<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?><?xml-stylesheet title="XSL_formatting" type="text/xsl" href="/shared/bsp/xsl/rss/nolsol.xsl"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title>BBC News | In Depth | 2004 | Iran | UK Edition</title><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/in_depth/middle_east/2004/iran/default.stm</link><description>BBC Special Reports: Carmakers, latest news, background, statistics and video</description><language>en-gb</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:35:51 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright>Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse</copyright><docs>http://www.bbc.co.uk/syndication/</docs><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>BBC News</title><url>http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gif</url><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/in_depth/middle_east/2004/iran/default.stm</link></image><item><title>Vigilantes stop Iran women's demo</title><description>Iranian Basij militiamen disperse a rally by women marking International Women's Day.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/3544791.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3544791.stm</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2004 20:36:59 GMT</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39934000/jpg/_39934355_police66apindex.jpg"/></item><item><title>Row erupts over Iran poll turnout</title><description>Iran's conservative Council of Guardians accuses the Interior Ministry of altering turnout figures.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/3514045.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3514045.stm</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2004 13:54:11 GMT</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39892000/jpg/_39892337_iran_66pic.jpg"/></item><item><title>Predicted win for Iran hardliners</title><description>A final official vote count confirms that conservatives made sweeping gains in last Friday's general election.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/3486284.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3486284.stm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2004 14:54:43 GMT</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39886000/jpg/_39886805_cleric66indexap.jpg"/></item><item><title>EU criticises Iranian elections</title><description>The European Union describes recent parliamentary elections in Iran as a "setback for democracy".</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/3512985.stm</link><guid 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with hardliners set to triumph.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/3507657.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3507657.stm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2004 20:29:01 GMT</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39882000/jpg/_39882213_khamenei_ap66index.jpg"/></item><item><title>Iran slams US nuclear 'bullying'</title><description>Tehran accuses the US of cajoling the UN's nuclear watchdog into censuring its nuclear programme.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/3497518.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3497518.stm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2004 20:06:57 GMT</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39880000/jpg/_39880007_bushehrafp66i.jpg"/></item><item><title>US blasts Iran nuclear 'stories'</title><description>The US says Iran changes its story whenever inspectors find out more about its nuclear activities.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/3544927.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3544927.stm</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2004 22:34:03 GMT</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39880000/jpg/_39880007_bushehrafp66i.jpg"/></item><item><title>Postcard: Surfing the net</title><description>Internet cafes are springing up and mullahs are becoming webwise.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/3486923.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3486923.stm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2004 17:00:40 GMT</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39857000/jpg/_39857519_mulah6649.jpg"/></item><item><title>What now for Iran?</title><description> Jim Muir considers the future of the reformist movement after the conservatives' win.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/3514551.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3514551.stm</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2004 19:55:06 GMT</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39895000/jpg/_39895195_posters_ap_66index.jpg"/></item><item><title>Postcard:Tehran party</title><description>Dancing mullahs at a  fancy-dress party in Tehran.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/3486779.stm</link><guid 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BBC Persian Service describes chronic congestion and pollution in Tehran as part of a series on life in modern Iran.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/3486421.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3486421.stm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2004 17:23:42 GMT</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39857000/jpg/_39857325_traffic_6649.jpg"/></item><item><title>Postcard: Wrapped in red tape</title><description>In the run-up to parliamentary elections in Iran, Rozita Lotfi from the BBC Persian Service gives a snapshot of an aspect of contemporary life in the Islamic Republic.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/3487249.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3487249.stm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2004 18:26:43 GMT</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39857000/jpg/_39857869_money6649.jpg"/></item><item><title>Penfriends: Tehran to Toronto</title><description>Two Iranian youths, one in Iran and one in Canada exchange views their lives, their hopes.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/3506173.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3506173.stm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2004 15:50:45 GMT</pubDate><category>Middle East</category></item><item><title>Penfriends: Tehran to California</title><description>Two Iranian youths, one in Iran and one in America exchange views their lives, their hopes for the future and Iran.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/3502911.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3502911.stm</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2004 15:57:48 GMT</pubDate><category>Middle East</category></item><item><title>How Islamic is the Islamic revolution?</title><description>Reformist cleric Hadi Qabel asks what the Islamic revolution was for.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/3505665.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3505665.stm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2004 08:33:48 GMT</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39882000/jpg/_39882459_khomeini6649.jpg"/></item><item><title>Iran's new political landscape</title><description>BBC analyst Sadeq Saba looks at how increasing social freedoms are changing the Islamic Republic's political arena.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/3476193.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3476193.stm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2004 11:08:09 GMT</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39726000/jpg/_39726505_iran_ap66.jpg"/></item><item><title>Economy in transition</title><description>BBC News Online assesses Iran's economic prospects as the country gears up for a critical round of parliamentary elections.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/3463771.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3463771.stm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2004 08:04:24 GMT</pubDate><category>Business</category></item><item><title>Q&amp;A: Iranian election row</title><description>The BBC's Jim Muir looks at the crisis in Iran over the Guardian Council's disqualification of reform-minded parliamentary candidates.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/3452839.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3452839.stm</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2004 16:13:48 GMT</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39735000/jpg/_39735885_iran66indexap.jpg"/></item><item><title>Timeline: Iran</title><description>A chronology of key events</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/806268.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/806268.stm</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:31:11 GMT</pubDate><category>Country profiles</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45891000/jpg/_45891598_shah.jpg"/></item><item><title>Country profile: Iran</title><description>Key facts, figures and dates</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/790877.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/790877.stm</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:35:08 GMT</pubDate><category>Country profiles</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45891000/gif/_45891653_iran_promo_2.gif"/></item><item><title>Latest news in Persian</title><description>Latest news in Persian</description><link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/persian/index.shtml</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/index.shtml</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2004 12:18:42 GMT</pubDate><category>World</category></item></channel></rss>