<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Post</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/mideast/gulf/iran/post?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</link><description>Post</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Bolton Allegedly Kept Memos from Powell, Rice]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61304-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61304-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2005 3:58:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Officials have cited a dozen instances when nominee John R. Bolton refused to forward information during his tenure as undersecretary of state for arms control and international security.]]></description><author> Dafna Linzer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iranian Pleads Guilty In Arms Export Sting]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51177-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51177-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2005 3:58:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Federal agents operating undercover in Maryland snared an Iranian citizen who sought to buy and export fighter planes and other restricted equipment for use by the Iranian military, authorities said yesterday.]]></description><author> Eric Rich</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of Iran's Troops in Lebanon Are Out]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47873-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47873-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2005 3:58:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Vast majority of Revolutionary Guards pulled after two decades as a major player among the country's Shiite population, most notably as the impetus for the creation of Hezbollah.]]></description><author> Robin Wright</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel: U.S. Ignored Work Of U.N. Arms Inspectors]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21854-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21854-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2005 3:58:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[By the time Bush ordered troops to disarm Saddam Hussein of the deadly weapons he was allegedly trying to build, every piece of evidence had been tested -- and disproved -- by U.N. inspectors.]]></description><author> Dafna Linzer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WMD Data Flawed, Lacking, Panel Says]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15184-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15184-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2005 3:58:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[U.S. intelligence agencies were "dead wrong" in their prewar assessments of Iraq's nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and today know "disturbingly little" about the capabilities and intentions of other potential adversaries such as Iran and North Korea.]]></description><author> Walter Pincus  and Peter Baker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iranian Americans Celebrate Heritage and Humanity]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17011-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17011-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2005 3:58:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The Iranian American Technical Council, a group created last year to help preserve Persian culture and to celebrate the accomplishments of Iranian Americans, hosted its second annual spring gala in Washington last Friday on Nowruz, the Persian New Year.]]></description><author> Nora Boustany</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Past Arguments Don't Square With Current Iran Policy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3983-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3983-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2005 3:58:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and outgoing Deputy Secretary Paul Wolfowitz all have argued that Iran's nuclear program must be a cover for bomb-making, a position that contradicts the position they took as national security officials during the Ford administration.]]></description><author> Dafna Linzer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Halliburton Won't Seek Iran Work]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64660-2005Mar24.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64660-2005Mar24.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2005 3:58:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Halliburton Co., the world's largest oil-field services company, has pledged not to seek new work in Iran, a country accused by the State Department of state-sponsored terrorism, said New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, a steward of pension funds holding company stock worth about $42 million.]]></description><author> Henry Goldman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Missiles Allegedly Sold To Iran, China]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46435-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46435-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2005 3:58:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Ukrainian weapons dealers smuggled 18 nuclear-capable cruise missiles to Iran and China during the rule of former president Leonid Kuchma, prosecutors said Friday. The missiles have the range to reach Israel and other U.S. allies in the region.]]></description><author> Aleksandar Vasovic</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Releases Four Iranian Brothers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45109-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45109-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2005 3:58:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Four Iranian brothers who were detained for more than three years as national security risks were released late Wednesday when the government agreed to ease restrictions on their movements, officials said.]]></description><author> Darryl Fears</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[India Protests Possible Sale Of Fighter Jets to Pakistan]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39410-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</link><guid 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Zoroastrian holiday that has been part of their culture for centuries.]]></description><author> Tara Bahrampour</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chavez Casts Himself as The Anti-Bush]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35193-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35193-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2005 3:58:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Concern in Washington has been rising as Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has worked feverishly in recent months to match his blustery words with deeds.]]></description><author> Kevin Sullivan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[OPEC Likely to Maintain Output Quotas]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32494-2005Mar13.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</link><guid 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nuclear weapon, according to U.S. and European officials.]]></description><author> Robin Wright</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. to Back Europeans on Incentives for Iran]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25356-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25356-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2005 3:58:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush has decided to join European allies in offering economic incentives to persuade Iran to abandon any effort to build nuclear weapons, a sharp shift in policy for a government that had long refused to bargain for Tehran's cooperation.]]></description><author> Robin Wright and Peter Baker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Quits Agreement on Access to Diplomats]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21981-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21981-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2005 3:58:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Bush administration has decided to pull out of an international protocol that opponents of the death penalty have used to fight the sentences of foreigners on death row in the United States.]]></description><author> Charles Lane</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Calls Democracy Terror's Antidote]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16510-2005Mar8.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16510-2005Mar8.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2005 3:58:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush, citing signs of a "hopeful new direction" in the Mideast, pledged U.S. support with nations moving toward democracy.]]></description><author> Jim VandeHei</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Push for Nuclear-Free Middle East Resurfaces]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10418-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10418-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2005 3:58:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and several Arab countries have said they plan to push discussion of creating a nuclear-free Middle East at the May conference of nations that have signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty.]]></description><author> Walter Pincus</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stalemate Lengthens Brothers' Detention]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8470-2005Mar4.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8470-2005Mar4.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/iran/post</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2005 3:58:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Their case dates to 1999, when the government found that they had filed false applications for asylum here, but released them on bond while considering what to do with them.]]></description><author> Darryl Fears</author></item></channel></rss>