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	<title>Iran News Now &#187; Mahmoud Ahmadinejad</title>
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		<title>The Militarized Death of the Republic</title>
		<link>http://www.irannewsnow.com/2010/02/the-militarized-death-of-the-republic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(TehranBureau) &#124; February 20, 2010
by RASOOL NAFISI 
This was first published by Tehran Bureau on July 6, 2009.
The momentous June presidential election in Iran and its bloody aftermath will probably be remembered as a turning point in the life of this strange republic. The true face of the state, so meticulously hidden beneath a confusing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Iran&#8217;s Green Movement Objects To President&#8217;s Economic Style</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty) &#124; February 19, 2010
The chants of &#8220;death to the dictator&#8221; have been temporarily stilled since Iran&#8217;s Green Movement was muscled off the streets during the 31st anniversary celebrations of the Islamic Revolution on February 11.
But political slogans and charges of stolen presidential elections are just part of the explosive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iranian hardline cleric claims protesters &#8220;dared not show up&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(RadioZamaneh) &#124; February 19, 2010
Hardline cleric, Ahmad Khatami who has repeatedly derided the post-election protests and the opposition leaders from Tehran’s Friday Mass Prayers podium, was hard at his efforts today claiming protesters, which he has dubbed as “rioters”, did not dare appear in February 11 demonstrations.
Despite Ahmad Khatami’s claims, reports indicate that security forces [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harsh Words on Both Sides Make Bloody Showdown Likely February 11</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By calling into question the success and sanctity of the Iranian Revolution, Moussavi is questioning the legitimacy of the government as a whole, not merely the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Moussavi continued by drawing parallels between the struggles against injustice in 1979 and the current goals of the Green Movement, a comparison that carries heavy implications regarding the current government.]]></description>
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		<title>Selected Headlines &#8211; February 2, 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Khordaad 88, February 2
Mir Hossein Mousavi ’s Interview with Kaleme
Kaleme reports that in this interview which took place close to February 11th [22 of Bahman], the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution, Mousavi stated that the main reason for the collapse of the dictatorial and unpopular regime of the Shah was its illegitimacy [in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Selected Headlines &#8211; January 22, 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 06:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Channel 4 News (UK), January 22
Neda&#8217;s death &#8216;ignited an awakening&#8217; in Iran

Neda Agha Soltan&#8217;s fiance, Caspian Makan: &#8220;The 23 January is Neda&#8217;s precious birthday. Neda will be 27 on that day. I felt that this should be marked in the world.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve asked the people of Iran, wherever they may be, in whichever corner of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tehran Night Chants &#8211; December  19 &#8211; &#8220;Allaho Akbar!&#8221; &amp; &#8220;Down with Dictator!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.irannewsnow.com/2009/12/tehran-night-chants-december-19-allahodown-with-dictator/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest video from Iran of nightly protest chants.  
These have been a staple of the protest movement since the June 12 presidential election in which Ahmadinejad was declared the winner.  This is during Moharram, a time of mourning in the Shiite faith, as the moment builds for planned green movement rallies.

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		<title>Breaking News: Rumors of Mousavi&#8217;s imminent arrest circulating</title>
		<link>http://www.irannewsnow.com/2009/12/breaking-news-rumors-of-mousavis-imminent-arrest-circulating/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we have seen a flurry of rumors online that an arrest of Mousavi may be imminent.  A news website closely associated with Mousavi called Kalameh has issued this statement(English translation):
WARNING: Beware that an event is unfolding!
Kaleme: Following the planned scenario for disgracing Imam Khomeini and accusing the Green movement and the students of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why the Green Movement will Prevail</title>
		<link>http://www.irannewsnow.com/2009/12/why-the-green-movement-will-prevail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sadness to me is the happiest time
When a shining city rises from the ruins of my drunken mind
Those times when I’m silent and still as the earth,
The thunder of my roar is heard across the universe.
Rumi

It has now been almost six months since those fateful days in June when the people of Iran shattered the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Networking and the Making of a Civil Rights Movement</title>
		<link>http://www.irannewsnow.com/2009/11/social-networking-and-the-making-of-a-civil-rights-movement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Mowjcamp)
Hamid Dabashi
A rather peculiar reference to a prominent nineteenth century philosopher made Mir Hossein Mousavi&#8217;s letter to Ayatollah Montazeri of some urgent interest.
More than three months into the post-electoral crisis of June 2009, the chief oppositional candidate, who had cried foul soon after the officially declared victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, had written a letter to [...]]]></description>
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