Saturday * February 4th 2012

Meet with university faculty and administrators to inform them of the issue and ask them to write letters of protest

Professors can be asked to write letters of protest to the UN Secretary General, the UN high commissioner for human rights, UNESCO’s director-general, UNICEF’s executive director and Iran’s representatives to the United Nations; to local and national think tanks, research institutes, and non-governmental organizations, concerned with education, the rights of children, social development, and minority rights; or to their counterparts in the same discipline at universities in Iran.  They may also wish to invite  Baha’i speaker to present this issue to their class or professional gathering.

Examples of past letters from university presidents:

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