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	<title>Persecution of Bahá&#039;ís in Iran</title>
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		<title>U.S. State Department concerned about religious persecution in Iran</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 12, 2010, the U.S. State Department released the following statement expressing increasing concern about &#8220;Iran&#8217;s ongoing persecution of Baha&#8217;is and other religious minority communities.&#8221;
In recent weeks, authorities detained at least 25 Baha’is. Reports indicate there have been more than 45 new detentions of Baha&#8217;is in the last four months alone, and currently as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latest Freedom House report on Iran mentions Baha&#8217;is</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In its latest report on women&#8217;s rights in Iran, updated March 12, 2010, Freedom House explained the constitutional provisions that limit religious freedom in that country, including restrictions on Baha&#8217;is.
From the report&#8230;
Article 13 of the constitution recognizes Christians, Jews, and Zoroastrians as religious minorities and grants them limited freedom of religious practice, education, and political [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VOA: Baha&#8217;is targeted in Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 9, 2010, Voice of America published an editorial drawing further attention to the plight of Iran&#8217;s Baha&#8217;i community. In it, Assistant Secretary of State Michael Posner is quoted condemning Iran&#8217;s post-election crackdown and calling on the country to observe religious freedom, among its other human rights treaty obligations.
&#8220;The United States strongly condemns the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Radio Free Europe Q&amp;A on Baha&#8217;is in Iran</title>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2010/03/09/radio-free-europe-q-a-on-bahais-in-iran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 8, the RFE/RL blog &#8220;Watchdog&#8221; published a Q&#38;A with D.C.-area Baha&#8217;i Sovaida Ma&#8217;ani Ewing about the persecution of Iran&#8217;s Baha&#8217;i religious minority. The interview specifically addresses the ongoing trial of seven Baha&#8217;i leaders, which is expected to continue in Tehran on April 10, 2010.
Here&#8217;s an excerpt of the interview&#8230;
RFE/RL: For the seven who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Human Rights Watch calls on Iran to end persecution of Baha&#8217;is</title>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2010/02/24/human-rights-watch-calls-on-iran-to-end-persecution-of-bahais/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 23, 2010, Human Rights Watch issued the following statement calling on Iran to end its persecution of the country&#8217;s Baha&#8217;i minority.
The Iranian government should immediately stop harassing and arbitrarily detaining members of the Baha&#8217;i community, Human Rights Watch said today.
The detention of 13 Baha&#8217;is on February 10 and 11 follows the arrest of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court date for Baha&#8217;i leaders now announced as April 10</title>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2010/02/22/court-date-for-bahai-leaders-now-announced-as-april-10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The third  court session for seven Baha&#8217;i leaders imprisoned in Iran is scheduled for April 10, a day earlier than originally  announced.
Diane Ala&#8217;i, representative of the  Baha&#8217;i International Community to the United Nations in Geneva, said attorneys  in Iran have now received written notice of the court date, confirming it as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Next court date for Baha&#8217;i leaders will be April 11</title>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2010/02/19/next-court-date-for-bahai-leaders-will-be-april-11/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The trial proceedings for seven Iranian Baha&#8217;i leaders who have been in prison for nearly two years will continue on Sunday, April 11, according to information conveyed orally to their attorneys.
Government-sponsored news media reported that at their first hearing on January 12, 2010, the seven were charged with espionage, propaganda activities against the Islamic order, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran rejects U.N. human rights recommendation about Baha&#8217;is</title>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2010/02/18/iran-rejects-u-n-human-rights-recommendation-about-bahais/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 17, Amnesty International issued a statement criticizing Iran for rejecting &#8220;important recommendations by the United Nations to improve human rights in the country,&#8221; including a recommendation that would end descrimination against the nation&#8217;s Baha&#8217;i minority.
From the statement&#8230;
While accepting a recommendation to cooperate with UN’s human rights experts, Iran rejected several others to allow [...]]]></description>
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