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		<title>Iran Feature: The Supreme Leader Is Worried &#8212; Three Developments You Probably Don&#8217;t Know</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our partner, EAWorldView, has published a ground-breaking piece on Iran’s Supreme Leader. This is a must-read.]]></description>
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		<title>Khamenei’s Secret Contingency Provisions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rooz Online &#124; November 13, 2010 by Nima Farahabadi For the first time ever, one of the better known websites of the principlists (ideologues who claim to follow ayatollah Khomeini’s legacy) revealed “secret contingency provisions” of the leader of the Islamic republic for the “administration of the revolution and the country.” In a story posted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>P2E: “My Bitter Memories” &#124; A Letter by Majid Tavakoli on the Occasion of 18 Tir</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 02:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Persian2English &#124; July 8, 2010 HRANA - Majid Tavakoli, imprisoned Amirkabir University (AUT) student writes a letter on the occasion of the anniversary of attacks on the student dormitories that took place on July 9, 1999 (18 Tir).  According to HRANA, the full content of the letter is as follows: My Bitter Memories By MAJID [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Featured Photo: Green paint splashed on picture of Islamic Republic Supreme Leader</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following picture was posted to Twitter today, purportedly taken at Tehran University (though we can&#8217;t confirm this), showing the picture of Ayatollah Khamenei, the so-called Supreme Leader of Iran with green paint splattered on it, next to the untarnished picture of his predecessor, Ayatollah Khomeini. If this picture is authentic it is very telling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enduring America: Iran Special: The Escalating Crisis Within</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 20:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enduring America &#124; July 3, 2010 By Mr. Verde Weeks into the Parliament v. President v. Rafsanjani crisis over control of Islamic Azad University, there is no resolution. There have been efforts to play down the immediate conflict, for example, with the denial of Yasr Rafsanjani, the son of Hashemi Rafsanjani, that the university’s office [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Extended video from the December 27, 2009, Ashura clashes with security forces in Tehran</title>
		<link>http://www.irannewsnow.com/2010/06/extended-video-from-the-december-27-2009-ashura-clashes-with-security-forces-in-tehran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 10:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Mehdi Saharkhiz: Video shows police motorcycles on fire as crowds of anti-government protesters chant slogans against the security forces, the regime, and the &#8220;Supreme Leader&#8221; Khamenei himself. This was just six months ago. The chants are extremely defiant in the Islamic Republic government of Iran: &#8220;I will kill, I will kill, he who kills [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opinion: The Shrewd Calculus Behind Khamenei&#8217;s Release of 81 Political Prisoners</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 05:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dave Siavashi: I&#8217;m guessing not many people expected this move (Associated Press article) today by Iran&#8217;s unelected leader, Khamenei: Iran&#8217;s supreme leader pardoned 81 jailed opposition supporters who had been found guilty of having a role in the unrest triggered by last June&#8217;s disputed presidential election. Wednesday&#8217;s pardons were seen as a gesture of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran Breaking: Ban on Reformist Political Party</title>
		<link>http://www.irannewsnow.com/2010/03/iran-breaking-ban-on-reformist-political-party/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Enduring America) &#124; March 15, 2010 Scott Lucas We’re watching carefully the reported ban on the activities of Iran’s leading reformist political party, Islamic Iran Participation Party (Mosharekat). Deputy Interior Ministry Solat Mortazavi told the Iranian Students News Agency that all activities of IIPF have been banned and its headquarters have been locked. Mortazavi implied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deciphering Rafsanjani</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Tehran Bureau) &#124; February 25, 2010 by HANA H. in Tehran [ analysis ] Iranians are a complex people. Talking in riddles and metaphors is a cultural thing that everyone learns from a young age. Iranian politicians have mastered this &#8216;art of riddle-talk.&#8217; Most foreign journalists reporting on Iran do not realize that in order [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hashemi Announced Unity in Absence of Yazdi</title>
		<link>http://www.irannewsnow.com/2010/02/hashemi-announced-unity-in-absence-of-yazdi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Siavashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Rooz Online) &#124; February 25, 2010 Farzaneh Bazrpour The seventh of Iran’s Assembly of Experts on Leadership, mandated by the constitution oversee the performance of the supreme leader began its annual session yesterday with Hashemi Rafsanjani’s speech but in the absence of Mohammad Yazdi. On Monday, the hardline Kayhan daily announced the session’s agenda to [...]]]></description>
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