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		<title>Aljazeera Special Programme: Letters from Iran</title>
		<link>http://www.irannewsnow.com/2011/11/aljazeera-special-programme-letters-from-iran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watch this Aljazeera documentary programme examining the aftermath of Iran's 2009 Green Movement Uprising.]]></description>
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		<title>Iran Judiciary Sentences U.S. Hikers, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal to 8 Years Prison</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 03:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The verdict came as a shock to many who had thought the Iranian government may release them during the holy month of Ramadan.]]></description>
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		<title>Huge Security Presence on International Women&#8217;s Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:23:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Huge security presence and sporadic protests mark International Women's Day in Iran.]]></description>
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		<title>Live-blog: Iran &#8211; After 25 Bahman &#8211; What comes next?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[7:45AM GMT We had intended for our last update for the day to be the previous one, but felt that this interview of a protester, Sara, by Anderson Cooper is a must-see. She typifies the ordinary Iranians that have decided that they have to stand up for their rights. The interview is significant not only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BBC: Fighting Iran&#8217;s stoning sentences</title>
		<link>http://www.irannewsnow.com/2010/10/bbc-fighting-irans-stoning-sentences/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 08:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BBC &#124; September 30, 2010 There has been an international outcry over the case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman who was sentenced to death by stoning for allegedly committing adultery. There have been reports that she now faces being hanged for the murder of her husband, but others suggesting that the stoning sentence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AFP: Iran sentences Ebadi&#8217;s former aide to jail</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 08:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iran has sentenced a former aide to Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi to two years in jail, an opposition website reported on Thursday.]]></description>
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		<title>AFP: Iran summons Swiss envoy to protest new US sanctions</title>
		<link>http://www.irannewsnow.com/2010/09/afp-iran-summons-swiss-envoy-to-protest-new-us-sanctions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 06:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Associated Free Press (hosted by Google) &#124; October 1, 2010 TEHRAN — Iran summoned Swiss ambassador Livia Leu Agosti on Thursday to protest against US sanctions targeting eight senior Iranian officials, the state news agency IRNA news agency reported. &#8220;Ms Livia Leu Agosti, the Swiss ambassador who manages US interests in Iran, was summoned to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CTV: Blogfather&#8217;s ex-wife stunned by sentencing</title>
		<link>http://www.irannewsnow.com/2010/09/ctv-blogfathers-ex-wife-stunned-by-sentencing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["I heard that at some point they told his family, ‘You should be happy; he didn't get a death sentence'," Alemi said. ]]></description>
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		<title>L.A. Times:  U.S. imposes new Iran sanctions</title>
		<link>http://www.irannewsnow.com/2010/09/l-a-times-u-s-imposes-new-iran-sanctions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[L.A. Times &#124; September 29, 2010 By Paul Richter Tribune Washington Bureau The Obama administration Wednesday sanctioned eight senior Iranian officials for alleged human rights violations, as it sought to sharpen pressure on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s regime while reaching out to his opponents in Iran. The eight, who include the head of the Iranian Revolutionary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Radio Zamaneh: Families of killed detainees call for prosecution of senior officials</title>
		<link>http://www.irannewsnow.com/2010/09/radio-zamaneh-families-of-killed-detainees-call-for-prosecution-of-senior-officials/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The families of the three Iranian detainees who were killed under torture in Kahrizak Detention Centre announced that rather than calling for the execution of the two guards who have been sentenced to death in these crimes, they call for the prosecution of the true perpetrators of the events.]]></description>
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		<title>DipNote: New Executive Order Focuses on Human Rights Abuses by Iranian Officials</title>
		<link>http://www.irannewsnow.com/2010/09/dipnote-new-executive-order-focuses-on-human-rights-abuses-by-iranian-officials/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the first time the United States has imposed sanctions against Iran based on human rights abuses. We would like to be able to tell you that it might be the last, but we fear not.]]></description>
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		<title>AFP: Canada says Iran blogger&#8217;s sentence &#8216;unacceptable&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.irannewsnow.com/2010/09/afp-canada-says-iran-bloggers-sentence-unacceptable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 05:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["We are deeply concerned about the news of this severe sentence," Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said. "If true, this is completely unacceptable and unjustifiable."]]></description>
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		<title>CBC: Blogger [Hossein Derakhshan] sentenced in Iran to 19 years</title>
		<link>http://www.irannewsnow.com/2010/09/cbc-blogger-hossein-derakhshan-sentenced-in-iran-to-19-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 18:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[

Hossein Derakhshan was arrested in Tehran on Nov. 1, 2008.

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		<title>Ottawa Citizen: Judging Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 11:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hossein Derakhshan is a writer. He is a Canadian-Iranian. He is in a jail cell in Iran, facing execution. This is intolerable.]]></description>
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		<title>Amnesty International: Iran urged to end harassment of rights activist facing seven years in prison</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 10:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["His plight is emblematic of the continuing government crackdown on activists in Iran, where those who speak out against human rights violations face intimidation, arrest or worse." ]]></description>
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		<title>Jila Bani Yaghoub &#8211; &#8220;We Couldn&#8217;t Tolerate Any Further Risk to the Health and Lives of the Political Prisoners on Hunger Strike.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.irannewsnow.com/2010/08/jila-bani-yaghoub-we-couldnt-tolerate-any-further-risk-to-the-health-and-lives-of-the-political-prisoners-on-hunger-strike/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Negar Irani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Translation by Negar Irani &#8211; Translator&#8217;s Note: I decided to translate this blog by Jila Bani Yaghoub, Bahman Ahmadi Amouei&#8217;s wife because she expresses the thoughts that went through my mind when the 16 political prisoners finally decided to end their hunger strike after 15 days this week. I recall the noise on Facebook and [...]]]></description>
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