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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>UN strongly condemns Iran&#8217;s human rights violations; European Parliament joins global outcry</title>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2011/11/21/un-resolution-iran-human-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://iran.bahai.us/2011/11/21/un-resolution-iran-human-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UN General Assembly Third Committee today voted in favor of a resolution that condemned Iran for its “serious ongoing and recurring human rights violations.” The resolution – which is expected to be confirmed by the full Assembly in December – also requests that the UN Secretary General issue a report on human rights in Iran again next year.]]></description>
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		<title>Statement of Baha&#8217;i International Community calls for release of Christian pastor facing death sentence in Iran</title>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2011/10/25/bahai-international-community-calls-for-release-of-christian-pastor-facing-death-sentence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is much to be done for humanity to be alerted to what is going on inside Iran and to be awakened to the appalling memory of what can occur when we fail to act against state-sponsored campaigns of hatred.]]></description>
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		<title>Prominent U.S. professors sign global letter, denounce restrictions on freedom of education in Iran</title>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2011/10/10/prominent-u-s-professors-sign-global-letter-denounce-restrictions-on-freedom-of-education-in-iran/</link>
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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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://iran.bahai.us/?p=4571</guid>
		<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>U.S. names Iran &#8220;Country of Particular Concern&#8221; for religious repression; Cites example of Baha&#8217;i minority</title>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2011/09/15/u-s-names-iran-country-of-particular-concern-for-religious-repression-cites-example-of-bahai-minority/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has named Iran among eight &#8220;Countries of Particular Concern&#8221; in relation to its repression of religious minorities. At the launch of the State Department&#8217;s Annual Report to Congress on International Religious Freedom, Secretary Clinton highlighted those countries whose governments engage in – or tolerate – &#8220;particularly [...]]]></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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		<title>VOA Editorial: More Religious Persecution In Iran</title>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2011/08/18/voa-editorial-more-religious-persecution-in-iran/</link>
		<comments>http://iran.bahai.us/2011/08/18/voa-editorial-more-religious-persecution-in-iran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;While Iran&#8217;s leaders hypocritally claim to promote tolerance, they continue to detain, imprison, harass, and abuse those who simply wish to worship the faith of their choosing.&#8221; &#8212; U.S. Department of State spokeswoman Victoria Nuland Read entire editorial here. Excerpt Earlier this month, Iranian authorities reportedly refused to allow a Baha&#8217;i family to bury a [...]]]></description>
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