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Shutterstock)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://lobelog.com/what-makes-iran-look-like-an-immediate-threat/</loc><lastmod>2019-05-16T19:26:42Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://lobelog.com/wp-content/uploads/shutterstock_6566425121.jpg</image:loc><image:title>shutterstock_656642512(1)</image:title><image:caption>Celebration of Iranian Revolution (serkan senturk via Shutterstock)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://lobelog.com/russia-and-the-iran-crisis/</loc><lastmod>2019-05-17T12:00:08Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://lobelog.com/wp-content/uploads/shutterstock_181590425.jpg</image:loc><image:title>shutterstock_181590425</image:title><image:caption>Vladimir Putin (Frederic Legrand - COMEO via Shutterstock)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://lobelog.com/algerian-uprisings-regional-repercussions/</loc><lastmod>2019-05-17T15:08:53Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://lobelog.com/wp-content/uploads/Louisa-Hanoune-e1557525036582-800x445-e1558011194202-730x410.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Louisa-Hanoune-e1557525036582-800x445-e1558011194202-730x410</image:title><image:caption>Louisa 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Commons).</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://lobelog.com/palestinians-wont-buy-economic-peace/</loc><lastmod>2019-05-20T15:00:33Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://lobelog.com/wp-content/uploads/782818676_1280x720.jpg</image:loc><image:title>782818676_1280x720</image:title><image:caption>Ashraf Jabari</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://lobelog.com/misreading-the-1953-coup/</loc><lastmod>2019-05-20T20:31:43Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://lobelog.com/wp-content/uploads/20898082923_404a9bf7a9_z1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20898082923_404a9bf7a9_z(1)</image:title><image:caption>Brian Hook (New America via Flickr)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://lobelog.com/irans-jcpoa-exit-strategic-mistake-or-stepping-stone/</loc><lastmod>2019-05-21T11:34:27Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://lobelog.com/wp-content/uploads/President_Rouhani_in_meeting_with_Italian_FM_Paolo_Gentiloni_02.jpg</image:loc><image:title>President_Rouhani_in_meeting_with_Italian_FM_Paolo_Gentiloni_02</image:title><image:caption>Hassan Rouhani and Javad Zarif</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://lobelog.com/the-real-reason-irans-hardliners-dont-want-to-talk-to-america/</loc><lastmod>2019-09-13T15:37:23Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://lobelog.com/wp-content/uploads/800px-Supreme_leader_Ali_Khamenei_meeting_with_the_air_force_commanders_and_personnel_4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>800px-Supreme_leader_Ali_Khamenei_meeting_with_the_air_force_commanders_and_personnel_(4)</image:title><image:caption>Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali 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Thani</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://lobelog.com/iraq-beyond-oil-and-isis/</loc><lastmod>2019-05-22T11:25:45Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://lobelog.com/wp-content/uploads/shutterstock_1292208451.jpg</image:loc><image:title>shutterstock_1292208451</image:title><image:caption>Shutterstock</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://lobelog.com/does-the-soviet-regime-change-analogy-apply-to-iran/</loc><lastmod>2019-05-22T15:05:47Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://lobelog.com/wp-content/uploads/Reagan_Gorbachev_negotiate_outside_Reykjavik_Summit-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Reagan_Gorbachev_negotiate_outside_Reykjavik_Summit</image:title><image:caption>Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev (Wikimedia Commons)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://lobelog.com/war-with-iran-the-pretext-of-proxies/</loc><lastmod>2019-05-22T18:46:10Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://lobelog.com/wp-content/uploads/kataib-hezbollah_4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>kataib hezbollah_4</image:title><image:caption>Hezbollah Brigades in Iraq</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://lobelog.com/irans-university-admissions-barrier-to-corruption/</loc><lastmod>2019-05-22T23:42:23Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://lobelog.com/wp-content/uploads/Iranian-women-University-entrance-exam.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Iranian-women-University-entrance-exam</image:title><image:caption>Iranian entrance 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Teich via Shutterstock)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://lobelog.com/48770/</loc><lastmod>2019-05-25T13:20:53Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://lobelog.com/wp-content/uploads/leftQuots-11.png</image:loc><image:title></image:title><image:caption></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://lobelog.com/a-war-without-allies/</loc><lastmod>2019-05-26T16:00:17Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://lobelog.com/wp-content/uploads/No_trespassing_sign_at_Al_Udeid_Air_Base.jpg</image:loc><image:title>No_trespassing_sign_at_Al_Udeid_Air_Base</image:title><image:caption>A "no trespassing" sign at al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar (Wikimedia Commons)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://lobelog.com/the-flimsy-u-s-case-against-masoud-soleimani/</loc><lastmod>2019-05-27T16:35:47Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://lobelog.com/wp-content/uploads/d7973b78-b60d-4488-987a-9dc423ea7611.jpg</image:loc><image:title>d7973b78-b60d-4488-987a-9dc423ea7611</image:title><image:caption>Iranian researcher Masoud Soleimani</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://lobelog.com/48793/</loc><lastmod>2019-05-28T01:36:16Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://lobelog.com/wp-content/uploads/bacevichamericaswar-6.jpg</image:loc><image:title></image:title><image:caption></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://lobelog.com/the-forever-wars-enshrined/</loc><lastmod>2019-05-28T01:41:54Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://lobelog.com/wp-content/uploads/541645_528980657143331_1580614399_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>541645_528980657143331_1580614399_n</image:title><image:caption>The Middle East Conflicts Wall Memorial in Marseilles, Illinois (middleeastconflictswall.org)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://lobelog.com/will-iran-adopt-a-massive-retaliation-doctrine/</loc><lastmod>2019-05-28T01:56:15Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://lobelog.com/wp-content/uploads/Dn2HYdmX0AAzt6B.jpg-large.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Dn2HYdmX0AAzt6B.jpg-large</image:title><image:caption>Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Hossein Salami</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://lobelog.com/military-spending-and-arms-imports-by-iran-saudi-arabia-qatar-and-the-uae/</loc><lastmod>2019-05-28T16:45:00Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://lobelog.com/wp-content/uploads/Screen-Shot-2019-05-28-at-12.43.11-PM.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-05-28 at 12.43.11 PM</image:title><image:caption>Figure 1. Military expenditure by Iran, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE, 1994–2018 (SIPRI Military Expenditure Database, April 2019)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://lobelog.com/military-spending-and-arms-imports-by-iran-saudi-arabia-qatar-and-the-uae/</loc><lastmod>2019-05-28T17:06:31Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://lobelog.com/wp-content/uploads/Screen-Shot-2019-05-28-at-1.05.54-PM.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-05-28 at 1.05.54 PM</image:title><image:caption>Figure 5. Imports of major arms by Qatar, 1994–2018 (SIPRI Arms Transfer Database, March 2019)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://lobelog.com/military-spending-and-arms-imports-by-iran-saudi-arabia-qatar-and-the-uae/</loc><lastmod>2019-05-28T17:09:34Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://lobelog.com/wp-content/uploads/Screen-Shot-2019-05-28-at-1.08.51-PM.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-05-28 at 1.08.51 PM</image:title><image:caption>Figure 4. Imports of major arms by Saudi Arabia, 1994–2018 (SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, March 2019)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://lobelog.com/military-spending-and-arms-imports-by-iran-saudi-arabia-qatar-and-the-uae/</loc><lastmod>2019-05-28T17:10:53Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://lobelog.com/wp-content/uploads/Screen-Shot-2019-05-28-at-1.10.04-PM.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-05-28 at 1.10.04 PM</image:title><image:caption>Figure 6. Imports of major arms by the UAE, 1994–2018 (SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, March 2019)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://lobelog.com/military-spending-and-arms-imports-by-iran-saudi-arabia-qatar-and-the-uae/</loc><lastmod>2019-05-28T17:12:34Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://lobelog.com/wp-content/uploads/Screen-Shot-2019-05-28-at-1.11.54-PM.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-05-28 at 1.11.54 PM</image:title><image:caption>Figure 3. Imports of major arms by Iran, 1994–2018 (SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, March 2019)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://lobelog.com/military-spending-and-arms-imports-by-iran-saudi-arabia-qatar-and-the-uae/</loc><lastmod>2019-05-28T17:13:31Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://lobelog.com/wp-content/uploads/Screen-Shot-2019-05-28-at-1.13.02-PM.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-05-28 at 1.13.02 PM</image:title><image:caption>Figure 2. 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