<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: News &amp; Videos about Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Iranian_Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:41:22 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: News &amp; Videos about Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Iranian_Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Iran releases more British embassy staff</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/01/iran.britain/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/01/iran.britain/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Three more British Embassy staffers arrested by Iran have been released, Tehran's government-funded Press TV reported Wednesday. 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reported.</description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Name game stokes U.S.-Iranian tensions</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/24/us.iran/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/24/us.iran/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The back-and-forth between Iran and the United States over an encounter between their naval forces intensified this week when Tehran rejected a message from Washington because it did not use the term "Persian Gulf," Iran's news agency said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. releases nine Iranians in Iraq</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/09/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/09/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The U.S. military released nine Iranian detainees to the Iraqi government Friday who "no longer pose a security 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