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		<title>Iran: An External War Masks Another Battle — That of the People Against the Regime</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/iran-regime-internal-dynamics-political-crisis-analysis/96059/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As military escalation in the Middle East continues, external strikes have not led to the collapse of the Iranian regime. This reality highlights a frequently underestimated fact: Iran’s political evolution depends прежде on its internal dynamics. After several weeks of conflict, the hypothesis of a rapid collapse of the Iranian regime has not materialized. Despite [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Symbolic Hijacking of Iran’s Uprising: The Contested Reframing of Monarchist Leadership</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/iran-uprising-monarchist-leadership-2026/94743/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Iran’s nationwide uprising from late 2025 into early 2026 may represent the most significant political turning point in the country since the monarchy was overthrown in 1979. What initially began as protests triggered by a sharp rise in foreign exchange rates and the rapid collapse of the national currency soon transformed into a broad, countrywide [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Iran Uprising Day 14: 190 Cities Rise, 54 Martyrs as Insurgents Clash with IRGC Forces</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/iran-uprising-day-14-190-cities-rise-54-martyrs-as-insurgents-clash-with-irgc-forces/90569/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 19:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As Iran&#8217;s nationwide uprising enters its 14th day on January 10, 2026—spanning at least 190 cities with persistent chants of &#8220;Death to the Dictator&#8221;—analysts note young insurgents&#8217; tactical successes in Tehran (30+ clash sites), Izeh&#8217;s Red Crescent Square, and Mashhad, where they dismantle surveillance, torch IRGC assets, and repel retreats amid 54 confirmed martyrs and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Iran Uprising Day 13: 54 Martyrs Confirmed, Regime Faces Widespread Clashes and Blackouts</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/iran-uprising-day-13-54-martyrs-confirmed-regime-faces-widespread-clashes-and-blackouts/90502/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 18:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As Iran&#8217;s nationwide uprising against the regime intensifies into its 12th and 13th days, reports from the frontlines paint a picture of escalating violence, heroic resistance, and brutal repression. Independent sources, including updates from the People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), confirm a mounting human toll and widespread insurgent gains, even as Supreme Leader Ali [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Iranian Uprising: A Phase Shift from Social Protest to a Challenge to Repressive Sovereignty?</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/the-iranian-uprising-a-phase-shift-from-social-protest-to-a-challenge-to-repressive-sovereignty/90031/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 13:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Has the ongoing uprising in Iran moved beyond the stage of “social protest” and entered a phase that political science literature describes as a qualitative transition of an uprising? Signs of this transition—such as the disarmament of repressive forces, direct confrontations with special units, and the breakdown of the deterrent function of state violence—are increasingly [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Yalda Night: The Promise of Light’s Victory over Darkness </title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/yalda-night-the-promise-of-lights-victory-over-darkness/87371/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 21:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[According to ancient Iranian beliefs, Yalda Night—the longest night of the year—is the time when Ahriman (incarnation of evil in ancient Iranian mythology) and the forces of darkness reach the height of their power. Yet it is precisely in the heart of this darkness that the promise of the birth of light is hidden. In the cult [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Social Revolution Amid Structural Crises: A Comparative Reading of Revolutionary Theory and the Current Situation in Iran </title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/social-revolution-amid-structural-crises-a-comparative-reading-of-revolutionary-theory-and-the-current-situation-in-iran/85871/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 13:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Abstract Drawing on classical and contemporary theories of revolution, this article argues that today’s Iran exhibits most of the conditions identified in political science literature as the “pre-requisites of a social revolution.” An analysis of Iran’s political, economic, cultural, and security trajectories—supported by concrete empirical examples—shows that the country’s governance structure has entered a state of chronic instability. The [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How the Iranian Regime Sustains Its Rule </title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/how-the-iranian-regime-sustains-its-rule/84271/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This article explores the strategies used by the Islamic Republic of Iran to maintain its grip on power, analyzed through the framework of totalitarian governance theories. Drawing on the insights of political thinkers such as Hannah Arendt, Michel Foucault, and Juan Linz, it examines how the regime systematically dismantles collective will through direct repression, the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Week of Self-Immolation in Iran: A Warning Europe Cannot Afford to Ignore </title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/a-week-of-self-immolation-in-iran-a-warning-europe-cannot-afford-to-ignore/83150/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Europe has watched Iran’s domestic crisis unfold for years, but the past week has revealed a level of social despair that demands immediate international attention. In three separate provinces, three young Iranians set themselves on fire in protest against economic hardship and state repression—acts that echo the darkest chapters of modern history.  In Khuzestan, 20-year-old student Ahmad Baladi self-immolated [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Generation Z has become the main driver of social change in Iran</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/generation-z-has-become-the-main-driver-of-social-change-in-iran/82074/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 14:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Since the mid-2000s, the rise of social networks like Instagram and Twitter has profoundly transformed social and cultural communication among new generations globally. The Y and Z generations, born in the 1990 and 2000, have entered a &#8220;digital life&#8221; phase where their personal and social identities are shaped in virtual spaces. These networks have facilitated [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Regime Clings to the Gallows to Stay in Power</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/the-regime-clings-to-the-gallows-to-stay-in-power/80201/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 08:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Iran’s human rights crisis demands urgent international attention In less than three months, since the beginning of July, at least 450 people have been executed in Iran. Over the past 14 months since Massoud Pezeshkian was introduced as the country’s president, the number has risen to 1,850 executions, including 59 women. State-run media openly promote [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Ambiguous Cairo Agreement and Unanswered Questions</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/the-ambiguous-cairo-agreement-and-unanswered-questions/79228/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Cairo agreement between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), announced on September 9, was presented as a mutual understanding. However, both sides have since offered divergent—at times even contradictory—interpretations of its terms. According to Reuters, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi stated that Iran had agreed to grant international [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Is Iran on the Brink of Another Massacre?</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/is-iran-on-the-brink-of-another-massacre/77822/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 13:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Historical experience has shown that one common trait among dictators nearing the end of their rule is their resort to widespread and bloody repression. In the final days of the Shah’s regime, military forces opened fire on protesters in Jaleh Square, killing hundreds — possibly even thousands.Today, similar signs indicate that the Islamic Republic of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Iran Stands at the Threshold of Historic Change</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/iran-stands-at-the-threshold-of-historic-change/77166/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 11:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For the first time in over a century—since the 1907 Constitutional Revolution, inspired by the French Revolution—the dream of freedom in Iran feels truly within reach. The vision ahead is bold and clear: a secular republic founded on the separation of religion and state, gender equality, the elimination of nuclear weapons, an end to executions, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Let Us Not Allow History to Repeat Itself in the Same Darkness and Injustice</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/let-us-not-allow-history-to-repeat-itself-in-the-same-darkness-and-injustice/76289/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 15:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Following the twelve-day war with Israel, as the Iranian regime’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei retreated to an underground bunker, he reappeared on Wednesday, July 16, for the second time in a week, during a meeting with the country’s judiciary officials. Observers had expected him instead to appear alongside commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Third Option: Toward a Free and Democratic Future for Iran</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/the-third-option-toward-a-free-and-democratic-future-for-iran/75670/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 16:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Since the war broke out on October 7, the Iranian Resistance has consistently warned about the regime’s critical state and its closeness to collapse. The Iranian regime deliberately triggered this crisis to prevent another major uprising—an uprising that could have been its final blow. Just as many once doubted the fall of the Syrian regime, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Why Khamenei&#8217;s Case for Uranium Enrichment Doesn&#8217;t Hold Up</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/why-khameneis-case-for-uranium-enrichment-doesnt-hold-up/74170/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2025 07:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In his June 4 speech, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei went beyond merely rejecting the latest U.S. nuclear proposal. He delivered an elaborate defense of why he believes Iran must not restrict its uranium enrichment activities. However, his arguments—centered on the supposed scientific and strategic value of the nuclear program—are riddled with contradictions, flawed logic, and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Active but Absent Player in Iran nuclear Negotiations</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/the-active-but-absent-player-in-iran-nuclear-negotiations/73749/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 20:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The actor who, both before and during the nuclear negotiations, gradually forced the Iranian regime into retreat—from bringing it to the negotiating table to extracting one concession after another—was not officially present. Yet, its role was decisive. The question is: who is this actor? In February 20, on the first day of Ramadan, Ali Khamenei, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Real Answer to Iran’s Crisis Lies Within: The People and Their Resistance</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/the-real-answer-to-irans-crisis-lies-within-the-people-and-their-resistance/73397/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 19:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One of the few issues that commands strong bipartisan support in the U.S. Congress is the need to confront the Iranian regime’s threats and support the Iranian people’s aspirations for a free and democratic nation. As Representative Tom McClintock noted in his congressional address, “It will ultimately be up to the people of Iran to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>When Courage Surpasses Fear</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/when-courage-surpasses-fear/72841/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 18:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The fearless and determined presence of Generation Z in Iran’s 2021 street protests was nothing short of extraordinary. In Iran, those born between 1995 and 2008 are typically referred to as “Generation Z.” Raised in a digital world, this generation is deeply influenced by the internet. With over 70% internet access, they are exposed to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Sanctions and Iran&#8217;s Economy</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/sanctions-and-irans-economy/72367/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2025 08:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On the evening of April 28, the French Foreign Minister warned during a United Nations Security Council session that if negotiations over the Iranian regime’s nuclear program fail to yield results, France will not hesitate to reinstate UN sanctions. He stressed that: “The return of these sanctions would permanently block the Iranian regime’s access to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Iran’s Executions and Nuclear Talks: A Wake-Up Call for the International Community</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/irans-executions-and-nuclear-talks-a-wake-up-call-for-the-international-community/71357/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2025 12:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Just weeks before direct nuclear negotiations are set to begin between the U.S. and Iran in Muscat, Tehran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has executed a dramatic political U-turn. After publicly denouncing talks with Washington as “unwise, irrational, and dishonorable” in a televised speech on March 2, 2025, he has now quietly agreed to sit at [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Iranian Year 1403: The Collapse of Tehran’s Survival Strategy</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/iranian-year-1403-the-collapse-of-tehrans-survival-strategy/70820/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2025 19:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nowruz, the Iranian New Year that begins on the first day of spring (March 21), traditionally marks a moment of renewal and reflection. This year, however, it marks something far more consequential: the unraveling of the Tehran regime’s decades-long strategy for survival. In his New Year’s address, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei drew a telling parallel [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Iran – Unprecedented Execution Record: 1,153 Executions in 1403 (2023–2024)</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/iran-unprecedented-execution-record-1153-executions-in-1403-2023-2024/70604/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2025 10:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[According to a statement from the Iranian opposition group, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), the number of executions in Iranian year 1403 rose by 42% compared to the previous year (815 recorded executions). This surge is primarily linked to the failures of the Iranian dictator Ali Khamenei’s regional policies. Hoping that war [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Don’t Feed the Crocodile — It Only Becomes More Ferocious</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/dont-feed-the-crocodile-it-only-becomes-more-ferocious/70150/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2025 16:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Iranian dissidents based in Paris are often the first to hear about the release of French hostages held by the Iranian regime. But the joy that such news brings is always tempered with bitterness — because experience has taught them that such gestures are never without cost. A deal has almost certainly been struck with [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Iran: Bloody Wednesday</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/iran-bloody-wednesday/68761/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2025 10:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a shocking and unprecedented crime, the executioners of Iran’s dictator, Ali Khamenei, hanged at least 20 prisoners on Wednesday, February 26. Executions continue in several prisons across the country, as the regime conceals the true figures and refuses to disclose the identities of the victims. Among those executed were: The full list of names [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Will the West’s Policy of Appeasement Toward Iran Force It Closer to Russia?</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/will-the-wests-policy-of-appeasement-toward-iran-force-it-closer-to-russia/68178/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2025 11:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The West’s appeasement policy toward Iran, initially intended to contain the regime, has backfired. Instead of curbing Tehran’s ambitions, it has empowered the Islamic Republic, allowing it to expand its regional influence, advance its nuclear program, and intensify domestic repression. Lebanon, Iraq, Palestine, and Yemen have been thrown into crisis under Tehran’s proxy forces, while [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The &#8220;No to Executions&#8221; Campaign: A Call for International Action</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/the-no-to-executions-campaign-a-call-for-international-action/65926/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2025 15:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Widespread Support from the International Community Following Maryam Rajavi’s call to end executions in Iran and her firm commitment to the abolition of the death penalty, over 3,000 parliamentarians, mayors, and political, religious, and cultural figures from 78 countries have signed a joint statement urging the international community to take decisive action to stop executions [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Iran: At Least 1,000 Executions in 2024</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2025 14:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Religious Dictator Sets a New Execution Record According to a statement by the Iranian opposition, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), the number of recorded executions in 2024 has reached 1,000 prisoners, including 34 women and 7 minors. This figure is unprecedented in the past 30 years. However, due to secret executions, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Execution of Freedom Fighters in Iran’s “Saydnaya” to Take Place in Deafening Silence</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 15:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The fall of the Syrian dictator and the subsequent opening of Syria’s prisons by the country’s freedom fighters revealed the horrific crimes committed by the Syrian regime—crimes that occurred in the silence and inaction of the international community. Let us not allow silence to once again grant the Iranian dictator the opportunity to continue massacring [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Exploding Wave of Executions and Increased Repression of Political Opponents</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2024 14:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In recent days, the unprecedented intensification of executions in Iran has become one of the most alarming indicators of the political and social crisis shaking the country. Between November 25 and 28, 2023, 27 people were executed, equating to one execution every three and a half hours. A Strategy of Intimidation Through Increased Executions Last [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Tehran sees the presence of the Iranian opposition leader in the European Parliament as a harbinger of a deeper crisis in Tehran-Brussels relations.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Nov 2024 11:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On the eve of the IAEA Board of Governors meeting, Bulletin News, an outlet linked to the intelligence unit of Iran&#8217;s Revolutionary Guards, reported on November 21, 2024: “The European Parliament has recently been the venue for political maneuvers centered around Maryam Rajavi, the leader of the People’s Mojahedine Organization of Iran.” The People’s Mujahedin, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Iran: Unprecedented Surge in Executions</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/iran-unprecedented-surge-in-executions/59509/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 11:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The number of executions carried out by Iran’s religious dictatorship has exceeded 150 in the month from September 22 to October 21, marking the highest monthly total in the past decade. Since Massoud Pezeshkian was inaugurated as Iran’s new president on July 28, 2024, more than 386 executions have been reported. In a recent and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Why Terrorize Society?  </title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2024 20:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The machinery of repression and killing operates relentlessly. On October 29, in a horrific act, Khamenei&#8217;s henchmen amputated the fingers of two brothers, Shahab and Mehrdad Teimouri, using a guillotine in Urmia Prison. Five other prisoners in Urmia await similar amputations. The two brothers were arrested in December 2018 on theft charges and were subsequently [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Iranian regime: Key obstacle to peace in Lebanon and the Middle East</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2024 06:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Iranian regime is not part of the solution for peace in Lebanon and the Middle East; in fact, it is at the heart of all the problems standing in the way of peace. Since 1982, when the Iranian regime established Hezbollah in Lebanon, this terrorist organization has gradually taken the country hostage, tightening its [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The requirements for a lasting peace in the Middle East</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2024 15:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The key strategy of religious fascism has been its attempt to transform its war against the Iranian people into a broader conflict between Muslims and Jews. Over the past 45 years of the religious regime&#8217;s rule in Iran, not a single moment has passed without war and bloodshed in the region. Ali Khamenei, the Supreme [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Who is responsible for the Tabas mine disaster?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2024 21:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Following the explosion on September 21 at a coal mine in the city of Tabas, located in South Khorasan province in eastern Iran, at least 52 workers lost their lives. According to local authorities, the explosion occurred at 9:00 PM on Saturday due to a methane gas emission in one of the coal mine tunnels. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/death-sentences-for-three-pmoi-supporters-in-iran/56160/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2024 10:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The “No to the Death Penalty” Movement Executions based on beliefs continue under the dictatorship of the mullahs. On Monday, September 16, the death penalty was officially announced to two political prisoners: Behrouz Ehsani-Eslamlou, 70 years old and father of two, and Mehdi Hassani, 48 years old and father of three.&#160; On Wednesday, September 18, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2024 12:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ali Khamenei, Iran&#8217;s religious dictator, posted a bold photograph on his official website showing President Trump on a golf course On January 22, 2021 captioned &#8220;Revenge is inevitable.&#8221; On February 25, 2023, Brigadier General Hossein Hajizadeh, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps&#8217; Aerospace Force that is listed on the U.S. blacklist, declared, &#8220;God willing, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/iran-polling-or-plebiscite/49918/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2024 14:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After the unfortunate demise of Ebrahim Raisi, the previous president, in a helicopter crash on May 19, 2024, the Iranian government conducted snap elections on the fictitious date of Friday, June 31. The frail 85-year-old Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, aimed to address his succession issues through these prompt elections. The election, resembling more of a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/irans-disinformation-tactics-targets-opposition-leader-maryam-rajavi/49374/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2024 23:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tehran&#8217;s newspapers spread the false rumor that Maryam Rajavi, the leader of the Iranian opposition and former Secretary-General of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), had been hospitalized due to illness. This came just a day after Le Monde published a lengthy four-page article attacking the PMOI, the main force of resistance against the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s Presidential Election: A Pre-Orchestrated Comedy</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/irans-presidential-election-a-pre-orchestrated-comedy/47573/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2024 14:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tehran (Brussels Morning) &#8211; In the upcoming Iranian presidential election, the Guardian Council, controlled by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, has approved only six candidates out of 80, all loyal to the regime. This selective process disqualified several high-profile figures, reflecting the regime&#8217;s intent to maintain a tight grip on power. The approved candidates, including notorious [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Aftermath of President Raisi&#8217;s Death</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2024 19:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tehran (Brussels Morning) &#8211; Reports indicate that the helicopter carrying Ebrahim Raisi, the missing Iranian president, became trapped in a cloud mass on a mountain. Despite the helicopter commander&#8217;s orders, who also led the squadron, to ascend to escape the cloud mass and avoid a potential collision with the mountain, he failed to rise and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/iranian-agenda-for-destabilization-and-insecurity-in-the-region-and-europe/41851/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 14:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The feasibility of extraditing these "accused" to Tehran is complicated due to European laws and traditions. However, the underlying objectives of the Iranian regime in conducting this trial and potentially through the final verdict are multifaceted. Amidst ongoing internal pressure and escalating protests, Tehran's judicial maneuvers against the MEK are aimed at countering the growing support for the MEK among the Iranian youth and launching baseless accusations as part of its smear campaign against the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) and its main component, the MEK.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Iranian supreme guide prioritizes the Hamas-Israel conflict over the poverty of eighty percent of the people</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/the-iranian-supreme-guide-prioritizes-the-hamas-israel-conflict-over-the-poverty-of-eighty-percent-of-the-people/38788/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2024 16:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Emerging from medieval religious dogmas, Iran's theocracy is incapable of responding to the economic and cultural needs of a society in the 21st century, especially its younger generation. Thus, not a moment in this regime's life has passed without it provoking wars and terrorism in the Middle East, using it as a cover for suppression within the country and to divert public opinion.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/irans-oldest-political-prisoner-embodies-four-decades-of-fight-for-freedom/37455/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gholamhossein Kalbi, one of Iran's longest-serving political detainees, has personified a forty-year struggle for the Iranian people's freedom. Demonstrating unparalleled ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Iran election result: supreme leader Ali Khamenei lost gains made from the Gaza conflict</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/iran-election-result-supreme-leader-ali-khamenei-lost-gains-made-from-the-gaza-conflict/37121/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2024 12:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Resistance units were able to perform more than 400 complex operations within a week. They burned statues of regime’s leaders and targeted repression centers belonging to the Revolutionary Guards and the regime's judiciary. They managed to boycott the election with their propaganda operations.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 13:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This medieval regime cannot spend a moment without oppression within its borders and war and bloodshed outside them. However, to push its belligerent policy, which is part of its survival strategy, it does not only rely on creating and employing radical forces. Instead, it tries to influence policymaking in various European and American media and decision-making institutions, preventing the halt of the massacre of the Iranian people, its warmongering, or the construction of a nuclear bomb.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Iranian dictator is on the brink of being overthrown Will history repeat itself?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 13:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[2. Simultaneously, to create an international crisis and divert global attention from his regime's fragility and hide this massacre, Khomeini issued a fatwa against Salman Rushdi, the author of "The Satanic Verses," condemning him to death. Khomeini had never read the book but used it to spark a crisis.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Terrorism is not a symbol of power but rather of barbarity</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamid Enayat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2024 17:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The simmering state of society, perpetually hinting at the likelihood of a more significant eruption, has spawned internal strife among various regime factions. Nevertheless, Khamenei harbors hopes that these elections might mitigate these top-tier conflicts within the regime. This is in conjunction with his ongoing "purification" efforts to withstand the escalating tides of revolt. Notably, several incumbent parliamentarians have been barred from the forthcoming electoral cycle.]]></description>
		
		
		
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