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		<title>Can Iran’s Opposition Find Montazeri Replacement?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[IWPR Institute (Mianeh)- The death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s most outspoken critic late last month came as a blow to the opposition movement in Iran. But the void left by the loss of Grand Ayatollah Ali Montazeri may yet galvanise other senior Shia clerics into vocal criticism of the regime, thus shifting the equation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://omidmemarian.com/2010/01/09/can-iran%e2%80%99s-opposition-find-montazeri-replacement/</link>
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		<title>Q&amp;A: Attack on Karrubi Was a &#8220;Coordinated Effort&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BERKELEY, California, Jan 8 (IPS) - Hussein Karrubi, the son of Iranian opposition figure Mehdi Karrubi, whose car was struck by two bullets on Thursday in Qazvin, a city near Tehran, tells IPS the Islamic Republic is trying to silence and intimidate his father. Many analysts believe that the escalating attacks by security forces on opposition [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://omidmemarian.com/2010/01/09/qa-attack-on-karrubi-was-a-coordinated-effort/</link>
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		<title>IRAN: Revolutionary Guards Tighten Economic Hold</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BERKELEY, California, Dec 29 (IPS) - News that Iran&#8217;s Revolutionary Guard Corps is withdrawing a billion dollars from the country&#8217;s Foreign Reserve Fund in order to complete Phases 15 and 16 of the gigantic South Pars gas project has generated concern among Iranian analysts, who believe the move reveals the military organisation&#8217;s excessive power over [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://omidmemarian.com/2009/12/29/iran-revolutionary-guards-tighten-economic-hold/</link>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Iran Dilemma: Human Rights or Nuclear Negotiations?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HuffPost- It took more than six months for the White House to &#8220;strongly condemn&#8221; the excessive use of force against the protesters in Tehran, and God knows how long it will take President Obama to conclude that compromising universal values, including human rights, at the expense of erratic negotiations with the Iranian government.  It [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://omidmemarian.com/2009/12/29/obamas-iran-dilemma-human-rights-or-nuclear-negotiations/</link>
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		<title>Q&amp;A: &#8220;The Government Took My Sister Hostage&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BERKELEY, California, Dec 31 (IPS) - The Iranian government has intensified its pressure on political and human rights activists since the harsh crackdown on protesters on the holy day of Ashura, arresting major political figures and even their family members, including Noushin Ebadi, the sister of Noble Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi.
Even the Shah, before the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://omidmemarian.com/2009/12/29/qa-the-government-took-my-sister-hostage/</link>
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		<title>How to Help the Three American &#8220;Hikers&#8221; Come Home Soon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HuffPo-The Iranian government has announced that they will try the three American citizens who strayed across an unmarked border into Iran in late July. But the question remains how can the U.S. government help free them? And what should the families do to make this perplexing story be over?
Considering similar patterns in the past, it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://omidmemarian.com/2009/12/16/how-to-help-the-three-american-hikers-come-home-soon/</link>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s protest movement has entered a new phase</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The DailyStar-Last week, six months after Iran’s June 12 presidential elections, thousands of students protested against the government in universities across Iran – a strong signal that Iran’s domestic crisis is far from over, and moreover, entering a new phase.
Six months ago, the major focus of the hundreds of thousands of protesters who marched the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://omidmemarian.com/2009/12/16/irans-protest-movement-has-entered-a-new-phase/</link>
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		<title>Q and A: Omid Memarian on Human Rights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[insideIran.org- Omid Memarian, an Iranian journalist, has helped Human Rights Watch document the post-election violence in Iran. In an interview with insideIRAN.org. Memarian shared his thoughts on the current situation of human rights in Iran and the international community’s responsibility to shed light on the matter.
Q: Iran’s lack of cooperation in the nuclear negotiations, coupled [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://omidmemarian.com/2009/12/02/q-and-a-omid-memarian-on-human-rights/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;A Death in Tehran&#8221; And the Most Influential Video of the Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HuffPo- After watching Frontline World&#8217;s &#8220;A Death in Tehran&#8221; documentary, I can say, undoubtedly, that if we want to pick one picture or short video of 2009, in terms of impact and influence, it&#8217;s the video that documented the moment Neda, a 27-year-old Iranian, was shot during the post elections unrest on the streets of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://omidmemarian.com/2009/11/26/a-death-in-tehran-and-the-most-influential-video-of-the-year/</link>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s Leaders Battle Over Khomeini&#8217;s Legacy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TIME, By Robert Baer and Omid Memarian- Are the wheels coming off the Iranian regime bus? On July 26, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad fired the country&#8217;s Intelligence Minister, Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie, a man who customarily reported directly to the Supreme Leader, Ayatullah Ali Khamenei, rather than to the President. The move came a day after Khamenei had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://omidmemarian.com/2009/07/28/irans-leaders-battle-over-khomeinis-legacy/</link>
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