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	<title>Persecution of Bahá&#039;ís in Iran</title>
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		<title>VOA: Baha&#8217;is targeted in Iran</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2010/03/09/voa-bahais-targeted-in-iran/</link>
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		<title>Radio Free Europe Q&amp;A on Baha&#8217;is in Iran</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2010/03/09/radio-free-europe-q-a-on-bahais-in-iran/</link>
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		<title>Human Rights Watch calls on Iran to end persecution of Baha&#8217;is</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2010/02/24/human-rights-watch-calls-on-iran-to-end-persecution-of-bahais/</link>
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		<title>Court date for Baha&#8217;i leaders now announced as April 10</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2010/02/22/court-date-for-bahai-leaders-now-announced-as-april-10/</link>
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		<title>Next court date for Baha&#8217;i leaders will be April 11</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2010/02/19/next-court-date-for-bahai-leaders-will-be-april-11/</link>
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		<title>Iran rejects U.N. human rights recommendation about Baha&#8217;is</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2010/02/18/iran-rejects-u-n-human-rights-recommendation-about-bahais/</link>
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		<title>Washington Post&#8217;s &#8220;Faith Complex&#8221; program interviews D.C. Baha&#8217;i about Baha&#8217;is in Iran</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On February 16, &#8220;Faith Complex,&#8221; a program of the Washington Post and Georgetown University, published an interview with  Baha&#8217;i author Sovaida Ma&#8217;ani Ewing of Washington, D.C. The 11-minute program provides an overview of the past and present persecution of the Baha&#8217;i Faith in Iran. Watch it below or via the Washington Post.

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		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2010/02/16/washington-posts-faith-complex-program-interviews-d-c-bahai-about-bahais-in-iran/</link>
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		<title>United States among international voices calling for human rights in Iran</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On February 15, 2010, the United States and other member-nations of the U.N. Human Rights Council expressed concern over Iran&#8217;s human rights record, particularly since the crackdown that followed the country&#8217;s disputed presidential election last June. The session was part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a relatively new procedure that seeks to review the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2010/02/16/united-states-among-international-voices-calling-for-human-rights-in-iran/</link>
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