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		<title>Times Higher Education article: &#8220;Baha&#8217;is denied access to state universities face a new threat to their institute&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2011/12/22/times-higher-education-article-bahais-denied-access-to-state-universities-face-a-new-threat-to-their-institute/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once, during Ramadan in the mid-1990s, Erfan Sabeti was on his way to an all-day genetics class at the Baha'i Institute for Higher Education in Tehran.]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Medical School Deans Champion Education Rights for Baha&#8217;is on Iran&#8217;s Student Day</title>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2011/12/07/u-s-medical-school-deans-champion-education-rights-for-bahais-on-irans-student-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an open letter addressed to Iran’s representative to the UN, Mohammad Khazaee, 48 medical school deans and senior vice-presidents, who “believe that education is an inherent human right,” called for the release of educators associated with the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE), which was set up to provide university-level studies for young Baha’is denied their right to education.]]></description>
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		<title>International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran: &#8220;Children of Arrested Baha’is: &#8216;We Have No Recourse&#8217;&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2011/11/03/international-campaign-for-human-rights-in-iran-children-of-arrested-baha%e2%80%99is-we-have-no-recourse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Vance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The children of Riaz Sobhani (top, third from the left) and Kamran Mortezaie (bottom, middle) spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about their fears for their fathers&#8217; health and safety after the two men were sentenced by the Iranian Revolutionary Court in October 2011 to harsh prison terms for their involvement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prominent U.S. professors sign global letter, denounce restrictions on freedom of education in Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attacks such as these, against the rights of citizens to organize and be educated in freedom, can no longer be tolerated. We call upon the Iranian government not only to cease its persecution of Bahá’ís, but to provide, and promote, education for all.]]></description>
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		<title>Trials underway in Iran for Baha&#8217;i educators; &#8216;Education Under Fire&#8217; campaign launches with open letter from Nobel laureates</title>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2011/09/26/bihe-trials-coincide-with-launch-of-education-under-fire-campaign/</link>
		<comments>http://iran.bahai.us/2011/09/26/bihe-trials-coincide-with-launch-of-education-under-fire-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The release of an open letter from two Nobel Peace Prize winners regarding the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education coincided with the first round of trials for imprisoned staff members of the beleaugured Institute. Laureates Archbishop Desmond Tutu and East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta called for an end to education discrimination in Iran in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Trials of an Educator in Iran &#8211; @HuffingtonPost</title>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2011/09/09/the-trials-of-an-educator-in-iran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arrest, imprisonment and trumped up charges for one man in Iran hits close to home for another man in the U.S. After the Iranian government took Mahmoud Badavam into custody for teaching young Baha&#8217;is barred from university, Anthony Vance, Director of the Office of External Affairs for the Baha&#8217;is of the U.S.,  reflected on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Briefing at Freedom House in Washington, D.C.: Education discrimination in Iran leads to creative use of technology by Baha’i online university</title>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2011/09/09/briefing-at-freedom-house-bahai-online-university/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Event details Where: Freedom House, 4th Floor, 1301 Connecticut Ave., Washington, D.C. When: Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011 10 a.m. All media, organizations and public welcome. Delegation to visit Washington to speak out about resilience of Baha’i students and educators in Iran Washington, D.C. — With looming court dates for 8 Baha’i educators charged with conspiracy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open letter to Iran calls for end to oppression of students</title>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2011/08/29/open-letter-to-iran-calls-for-an-end-to-oppression-of-students/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Baha&#8217;i International Community released Saturday an open letter to Iran&#8217;s minister for higher education, calling for an end to &#8220;the unjust and oppressive practices&#8221; that obstruct access to university for Baha&#8217;is and other young Iranians. Read the letter in English Read the letter in Persian The five-page letter addressed to Kamran Daneshjoo, Iran&#8217;s Minister [...]]]></description>
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