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		<title>Around the world, freedom is in peril</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So at decade's end, the correlation of forces, as the Communists used to say, looks bleak. Three assertive powers -- China, Russia and Iran -- not only resist democratization but actively seek to disseminate their model of authoritarian rule in their spheres of influence. Europe, the engine of democratization of the 1990s, looks inward, more interested in appeasing Russia than reforming it. Newer or less wealthy democracies such as South Africa, Turkey, Brazil and India seem stuck in anti-colonial mind-sets that discourage cooperation to promote democracy. And the Obama administration remains skittish about adopting a "freedom agenda" that its predecessor had tarnished in the minds of many Democrats. ]]></description>
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		<title>Some Iranians Watching Kyrgyz Developments With Envy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty) &#124; April 8, 2010 By Golnaz Esfandiari Some Iranians have been watching the events in Kyrgyzstan with interest, while drawing parallels with the post-election crisis in their own country. They have expressed envy over what they see as the success of the Kyrgyz opposition to oust the government and [...]]]></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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why the Green Movement will Prevail</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letter from Iran: Eye-witness Account of Uprising in Iran on 40th Day after Neda was Killed</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The security forces were using batons, chains, whips, tasers, paint-ball guns, and I saw handguns in the hands of three of them. There was a rumor that a few were shot at in Vanak Square. Two people were picked up near us and people tried to chase after the security forces to get the young men back, but it was a futile chase. Until around 11pm the streets were full of people. At 10pm the shouts of Allah-o Akbar and Death to the Dictator were being screamed from the rooftops all over the city until 10.30pm.]]></description>
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		<title>Green Report #23 &#8211; Fresh News from Iran &#8211; July 9</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m NiteOwl AKA Josh Shahryar &#8211; twitter.com/iran_translator on twitter &#8211; and I&#8217;ve been immersed in tweets from Iran for the past several hours. I have tried to be extremely careful in choosing my tweet sources. What I have compiled below is what I can confirm through my reliable twitter sources. Remember, this is all from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Report #16 &#8211; Fresh News from Iran &#8211; Summary of tweets on Iran from Thursday, July 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m NiteOwl AKA Josh Shahryar &#8211; twitter.com/iran_translator on twitter &#8211; and I&#8217;ve been immersed in tweets from Iran for the past several hours. I have tried to be extremely careful in choosing my tweet sources. What I have compiled below is what I can confirm through my reliable twitter sources. Remember, this is all from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran declares Ahmadinejad winner in disputed election</title>
		<link>http://www.irannewsnow.com/2009/06/iran-declares-ahmadinejad-winner-in-disputed-election/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["I'm warning that I won't surrender to this manipulation," said the Mousavi statement Saturday. "The outcome of what we've seen from the performance of officials ... is nothing but shaking the pillars of the Islamic Republic of Iran sacred system and governance of lies and dictatorship."]]></description>
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