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	<title>Persecution of Bahá&#039;ís in Iran</title>
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		<title>NEW VIDEO released in Angels of Iran documentary series: &#8220;Faith and Sacrifice: The Baha&#8217;is in Iran&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amnesty International, United4Iran, International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Education Under Fire, The Boroumand Foundation, Iran Human Rights Documentation Center, the Baha’i national communities of the United States and Canada, and other organizations will be encouraging their supporters to spread these new Angels of Iran videos far and wide through social media.]]></description>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2012/01/24/new-video-released-in-angels-of-iran-documentary-series-faith-and-sacrifice-the-bahais-in-iran/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Angels of Iran&#8221; video series released by coalition of organizations supporting human rights in Iran</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Education Under Fire initiative will release seven new "Angels of Iran" videos -- short films of Iranian citizens' personal stories of courage and resilience in the face of torture, imprisonment and execution under the Islamic Republic of Iran. Beginning Jan. 17, the videos will be released weekly.]]></description>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2012/01/17/angels-of-iran-video-series-released-by-coalition-of-organizations-supporting-human-rights-in-iran/</link>
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		<title>Baha&#8217;is mourn passing of two pivotal human rights supporters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The human rights world lost two of its staunch defenders this month. Abdelfattah Amor, a noted human rights lawyer and Tunisian jurist, and Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, a prominent diplomat and professor of law from El Salvador, played key roles in exposing the harsh treatment and unjust policies of the Iranian government toward the Baha'is in Iran.

The Baha'i International Community released public statements expressing its condolences over their passing and extolling their contributions to the United Nations in their respective capacities as UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief (1993 to 2004) and UN Commission on Human Rights' Special Representative on Iran (1987 to 1994.)]]></description>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2012/01/10/bahais-mourn-passing-of-two-pivotal-human-rights-supporters/</link>
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		<title>Detailed Kansas City Public Radio Report on Religious Freedom for Baha&#8217;is in Iran</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For a group that prides itself on tolerance, Baha’is have drawn a lot of intolerance, especially in Iran, where the religion originated. Ever since Baha’i began, its followers have come under attack by fundamentalist Muslims. An early incarnation of Baha’is, the Babis, saw 20,000 of their members killed in the mid-19th century, and Baha’is founder, Baha’u’llah, spent most of his life either in prison or in exile.]]></description>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2011/12/29/detailed-kansas-city-public-radio-report-on-religious-freedom-for-bahais-in-iran/</link>
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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>
		<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>
		<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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		<title>U.S. Medical School Deans Champion Education Rights for Baha&#8217;is on Iran&#8217;s Student Day</title>
		<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>
		<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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		<title>VIDEO: U.S. leaders, artists and activists defend Iran&#8217;s seven imprisoned Baha&#8217;i leaders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Video: On May 12, 2011, Senator Mark Kirk of Illinois hosted a reception to raise awareness about the seven Baha'i leaders imprisoned in Iran. Actress Eva LaRue is among the notable figures offering their support. Also featured are U.S. Representative from New York, Michael Grimm; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Kathleen Fitzpatrick; Secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the U.S. Kenneth E. Bowers; and brother of one of the imprisoned leaders, Iraj Kamalabadi.]]></description>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2011/11/21/video-yaran-iran-bahai-leaders/</link>
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		<title>UN strongly condemns Iran&#8217;s human rights violations; European Parliament joins global outcry</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2011/11/21/un-resolution-iran-human-rights/</link>
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