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		<title>RFE/RL: Iran Says Facebook And Twitter Are Country&#8217;s &#8216;Hidden Enemies&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty &#124; September 29, 2010 by Golnaz Esfandiari Iranian state-controlled television has accused Facebook and Twitter of being Iran’s “hidden enemies” and tools used by Western intelligence agencies in order to recruit new members and gather data on individuals. The website Mardomak has posted a video of the report. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RFE/RL: The Language Of Ahmadinejad: &#8216;The Bogeyman Snatched The Boob&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 02:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>RFE/RL: &#8216;Convincing&#8217; Revolutionary Guards Who Support Green Movement &#8216;Better Than Eliminating Them&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RFE/RL &#124; July 26, 2010 by Golnaz Esfandiari July 26, 2010 The commander of Iran&#8217;s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has officially acknowledged that some members have been supportive of the country&#8217;s opposition movement. General Mohammad Ali Jafari said that it is better &#8220;to convince&#8221; guards who support the opposition than to get rid of them. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Students Protest at Tehran Azad University</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 18:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reports are coming in of clashes between students protesting against the incarceration of their fellow students, and pro-government Basij. Golnaz Esfandiari quotes an unnamed source: students were chanting &#8220;Death to the Dictator&#8221; and &#8220;Ya Hossein, Mir Hossein.&#8221; The following video is purportedly from today&#8217;s protest, showing students singing the song from the 1979 revolution, Yare [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iranian Student Leaders Given Lengthy Prison Sentences</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 01:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty &#124; May 20, 2010 By Golnaz Esfandiari Bahareh Hedayat and Milad Asadi, senior members of Iran’s largest pro-reform student group, Daftar Tahkim Vahdat (Office to Foster Unity), have been given lengthy prison sentences. Hedayat received 9 1/2 years, while Asadi was given seven years. The charges against them included [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iranian Bloggers Publicize Cases Of Lesser-Known Prisoners</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(RFE/RL) &#124; April 14, 2010 By Golnaz Esfandiari Iranian bloggers supporting the opposition movement have launched a new campaign aimed at publicizing the plight of the lesser-known prisoners who have been jailed in the postelection unrest. Among the lesser-known prisoners are those citizens who were not politically active and are not affiliated with any political [...]]]></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>Why Is Iran Releasing Some Postelection Detainees?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty) &#124; March 12, 2010 by Golnaz Esfandiari The Iranian authorities in recent weeks have begun to release some of the former officials, activists, and intellectuals detained in last year&#8217;s post-election unrest. Those released in recent days include former Deputy Interior Minister Mostafa Tajzadeh, activist Abdollah Momeni, and student leader [...]]]></description>
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