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		<title>AFP: Iran summons Swiss envoy to protest new US sanctions</title>
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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>WP: European oil companies pledge to end oil investment in Iran over nukes program</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 05:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington Post &#124; September 30, 2010 The United States announced Thursday that four of Europe&#8217;s five biggest oil companies would end their energy investments in Iran, a significant advance in the Obama administration&#8217;s efforts to pressure the Iranian government to enter negotiations over its alleged nuclear weapons program. At the same time, U.S. officials said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>L.A. Times: U.S. sanctions selectively under its Iran policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 05:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The administration penalizes a Swiss subsidiary of Iran's national oil company but avoids confronting Russian and Chinese firms, which may have added to diplomatic friction.]]></description>
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		<title>L.A. Times: Ban on Iranian pistachios is boost for California farmers</title>
		<link>http://www.irannewsnow.com/2010/09/l-a-times-ban-on-iranian-pistachios-is-boost-for-california-farmers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New U.S. trade sanctions linked to Tehran's nuclear program remove a competitor from the domestic pistachio market.]]></description>
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		<title>AFP: Japan to withdraw from Iran oil project</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Japanese government and oil developer Inpex Corp. plan to completely withdraw from Iran's largest onshore oil field project to avoid possible US sanctions, news reports said Thursday.]]></description>
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		<title>L.A. Times:  U.S. imposes new Iran sanctions</title>
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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>DipNote: New Executive Order Focuses on Human Rights Abuses by Iranian Officials</title>
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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>NPR: Despite Bluster, U.S., Iran, May Be Open To Talks</title>
		<link>http://www.irannewsnow.com/2010/08/npr-despite-bluster-u-s-iran-may-be-open-to-talks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 07:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NPR &#124; August 5, 2010 by Mike Shuster Signals have come from Iran and the U.S. in recent days that suggest a willingness of both nations to return to the negotiating table. This comes as something of a surprise, given the recent economic sanctions imposed on Iran and hostile public remarks from both sides. Amid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NYT: European Union Adds Most of Iran Air’s Jets to Blacklist</title>
		<link>http://www.irannewsnow.com/2010/07/nyt-european-union-adds-most-of-iran-air%e2%80%99s-jets-to-blacklist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A spokesman for Iran Air, Shahrokh Noushabadi, called the decision unfair, saying that the airline would continue contacts with the union to get the ban rescinded...]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Shifts Toward Support for Iran&#8217;s Dissidents</title>
		<link>http://www.irannewsnow.com/2010/06/u-s-shifts-toward-support-for-irans-dissidents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wall Street Journalist &#124; June 10, 2010 By Jay Solomon Administration Seeks to Help Counter Tehran&#8217;s Jamming of Websites and Western Broadcasting; Some Rights, Democracy Groups Lose Bush-Era Backing WASHINGTON—The U.S. has accelerated its effort to provide dissidents in Iran with computer hardware and software to evade government censors. But it&#8217;s a shift that many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the useless Iran sanctions just passed by the U.N.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.N. Security Council just passed sanctions on Iran, supposedly aimed at the government and Revolutionary Guards, because of Iran&#8217;s so-called intransigence on its nuclear program. Aside from the fact that these sanctions are diluted to the point of impotence in order to get Security Council members, China and Russia, on board, they most likely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Radiation Sickness</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 16:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dissected News - Iran makes a deal with Turkey and Brazil, so Obama and Clinton push for sanctions. What the heck happened? Exploring America's newest conundrum.]]></description>
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		<title>Sanctions Effort May Open Door to Press Iran Central Bank</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 01:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times &#124; May 19, 2010 By NEIL MacFARQUHAR and DAVID E. SANGER UNITED NATIONS — Buried in the sanctions resolution now being debated in the United Nations Security Council lies the possibility of a new effort to pressure Iran over its nuclear program: a call for countries to “exercise vigilance” in dealing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran says oil sanctions threat &#8220;a joke&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.irannewsnow.com/2010/04/iran-says-oil-sanctions-threat-a-joke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Reuters) &#124; April 6, 2010 Robin Pomeroy and Hashem Kalantari (Reuters) &#8211; The idea of international sanctions on Iranian oil exports is a joke, a senior Iranian official said on Tuesday, adding Iran would not abandon its disputed nuclear work despite mounting international pressure. U.S. President Barack Obama is pushing for new U.N. sanctions in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West softens proposed Iran sanctions</title>
		<link>http://www.irannewsnow.com/2010/03/west-softens-proposed-iran-sanctions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Los Angeles Times) &#124; March 26, 2010 The new tack by U.S. and Europe is an effort to win the support of Russia and China and gain broad international backing. By Paul Richter and Megan K. Stack Reporting from Washington and Moscow &#8211; U.S. and European officials considering new sanctions against Iran have decided to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US softens Iran sanctions plan to win support:</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States has stepped back from a series of harsh measures against Iran and softened proposed UN sanctions to win the backing of China and Russia, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.]]></description>
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