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        <title><![CDATA[Amir Handjani - Former Managing Director]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Amir Handjani is a lawyer and a consultant. He is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and a fellow with the Truman National Security Project.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Saudi Shakeup Gives the U.S. an Opening With Iran]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[This can go two ways: toward either war or a new understanding of the balance of Middle Eastern power.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Amir Handjani]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 11 Nov 2017 13:00:23 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Iranian soldiers march during the annual military parade marking the anniversary of the start of Iran&apos;s 1980-1988 war with Iraq, on September 21, 2016, in the capital Tehran. / AFP / CHAVOSH HOMAVANDI        (Photo credit should read CHAVOSH HOMAVANDI/AFP/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Aims at Iran, Hits the U.S.]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Decertifying compliance with the nuclear deal will make the world less safe and less trusting of Washington.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Amir Handjani]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2017 15:51:34 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally organized by the Tea Party Patriots against the Iran nuclear deal in front of the Capitol in Washington, DC, on September 9, 2015.  AFP PHOTO/NICHOLAS KAMM        (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Negotiating With Iran Could Pay Off for Trump]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The nuclear deal didn't fix the economy. That gives the U.S. lots of leverage on Tehran's Middle East meddling.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2017 06:00:07 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Iranian members of the Basij militia march during a parade marking the country&apos;s Army Day, on April 18, 2017, in Tehran. / AFP PHOTO / ATTA KENARE        (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia's Bond Success Hides Its Financial Peril]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Budget deficits are soaring. Cash reserves are dwindling. And a young population is looking for change.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2016 08:00:17 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>QATIF, SAUDI ARABIA:  A Saudi security man guards the newly-constructed Al-Qatif oil plant, 300 kms east of Riyadh, prior to Crown Prince Abdullah&apos;s visit to inaugurate the plant 26 December 2004. Saudi national oil giant Aramco said it was &quot;on alert all the time&quot; after Al-Qaeda told its fighters to attack oil sites and foreign targets in Saudi Arabia. The desert kingdom, the leading member of OPEC, sits on a quarter of the world&apos;s proven oil reserves and is the number one crude exporter. AFP PHOTO/BILAL QABALAN     (Photo credit should read BILAL QABALAN/AFP/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran's Plan to Lure Big Oil]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A new contract system would give foreign investors a better deal. But they are still scared of U.S. sanctions.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-09-14/iran-s-plan-to-lure-big-oil</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Amir Handjani]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2016 08:00:05 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A picture shows export oil pipelines at an oil facility in the Khark Island, on the shore of the Gulf, on February 23, 2016. Iran&apos;s Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh dismissed an output freeze deal between the world&apos;s top two producers Saudi Arabia and Russia as &quot;a joke&quot;, the ISNA news agency reported. / AFP / STR        (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)</media:description>
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