<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - saeed-jalili</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/saeed-jalili</link><description>Newsvine - saeed-jalili</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2012 15:45:31 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 06:04:28 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Iran accuses Siemens of nuclear sabotage</title>
<description><![CDATA[Iran accused Germany's Siemens on Saturday of implanting tiny explosives inside equipment the Islamic Republic purchased for its disputed nuclear program, a charge the technology giant denied.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ali Akbar Dareini]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ali Akbar Dareini]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/17/13918126-iran-accuses-siemens-of-nuclear-sabotage</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/17/13918126-iran-accuses-siemens-of-nuclear-sabotage</guid><category>middle-east</category><category>iran</category><category>nuclear</category><category>european-union</category><category>international-atomic-energy-agency</category><category>world-news</category><category>islamic-republic</category><category>saeed-jalili</category><category>top-eu</category><category>catherine-ashton</category><pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:10:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6ae82159-76a6-4371-bf63-fe0822945bc3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="383" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6ae82159-76a6-4371-bf63-fe0822945bc3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="115" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Fereidoun Abbasi Davani, Iran's Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization delivers a speech at the general conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, at the International Center, in Vienna, Austria, Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e5de1ed9-ad5f-4216-89fe-def0e88e60ad.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="396" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e5de1ed9-ad5f-4216-89fe-def0e88e60ad.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="155" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Fereidoun Abbasi Davani, Iran's Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization delivers a speech at the general conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, at the International Center, in Vienna, Austria, Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8a3944fd-e070-4f9e-abf8-b68b5f344f22.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="482" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8a3944fd-e070-4f9e-abf8-b68b5f344f22.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="145" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Fereidoun Abbasi Davani, Iran's Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization delivers a speech at the general conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, at the International Center, in Vienna, Austria, Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aaa51189-6e1e-40ac-8afc-417fdf472bcf.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aaa51189-6e1e-40ac-8afc-417fdf472bcf.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Fereidoun Abbasi Davani, Iran's Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization delivers a speech at the general conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, at the International Center, in Vienna, Austria, Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ef7ce44e-b4e2-4730-9d8e-a720f9b05b6d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="301" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ef7ce44e-b4e2-4730-9d8e-a720f9b05b6d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="204" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Fereidoun Abbasi Davani, Iran's Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization delivers a speech at the general conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, at the International Center, in Vienna, Austria, Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=65029af3-2b94-4ab6-97c2-6f5b6d7755e2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="284" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=65029af3-2b94-4ab6-97c2-6f5b6d7755e2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo provided by Turkish Prime Minister's Press Service, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, greets Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili before a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. Iran on Tuesday urged Western powers to engage in purposeful negotiations as top EU and Iranian representatives prepared to meet for talks on restarting stalled negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program. The EU's Foreign policy Chief Catherine Ashton and Jalili are meeting in Istanbul later on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Yasin Bulbul, Prime Minister's Press Service)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=85de3559-b1f2-452c-8d0d-551455d3f440.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="249" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=85de3559-b1f2-452c-8d0d-551455d3f440.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo provided by Turkish Prime Minister's Press Service, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili seen during a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. Iran on Tuesday urged Western powers to engage in purposeful negotiations as top EU and Iranian representatives prepared to meet for talks on restarting stalled negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program. The EU's Foreign policy Chief Catherine Ashton and Jalili are meeting in Istanbul later on Tuesday.(AP Photo/Yasin Bulbul, Prime Minister's Press Service)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=03095fc9-5e44-4587-b203-7ba33fae65ad.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="502" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=03095fc9-5e44-4587-b203-7ba33fae65ad.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="151" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, right, waves as he arrives for a meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. Iran on Tuesday urged Western powers to engage in purposeful negotiations as top EU and Iranian representatives prepared to meet for talks on restarting stalled negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program. The EU's Foreign policy Chief Catherine Ashton and Jalili are meeting in Istanbul later on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=262c1518-9069-43d2-a1f8-8bdea2947c09.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=262c1518-9069-43d2-a1f8-8bdea2947c09.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Israeli soldiers conduct a military exercise in the Israeli-controlled part of the Golan Heights, captured from neighboring Syria in the 1967 war, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. The Israeli military on Wednesday conducted its largest snap drill in years as tensions with Iran over its nuclear program rise and civil war in neighboring Syria rages. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fa03acde-d03b-47c8-b1ff-af2814e2ee97.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fa03acde-d03b-47c8-b1ff-af2814e2ee97.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Israeli soldiers conduct a military exercise in the Israeli-controlled part of the Golan Heights, captured from neighboring Syria in the 1967 war, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. The Israeli military on Wednesday conducted its largest snap drill in years as tensions with Iran over its nuclear program rise and civil war in neighboring Syria rages. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f8c73f15-56a5-431d-b8ed-e1a0da31a792.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f8c73f15-56a5-431d-b8ed-e1a0da31a792.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Israeli soldiers conduct a military exercise in the Israeli-controlled part of the Golan Heights, captured from neighboring Syria in the 1967 war, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. The Israeli military on Wednesday conducted its largest snap drill in years as tensions with Iran over its nuclear program rise and civil war in neighboring Syria rages. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=49a868dc-92f9-4cdf-9cc4-8c8c428253c4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=49a868dc-92f9-4cdf-9cc4-8c8c428253c4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Israeli soldiers participate in a a military exercise in the Israeli-controlled part of the Golan Heights, captured from neighboring Syria in the 1967 war, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. The Israeli military on Wednesday conducted its largest snap drill in years as tensions with Iran over its nuclear program rise and civil war in neighboring Syria rages. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Persians: The Unforgiven.</title>
<description><![CDATA[The first rule for negotiating is respect for the other side. But we ain't got no respect for the Iranians. They held our countrymen hostage. They made us look impotent for months on end. They have threatened to annihilate our friend Israel.Yet, we see these Iranians on the other&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[George Kafantaris]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[George 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19 Jun 2012 04:39:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=kafantarisB03283D1-3E2E-45B2-68C8-FAFEFAD0D7E1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="194" width="259" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=kafantarisB03283D1-3E2E-45B2-68C8-FAFEFAD0D7E1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>EU approves new sanctions on Iran</title>
<description><![CDATA[The European Union on Thursday adopted new sanctions against Iran, the latest in a series of measures taken by the international community in an effort to halt the country's nuclear program.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/17/4523583-eu-approves-new-sanctions-on-iran</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/17/4523583-eu-approves-new-sanctions-on-iran</guid><category>iran</category><category>world-news</category><category>international-relations</category><category>industries</category><category>government-policy</category><category>ali-larijani</category><category>government-and-politics</category><category>saeed-jalili</category><category>mideast-n-africa</category><category>herman-van-rompuy</category><category>catherine-ashton</category><category>industrial-products-and-services</category><category>aerospace-and-defense</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:05:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Defying sanctions, Iran plans more atomic reactors</title>
<description><![CDATA[Defying week-old U.N. sanctions over its nuclear program, Iran promised to expand its atomic research Wednesday as its president vowed to punish the West and force it to \]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/16/4518299-defying-sanctions-iran-plans-more-atomic-reactors</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/16/4518299-defying-sanctions-iran-plans-more-atomic-reactors</guid><category>iran</category><category>general-news</category><category>world-news</category><category>mahmoud-ahmadinejad</category><category>international-relations</category><category>lifestyle</category><category>etiquette</category><category>government-policy</category><category>ali-larijani</category><category>government-and-politics</category><category>saeed-jalili</category><category>mideast-n-africa</category><category>msnbci</category><category>ali-akbar-salehi</category><category>catherine-ashton</category><category>war-and-unrest</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:53:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Iran says it will build more nuclear reactors</title>
<description><![CDATA[Iran stepped up its nuclear defiance Wednesday by endorsing plans to boost its uranium enrichment and to build four new facilities for atomic medical research - less than a week after the latest U.N. sanctions.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Business]]></source><link>http://business.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/16/4516814-iran-says-it-will-build-more-nuclear-reactors</link><guid>http://business.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/16/4516814-iran-says-it-will-build-more-nuclear-reactors</guid><category>business</category><category>energy</category><category>mahmoud-ahmadinejad</category><category>international-relations</category><category>lifestyle</category><category>utilities</category><category>etiquette</category><category>corporate-news</category><category>industries</category><category>government-policy</category><category>ali-larijani</category><category>government-and-politics</category><category>saeed-jalili</category><category>ali-akbar-salehi</category><category>catherine-ashton</category><category>industrial-products-and-services</category><category>corporate-capital</category><category>aerospace-and-defense</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:23:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Iran president wants to punish West over sanctions</title>
<description><![CDATA[Iran's president said Wednesday he will soon announce new conditions for talks with the West. But first, he wants to punish world powers for imposing sanctions on Tehran and force them to "sit at the negotiating table like a polite child and talk to the Iranian nation."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/16/4516039-iran-president-wants-to-punish-west-over-sanctions</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/16/4516039-iran-president-wants-to-punish-west-over-sanctions</guid><category>energy</category><category>iran</category><category>general-news</category><category>world-news</category><category>mahmoud-ahmadinejad</category><category>international-relations</category><category>lifestyle</category><category>etiquette</category><category>industries</category><category>government-policy</category><category>ali-larijani</category><category>government-and-politics</category><category>saeed-jalili</category><category>mideast-n-africa</category><category>international-organizations</category><category>catherine-ashton</category><category>industrial-products-and-services</category><category>aerospace-and-defense</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:03:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>EU agrees on new set of Iran sanctions</title>
<description><![CDATA[European foreign ministers agreed Monday to recommend a package of additional sanctions against Iran over that country's disputed nuclear program.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/14/4508690-eu-agrees-on-new-set-of-iran-sanctions</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/14/4508690-eu-agrees-on-new-set-of-iran-sanctions</guid><category>iran</category><category>world-news</category><category>international-relations</category><category>industries</category><category>government-policy</category><category>government-and-politics</category><category>saeed-jalili</category><category>mideast-n-africa</category><category>catherine-ashton</category><category>industrial-products-and-services</category><category>aerospace-and-defense</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:08:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Iran's Revolutionary Guard dismisses UN sanctions</title>
<description><![CDATA[Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard says it's "not worried" by the latest wave of U.N. sanctions imposed over Tehran's controversial nuclear program.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/14/4507089-irans-revolutionary-guard-dismisses-un-sanctions</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/14/4507089-irans-revolutionary-guard-dismisses-un-sanctions</guid><category>iran</category><category>general-news</category><category>world-news</category><category>international-relations</category><category>government-policy</category><category>government-and-politics</category><category>saeed-jalili</category><category>mideast-n-africa</category><category>catherine-ashton</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:50:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>EU set to approve new sanctions on Iran</title>
<description><![CDATA[European Union leaders are set to adopt a new set of sanctions against Iran on Thursday in a further effort to stall its disputed nuclear program.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Slobodan Lekic]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Slobodan Lekic]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/10/4490555-eu-set-to-approve-new-sanctions-on-iran</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/10/4490555-eu-set-to-approve-new-sanctions-on-iran</guid><category>iran</category><category>nuclear</category><category>security-council</category><category>european-union</category><category>world-news</category><category>islamic-republic</category><category>saeed-jalili</category><category>catherine-ashton</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:10:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d018036e-36ea-4244-bf68-27c273cceaad.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="396" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d018036e-36ea-4244-bf68-27c273cceaad.jpg" width="120" height="155" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Iran's United Nations Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee listens to discussions after the United Nations Security Council voted on sanctions against Iran, Wednesday, June 9, 2010. The U.N. Security Council approved new sanctions against Iran over its suspect nuclear program. The sanctions target the country's powerful Revolutionary Guard, ballistic missiles, and nuclear-related investments.The resolution imposing a fourth round of sanctions against Iran was approved Wednesday with 12 &quot;yes&quot; votes, two &quot;no&quot; votes from Brazil and Turkey, and one abstention from Lebanon. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/34a9e35c-b942-4762-9b62-e2ea7ea42f40.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="328" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/34a9e35c-b942-4762-9b62-e2ea7ea42f40.jpg" width="120" height="99" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice speaks after a vote sanctioning Iran during a session of the United Nations Security Council, Wednesday, June 9, 2010. The U.N. Security Council has approved new sanctions against Iran over its suspect nuclear program. The sanctions target the country's powerful Revolutionary Guard, ballistic missiles, and nuclear-related investments. The resolution imposing a fourth round of sanctions against Iran was approved Wednesday with 12 &quot;yes&quot; votes, two &quot;no&quot; votes from Brazil and Turkey, and one abstention from Lebanon. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ee4d2876-db55-41b0-8e77-cc80fee8288b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="295" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ee4d2876-db55-41b0-8e77-cc80fee8288b.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Britain's Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant, left, and Russia's Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, second left, look on as Germany's Ambassador Peter Wettig, foreground left, greets U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice before a session of the United Nations Security Council, Wednesday, June 9, 2010.  The U.N. Security Council approved new sanctions against Iran over its suspect nuclear program. The sanctions target the country's powerful Revolutionary Guard, ballistic missiles, and nuclear-related investments. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4a842a09-6aeb-4a25-b60c-8c3959049894.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4a842a09-6aeb-4a25-b60c-8c3959049894.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Brazil's United Nations Ambassador Maria Ribeiro Viotti, speaks before the United Nations Security Council votes on proposed sanctions against Iran, Wednesday, June 9, 2010. The U.N. Security Council approved new sanctions against Iran over its suspect nuclear program. The sanctions target the country's powerful Revolutionary Guard, ballistic missiles, and nuclear-related investments. The resolution imposing a fourth round of sanctions against Iran was approved Wednesday with 12 &quot;yes&quot; votes, two &quot;no&quot; votes from Brazil and Turkey, and one abstention from Lebanon. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f691c045-3b74-4893-83ce-658c0be61022.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="393" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f691c045-3b74-4893-83ce-658c0be61022.jpg" width="120" height="156" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Britain's Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant speaks after a vote sanctioning Iran during a session of the United Nations Security Council, Wednesday, June 9, 2010. The U.N. Security Council has approved new sanctions against Iran over its suspect nuclear program. The sanctions target the country's powerful Revolutionary Guard, ballistic missiles, and nuclear-related investments. The resolution imposing a fourth round of sanctions against Iran was approved Wednesday with 12 &quot;yes&quot; votes, two &quot;no&quot; votes from Brazil and Turkey, and one abstention from Lebanon. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4d2c6aa4-e51e-4854-b7b3-c9edf2e832dd.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="235" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4d2c6aa4-e51e-4854-b7b3-c9edf2e832dd.jpg" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Brazil's United Nations Ambassador Maria Ribeiro Viotti, second from left in front, keeps her hand down to indicate a &quot;no&quot; vote, as the United Nations Security Council votes on imposing sanctions on Iran, Wednesday, June 9, 2010. Bosnia and Herzegovina Ambassador Ivan Barbalic, far left, China Ambassor Li Baodong, second from right, and France Ambassador Gerard Araud, far right, voted for sanctions. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f8fa8500-21ea-4a22-8ad7-deffd9add3b5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="220" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f8fa8500-21ea-4a22-8ad7-deffd9add3b5.jpg" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Brazil's Ambassador Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, second from right, does not vote for sanctions against Iran during a session of the United Nations Security Council,  Wednesday, June 9, 2010. The U.N. Security Council has approved new sanctions against Iran over its suspect nuclear program. The sanctions target the country's powerful Revolutionary Guard, ballistic missiles, and nuclear-related investments. The resolution imposing a fourth round of sanctions against Iran was approved Wednesday with 12 &quot;yes&quot; votes, two &quot;no&quot; votes from Brazil and Turkey, and one abstention from Lebanon. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4ca6caa4-2900-40b3-b3ca-5f624e00ff49.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4ca6caa4-2900-40b3-b3ca-5f624e00ff49.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The members of the U.N. Security Council vote on sanctions against Iran during a session Wednesday, June 9, 2010. The sanctions would ban Iran from pursuing &quot;any activity related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons,&quot; bar Iranian investment in activities such as uranium mining and prohibit Iran from buying several categories of heavy weapons including attack helicopters and missiles. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c888c169-b202-4604-84ec-bf87c3cb246e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="429" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c888c169-b202-4604-84ec-bf87c3cb246e.jpg" width="120" height="129" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Turkey's Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan votes against sanctioning Iran during a session of the United Nations Security Council,  Wednesday, June 9, 2010. The sanctions would ban Iran from pursuing &quot;any activity related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons,&quot; bar Iranian investment in activities such as uranium mining and prohibit Iran from buying several categories of heavy weapons including attack helicopters and missiles. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7079cbe8-7797-4d5e-8382-203370c0e1e3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="322" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7079cbe8-7797-4d5e-8382-203370c0e1e3.jpg" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Iran's Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee, center, and Syria's Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari, right, get together before a session of the United Nations Security Council,  Wednesday, June 9, 2010.  Person with back to cameras is unidentified. The U.N. Security Council is to vote Wednesday on widespread targeted sanctions against Iranian agencies, companies and individuals in an attempted clampdown over Iran's nuclear developments. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/43d46e46-87b3-4957-920a-5ec4e9d81172.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/43d46e46-87b3-4957-920a-5ec4e9d81172.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama makes a statement about Iran, Wednesday, June 9, 2010, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d15daf97-e218-4ffb-8db8-cd932e62e49a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="249" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d15daf97-e218-4ffb-8db8-cd932e62e49a.jpg" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice listens as Austria's Ambassador Thomas Mayr-Harting address a session of the United Nations Security Council, Wednesday, June 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/903e87f8-c1f5-4f07-98fc-4e8bd89f9262.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/903e87f8-c1f5-4f07-98fc-4e8bd89f9262.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama makes a statement about Iran, Wednesday, June 9, 2010, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d2971b23-f8b7-40eb-b47a-0f1802c63f4d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d2971b23-f8b7-40eb-b47a-0f1802c63f4d.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Brazil's United Nations Ambassador Maria Ribeiro Viotti, left , and Turkey's United Nations Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, are alone to confer inside the United Nations Security Council following a vote to impose sanctions on Iran, New York, Wednesday, June 9, 2010. The two nations were the only members of the council to vote against sanctions, which cited Iran's nuclear build up. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1ce9089e-2ac0-4b9c-b57e-0cf010e5b8cf.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="276" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1ce9089e-2ac0-4b9c-b57e-0cf010e5b8cf.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad salutes the media with a clenched fist  in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, June 8, 2010. Ahmadinejad called the Security Council the &quot;most un-democratic&quot; body of the United Nations.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/41a4d95f-74d1-4f17-bbd0-43df183aae77.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="321" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/41a4d95f-74d1-4f17-bbd0-43df183aae77.jpg" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, during a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, June 8, 2010. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday a nuclear swap deal brokered by Turkey and Brazil is a one-time opportunity that should not be missed. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/582fe6a6-21db-4e9a-821d-4055702c9c52.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/582fe6a6-21db-4e9a-821d-4055702c9c52.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, during a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, June 8, 2010. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday a nuclear swap deal brokered by Turkey and Brazil is a one-time opportunity that should not be missed. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f3957159-c6f2-421c-abc5-d3b11ac4a5b6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f3957159-c6f2-421c-abc5-d3b11ac4a5b6.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE- In this  Sept. 11, 2007 file photo, Iranian Revolutionary Guard commanders chant slogans during their meeting with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, not pictured, in Tehran, Iran. Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard is now in the cross-hairs of U.N. sanctions, but it also represents an elusive target that is highly skilled in tactics used for decades by Tehran to bypass economic roadblocks, analysts and experts say. (AP Photo/ISNA, Rouhollah Vahdati)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9baa84ea-a584-4370-910c-c40bd5f11eb7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9baa84ea-a584-4370-910c-c40bd5f11eb7.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh briefs the media during the IAEA's board of governors meeting at the International Center, in Vienna, on Thursday, June 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Hans Punz)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/64930a2b-b5b8-4260-9f98-eccc91ed6707.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="440" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/64930a2b-b5b8-4260-9f98-eccc91ed6707.jpg" width="120" height="132" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Russia's Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, left, and China's Ambassador Li Baodong get together before a session of the United Nations Security Council, Wednesday, June 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/da2578cb-280d-45bc-8862-34ee85d85235.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="390" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/da2578cb-280d-45bc-8862-34ee85d85235.jpg" width="120" height="158" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves as he tours the Iran's Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo in Shanghai, China, Friday, June 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/fae1839e-bdbc-4dac-a52a-eba65ca1c781.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fae1839e-bdbc-4dac-a52a-eba65ca1c781.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures while speaking at a news conference at the Shanghai World Expo in Shanghai, China, Friday, June 11, 2010. Ahmadinejad on Friday dismissed new sanctions aimed at punishing his country for failing to halt part of its nuclear program, calling the latest U.N. resolution &quot;a worthless paper.&quot; (AP Photo/Andy Wong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f8217ebe-faef-4c61-8ab0-651b87aca795.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="395" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f8217ebe-faef-4c61-8ab0-651b87aca795.jpg" width="120" height="156" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures as he leaves a news conference at the Shanghai World Expo in Shanghai, China, Friday, June 11, 2010. Ahmadinejad on Friday dismissed new sanctions aimed at punishing his country for failing to halt part of its nuclear program, calling the latest U.N. resolution &quot;a worthless paper.&quot; (AP Photo/Andy Wong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/94b91645-09e1-4882-8c6b-7068b04f2f48.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="399" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/94b91645-09e1-4882-8c6b-7068b04f2f48.jpg" width="120" height="154" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In front of a portrait of the Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures while speaking during a public gathering in his provincial tour at the city of Shahr-e-Kord, 325 miles (543 kilometers)south of the capital Tehran, Iran Wednesday June 16, 2010. Iran's president says Tehran supports a dialogue with the outside world but that world powers must first be punished for the latest round of U.N. sanctions imposed on Iran. (AP Photo/IIPA, Sajjad Safari)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/41e1a6fa-b683-4fde-991d-52b3b8a47d48.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="464" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/41e1a6fa-b683-4fde-991d-52b3b8a47d48.jpg" width="120" height="139" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures while speaking during a public gathering in his provincial tour at the city of Shahr-e-Kord, 325 miles (543 kilometers)south of the capital Tehran, Iran Wednesday June 16, 2010. Iran's president says Tehran supports a dialogue with the outside world but that world powers must first be punished for the latest round of U.N. sanctions imposed on Iran. (AP Photo/IIPA, Sajjad Safari)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/101d19eb-c44b-44f5-8f16-a246c79b38d0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/101d19eb-c44b-44f5-8f16-a246c79b38d0.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves to the crowd, at a public gathering during his provincial tour in the city of Shahr-e-Kord, 325 miles (543 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, as a boy stands next to him, wearing traditional dress, on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Iran's president says Tehran supports a dialogue with the outside world but that world powers must first be punished for the latest round of U.N. sanctions imposed on Iran. (AP Photo/IIPA, Sajjad Safari)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/35375e85-ead2-4875-8061-04ee770a3a87.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/35375e85-ead2-4875-8061-04ee770a3a87.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Escorted by his bodyguards, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, flashes the victory sign to supporters as he arrives in the city of Shahr-e-Kord, 325 miles (543 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, during a provincial tour, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Iran's president says Tehran supports a dialogue with the outside world but that world powers must first be punished for the latest round of U.N. sanctions imposed on Iran.(AP Photo/ISNA, Amir Kholousi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Iran says it wants inclusive Iraqi government</title>
<description><![CDATA[Iranian officials say all Iraqi parties should be included in the government, based on their results in the March election.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/15/4161230-iran-says-it-wants-inclusive-iraqi-government</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/15/4161230-iran-says-it-wants-inclusive-iraqi-government</guid><category>iran</category><category>ayad-allawi</category><category>world-news</category><category>nouri-al-maliki</category><category>ali-larijani</category><category>government-and-politics</category><category>saeed-jalili</category><category>mideast-n-africa</category><category>msnbci</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:30:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Iran to host nuclear disarmament conference</title>
<description><![CDATA[Iran said Sunday it will host a nuclear disarmament conference later this month, part of Tehran's efforts to show it is not seeking to develop nuclear weapons.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/04/4113841-iran-to-host-nuclear-disarmament-conference</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/04/4113841-iran-to-host-nuclear-disarmament-conference</guid><category>iran</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>general-news</category><category>world-news</category><category>hu-jintao</category><category>international-relations</category><category>disarmament</category><category>government-policy</category><category>government-and-politics</category><category>saeed-jalili</category><category>mideast-n-africa</category><category>ramin-mehmanparast</category><pubDate>Sun, 4 Apr 2010 13:19:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ahmadinejad: Sanctions aid, rather than hurt, Iran</title>
<description><![CDATA[Faced with the prospect of new sanctions because of Iran's nuclear defiance, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday that new penalties would only strengthen the country's technological progress by encouraging it to become more self-sufficient.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/03/4111032-ahmadinejad-sanctions-aid-rather-than-hurt-iran</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/03/4111032-ahmadinejad-sanctions-aid-rather-than-hurt-iran</guid><category>iran</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>world-news</category><category>mahmoud-ahmadinejad</category><category>international-relations</category><category>government-policy</category><category>government-and-politics</category><category>saeed-jalili</category><category>mideast-n-africa</category><category>bill-burton</category><pubDate>Sat, 3 Apr 2010 17:45:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Iran nuclear envoy says dialogue, not sanctions</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tehran\'s top nuclear envoy called for negotiations without threat of sanctions on Friday, following meetings in Beijing in the wake of U.S. reports saying had China had dropped its opposition to possible new U.N. measures against Iran.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/02/4104629-iran-nuclear-envoy-says-dialogue-not-sanctions</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/02/4104629-iran-nuclear-envoy-says-dialogue-not-sanctions</guid><category>iran</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>world-news</category><category>hu-jintao</category><category>international-relations</category><category>government-policy</category><category>qin-gang</category><category>government-and-politics</category><category>yang-jiechi</category><category>saeed-jalili</category><category>mideast-n-africa</category><category>msnbci</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Apr 2010 12:04:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>China won't confirm it's ready for Iran sanctions</title>
<description><![CDATA[China on Thursday would not confirm U.S. reports that it had dropped its opposition to possible new U.N. sanctions against Iran, as Tehran's top nuclear negotiator met with senior officials in Beijing.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/01/4099588-china-wont-confirm-its-ready-for-iran-sanctions</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/01/4099588-china-wont-confirm-its-ready-for-iran-sanctions</guid><category>iran</category><category>general-news</category><category>world-news</category><category>international-relations</category><category>government-policy</category><category>qin-gang</category><category>government-and-politics</category><category>yang-jiechi</category><category>saeed-jalili</category><category>susan-rice</category><category>mideast-n-africa</category><category>international-organizations</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Apr 2010 11:34:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Iran\'s top nuclear negotiator heads to China</title>
<description><![CDATA[Iran\'s state media says the country\'s top nuclear negotiator is heading to China to discuss possible U.N. sanctions against Tehran over its disputed nuclear program.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/31/4098163-irans-top-nuclear-negotiator-heads-to-china</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/31/4098163-irans-top-nuclear-negotiator-heads-to-china</guid><category>iran</category><category>world-news</category><category>international-relations</category><category>government-policy</category><category>government-and-politics</category><category>saeed-jalili</category><category>mideast-n-africa</category><category>msnbci</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Apr 2010 01:48:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Iran willing to swap nuclear material in Turkey</title>
<description><![CDATA[Iran would be willing to swap nuclear material with the West in Turkey, the foreign minister said in the country's latest counteroffer to a U.N.-drafted deal aimed at thwarting Tehran's ability to produce atomic weapons.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nasser Karimi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nasser Karimi]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/21/3656866-iran-willing-to-swap-nuclear-material-in-turkey</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/21/3656866-iran-willing-to-swap-nuclear-material-in-turkey</guid><category>japan</category><category>iran</category><category>nuclear</category><category>united-states</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>saeed-jalili</category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:25:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6923b8f5-5868-4385-9407-b88e0ff58e31.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6923b8f5-5868-4385-9407-b88e0ff58e31.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili attends a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. Iranian nuclear negotiator Jalili has called for the disarmament of all nations with atomic weapons, but said all countries have the right to develop nuclear energy.   Jalili insisted that his country's nuclear program is for civilian purposes, although the U.S. and other nations fear it is to produce weapons. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ee005d67-fc13-4525-af88-45ee57856b71.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="248" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ee005d67-fc13-4525-af88-45ee57856b71.jpg" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili arrives at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan for a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. Iranian nuclear negotiator Jalili has called for the disarmament of all nations with atomic weapons, but said all countries have the right to develop nuclear energy.   Jalili insisted that his country's nuclear program is for civilian purposes, although the U.S. and other nations fear it is to produce weapons. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e097f2ba-5cfe-4b93-825f-686fab76f546.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="444" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e097f2ba-5cfe-4b93-825f-686fab76f546.jpg" width="120" height="133" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad makes a point as he delivers his speech in the plenary of the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Heribert Proepper)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Iran Agrees to Send Enriched Uranium Outside Country: Also Will Allow Inspection of Uranium Enrichment Plant</title>
<description><![CDATA[On October 1, 2009 Iran committed "to open its newly revealed uranium enrichment plant near Qum to international inspection in the next two weeks and to send most of its openly declared enriched uranium outside Iran," according to "senior American and other Western officials," as&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jameseg]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jameseg]]></source><link>http://jameseg.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/02/3341758-iran-agrees-to-send-enriched-uranium-outside-country-also-will-allow-inspection-of-uranium-enrichment-plant</link><guid>http://jameseg.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/02/3341758-iran-agrees-to-send-enriched-uranium-outside-country-also-will-allow-inspection-of-uranium-enrichment-plant</guid><category>russia</category><category>france</category><category>iran</category><category>united-states</category><category>mohamed-elbaradei</category><category>international-atomic-energy-agency</category><category>nuclear-weapons</category><category>world-news</category><category>nuclear-weapon</category><category>iranian</category><category>javier-solana</category><category>enriched-uranium</category><category>saeed-jalili</category><category>under-secretary-of-state</category><category>medical-isotopes</category><category>qum</category><category>uranium-enrichment-plant</category><category>william-j-burns</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Oct 2009 12:52:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Iran's new nuke man: Big Shoes To Fill</title>
<description><![CDATA[Saturday was a hectic day in Iranian politics.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[djd]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[djd]]></source><link>http://djd.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/27/1054321-irans-new-nuke-man-big-shoes-to-fill</link><guid>http://djd.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/27/1054321-irans-new-nuke-man-big-shoes-to-fill</guid><category>iran</category><category>nuclear</category><category>world-news</category><category>saeed-jalili</category><pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:51:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Iran's New Nuclear Negotiator Has Messianic Ties </title>
<description><![CDATA[Iran's new chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili is close to the same apocalyptic splinter group as Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, reveals PJM analyst Meir Javedanfar.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fausta]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Fausta]]></source><link>http://faustaw.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/22/1041976-irans-new-nuclear-negotiator-has-messianic-ties</link><guid>http://faustaw.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/22/1041976-irans-new-nuclear-negotiator-has-messianic-ties</guid><category>iran</category><category>nuclear-weapons</category><category>world-news</category><category>mahmoud-ahmadinehad</category><category>saeed-jalili</category><category>hojattieh</category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:15:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>