran closes opposition newspaper after Ahmadinejad called &#8216;illegitimate&#8217; leader</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-closes-opposition-newspaper-after-ahmadinejad-called-illegitimate-leader-96426/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-closes-opposition-newspaper-after-ahmadinejad-called-illegitimate-leader-96426/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:55:53 +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.

Iranian authorities have banned a newspaper allied to presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi after [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-ruling-clerics-praise-ahmadinejad-dismissals-suggest-political-purge-under-way-95847/#comments</comments>
		<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>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>Iran says partial recount shows presidential election valid, rejects calls for new vote</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-says-partial-recount-shows-presidential-election-valid-rejects-calls-for-new-vote-94867/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Heintz</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 election oversight body on Monday declared the hotly disputed presidential vote to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran says recount shows presidential election valid, rejects calls for new vote</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-says-recount-shows-presidential-election-valid-rejects-calls-for-new-vote-94836/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Iranian officials have declared the hotly disputed presidential election to be correct after a partial recount.

State television reports that Guardian Council Secretary Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati presented Minister of the Interior Sadegh Mahsouli a letter Monday saying the council has approved the election after a recount of 10 percent of the ballots.
Requests for a new election [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran begins partial recount in bid to placate opposition; won&#8217;t downgrade ties to Britain</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-begins-partial-recount-in-bid-to-placate-opposition-wont-downgrade-ties-to-britain-94470/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William J. Kole</dc:creator>
		
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In an attempt to placate protesters, Iran conducted a partial recount Monday of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran rules out downgrading ties with Britain despite soaring tensions over embassy arrests</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William J. Kole</dc:creator>
		
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Iran began recounting some of the votes cast in its disputed presidential election [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran says fate of detained British Embassy employees rests with nation&#8217;s cleric-run judiciary</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-says-fate-of-detained-british-embassy-employees-rests-with-nations-cleric-run-judiciary-94312/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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Iran has videotape proof that local employees of the British Embassy in Tehran [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police, protesters clash anew in Iran as EU condemns arrests of British Embassy staff</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-protesters-clash-anew-in-iran-as-eu-condemns-arrests-of-british-embassy-staff-94166/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:28:20 +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.

Several thousand protesters — some chanting &#8220;Where is my vote?&#8221; — clashed with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Witnesses say Iranian police fire tear gas in clashes with up to 3,000 protesters in Tehran</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/witnesses-say-iranian-police-fire-tear-gas-in-clashes-with-up-to-3000-protesters-in-tehran-94116/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:26:09 +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.

Riot police clashed with up to 3,000 protesters near a mosque in north [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran detains local staff at British Embassy; Britain angrily complains of &#8216;harassment&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karin Laub</dc:creator>
		
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Iranian authorities have detained several local employees of the British Embassy in Tehran, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran detains local staff at British embassy; Britain complains of &#8216;harassment&#8217;</title>
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		<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>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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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>Reports: 8 local employees working for British Embassy in Tehran detained</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:04:51 +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.

Iranian media reported Sunday that authorities have detained eight local employees of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iranian opposition leader rejects partial recount, insists June 12 election be nullified</title>
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		<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 Ahmadinejad vows &#8216;crushing&#8217; response if Obama continues criticism of crackdown</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Weissenstein</dc:creator>
		
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Saturday to make the U.S. regret its criticism of [...]]]></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>Ahmadinejad denounces Obama, suggests talks on improving relations imperiled</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ahmadinejad-denounces-obama-suggests-talks-on-improving-relations-imperiled-93571/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Heintz</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 hardline president lashed out anew at the United States and President Barack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s president lashes out at Obama statements, accuses US of interference</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-president-lashes-out-at-obama-statements-accuses-us-of-interference-93557/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Iran&#8217;s hardline president is lashing out anew at the United States and President Barack Obama.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was re-elected this month in disputed vote that sparked huge protests, says the U.S. response to the turmoil is a mistake and hints it could imperil Obama&#8217;s aim of improving relations with Tehran.
&#8220;Why did he interfere?&#8221; Ahmadinejad said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iranian opposiiton enters third week of campaign in tightening strategic bind</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Heintz</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 supporters, faced with a senior cleric&#8217;s demand that protest leaders be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cleric&#8217;s call for executing some protesters signals harsh new turn in Iran</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/clerics-call-for-executing-some-protesters-signals-harsh-new-turn-in-iran-93124/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/clerics-call-for-executing-some-protesters-signals-harsh-new-turn-in-iran-93124/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:27:35 +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.

A senior cleric on Friday urged Iran&#8217;s protest leaders to be punished &#8220;without [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senior Iranian cleric says some leaders of election unrest should be executed</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/senior-iranian-cleric-says-some-leaders-of-election-unrest-should-be-executed-92892/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:39:20 +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.

A senior Iranian cleric demanded in a nationally broadcast sermon Friday that leaders [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iranian cleric seeks harsh punishment of unrest leaders, says some &#8216;worthy of execution&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iranian-cleric-seeks-harsh-punishment-of-unrest-leaders-says-some-worthy-of-execution-92879/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:31:15 +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.

Iran&#8217;s increasingly isolated opposition leader effectively ended his role in street protests, saying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iranian cleric seek harsh punishment of unrest leaders, says some &#8216;worthy of prosecution&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iranian-cleric-seek-harsh-punishment-of-unrest-leaders-says-some-worthy-of-prosecution-92845/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karin Laub</dc:creator>
		
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Iran&#8217;s increasingly isolated opposition leader effectively ended his role in street protests, saying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senior Iranian cleric in Muslim prayer sermon says leaders of riots must be punished harshly</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:08:31 +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 increasingly isolated opposition leader effectively ended his role in street protests, saying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s opposition leader says he&#8217;ll seek permits for future rallies, complains of restrictions</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-opposition-leader-says-hell-seek-permits-for-future-rallies-complains-of-restrictions-92652/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:42:06 +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.

Iran&#8217;s increasingly isolated opposition leader said he&#8217;ll seek government approval for future protests, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State TV: Aide to Iranian opposition leader Mousavi banned from leaving Iran pending probe</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:29:38 +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 state TV says that an aide to opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi [...]]]></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>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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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>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>
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Seventy university professors were detained in Iran in a widening government crackdown on [...]]]></description>
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