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	<title>Iran News Now &#187; Iran Election Protests</title>
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		<title>Karroubi &#8211; The Guardian Council is Implicated in the Betrayal of the People and Denying them their Votes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Negar Irani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday August 29th, 2010 &#8211; Translation by Negar Irani
A number of young reformists met with Mehdi Karroubi on the anniversary of the birth of Imam Hossein. In this meeting Karroubi stated: &#8220;During these gatherings, our discussions often revolve around the families of those imprisoned, those who were harmed, injured and martyred after the elections last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Montazeri: Basij not supposed to support path of Satan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Radio Zamaneh)
Prominent Iranian reformist cleric, Ayatollah Hoseinali Montazeri criticized the role of Basij militia in the violent suppression of the post-election protesters and maintained the Basij was not established to serve “in the path of the Satan.”
In the post election events, Basij militia played an instrumental role in confronting protesters of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s alleged fraudulent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eyewitness Account of the Conditions in Evin and How Amir Javadifar Died</title>
		<link>http://www.irannewsnow.com/2009/09/eyewitness-account-of-the-conditions-in-evin-and-how-amir-javadifar-died/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we arrived, we were body searched and were beaten again at the court yard of the precinct. First they put us in a cage and insulted us in obscene language. Police officers in the precinct were not in charge. Plain clothes forces were beating us with baton through the bars and were laughing at us. The cage was small and we could not move. Then we were taken to another part of the precinct and from there they took us to the basement. We had to keep our heads low during the movements while they were beating us at the back of our heads. Once in the basement, our Ids were taken.”]]></description>
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		<title>In Wake of Election Protests, Iranian Officials Canceling Major Ramadan Events</title>
		<link>http://www.irannewsnow.com/2009/09/iran-regime-cancels-ramadan-events/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Sept. 6 -- Iranian officials have canceled or downgraded major Shiite religious events during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, suggesting fear that the opposition might use them to stage protests. 

A typically massive evening celebration scheduled for next weekend at the South Tehran mausoleum of the Islamic republic's founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, was canceled "due to problems," the site's public relations department said in a statement.]]></description>
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		<title>Live-blogging Iran August 5th, Ahmadinejad Inauguration Day News and Events</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[2:12 AM (August 6) Tehran Time]
On the night of Ahmadinejads inauguration as President-Select, the people of Iran protest against the regime by chanting &#8220;Allah-o-Akbar!&#8221; and &#8220;Down with the dictator!&#8221; from their rooftops and balconies.  One cannot help but feel awe-inspired by their bravery:
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H8EGyzd8o0]
[1:52 AM (August 6) Tehran Time]
A full-page ad has been taken out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jailed Protesters&#8217; Brutal Deaths Spark Fury in Iran</title>
		<link>http://www.irannewsnow.com/2009/07/jailed-protesters-brutal-deaths-spark-fury-in-iran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regime Releases 140 Detainees in Apparent Bid to Ease Pressure From Opposition; Reports of Violent Interrogations Abound
By FARNAZ FASSIHI
Reports from Tehran families in recent days of receiving the bodies of relatives arrested at opposition rallies who later died from violent treatment in prison have fueled anger at the government.
Among the dead is Mohsen Rouhalamini, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The dust of dissent can still choke this regime</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the surface, “order” has been enforced. But only on the surface. Inside Iran, public anger still burns, flaring up wherever opportunity presents. At the core of the Islamic regime, a struggle has been unleashed that — by stepping off his pedestal into the thick of the fray — the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, has lost his once- undisputed power to bring under control. Far from subsiding, dissent is shaking the regime to its roots.]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s Protesters: Phase 2 of Their Feisty Campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.irannewsnow.com/2009/07/irans-festy-opposition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The tactics are unorganized, largely leaderless and only just beginning. They spread by e-mail, websites and word of mouth. But their variety and scope indicate that Iran's uprising is not a passing phenomenon like the student protests of 1999, which were quickly quashed. This time, Iranians are rising above their fears. Although embryonic, today's public resolve is reminiscent of civil disobedience in colonial India before independence or in the American Deep South in the 1960s.]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s Mousavi says protests will continue: website</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mousavi, prime-minister in 1980s, said detentions could not halt the pro-reform movement.

"The killings and arrests are a catastrophe, people will not forgive those behind such crimes," Mousavi said, adding: "I am sure the judiciary is not informed about many arrests."

"The country of 70 million cannot become a prison for all of them. The more they arrest people, the bigger this movement becomes."]]></description>
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		<title>The Basij Are Cordially Invited to Join the Opposition</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the presidential elections, members of the Basij (Basiji), have been beating and even killing peaceful protesters, as well as entering homes and assisting in arrests. While their duties also include responding to natural and man-made disasters, as well as "moral" policing, today they have gained notoriety for their vicious attacks on the demonstrators in the streets of Iran. ]]></description>
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		<title>Rafsanjani denies power struggle in Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rafsanjani, 75, pointed to more than half a century of friendship between himself and Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 70, starting long before the 1979 Islamic revolution. "He is a progressive and forward-looking thinker in different subjects," the former president said.]]></description>
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		<title>Iran opposition asks to commemorate unrest victims</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN (Reuters) &#8211; Opposition leaders in Iran want to organize a ceremony to commemorate pro-reformers killed since the disputed presidential election, a news agency reported on Sunday.
Moderate defeated candidates Mirhossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi said no speech would be given during the gathering, the semi-official ILNA news agency reported.
&#8220;We want a permit to be issued [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran’s Opposition Calls Crackdown ‘Immoral’</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The leaders of Iran’s opposition movement sent an open letter of protest to the country’s highest religious authorities on Saturday, complaining that the state had used “illegal, immoral and irreligious methods” in the crackdown following last month’s disputed presidential election and calling for the release of hundreds of people arrested since. ]]></description>
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		<title>Khamenei and Ahmadinejad undermine each other over VP pick</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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Sometimes, when reading the words various leaders, you can almost feel an undercurrent to what they really meant to say.  I had one of these moments when I read the following quote from President-select Mahmoud Ahmadinejad recently (source: Reuters):
&#8220;They [arrogant western powers] should wait as a new wave of revolutionary thinking &#8230; from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ayatollah warns against helping Iran&#8217;s enemies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned senior officials on Monday not to help Tehran's enemies after two former presidents expressed defiant opposition to the result of June's disputed presidential poll.

Clashes erupted between police and reformist protesters for the first time in weeks in Tehran on Friday after former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani declared the Islamic Republic in crisis and said there were doubts about the election result.]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s Tragic Joke</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So the line I take away from the important Friday sermon of Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the two-time former president who believes that the Islamic Republic’s future lies in compromise rather than endless confrontation, is this one: “We shouldn’t let our enemies laugh at us because we’ve imprisoned our own people.”
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