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	<title>Persecution of Bahá&#039;ís in Iran &#187; human-rights</title>
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		<title>&#8220;Angels of Iran&#8221; video series released by coalition of organizations supporting human rights in Iran</title>
		<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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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<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>
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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>
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		<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>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>&#8216;Electric&#8217; program on Iran&#8217;s struggle for human rights sponsored by Baha&#8217;is in Southern California</title>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2011/09/28/electric-program-on-irans-struggle-for-human-rights-sponsored-by-bahais-in-southern-california/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>oea</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://iran.bahai.us/?p=4604</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hollywood star Rainn Wilson and actress/activist Shiva Rose hosted an audience of 1,300 at the Kavli Theatre in Thousand Oaks, CA, in mid-September for an evening dedicated to human rights in Iran. The program combined arts, panel discussions and a keynote address by Iranian-born journalist and film-maker Maziar Bahari who recently published a book about his incarceration in Iran in 2009. [...]]]></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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://iran.bahai.us/?p=4477</guid>
		<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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		<title>Baha&#8217;i educational programme target of raids in 30 homes in Iran; so far 14 arrested in four cities</title>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2011/05/22/bahai-educational-programme-target-of-raids-in-iran-so-far-30-arrested-in-a-least-four-cities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 02:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://iran.bahai.us/?p=4146</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[* This article has been updated to reflect new information on the number of arrests in connection with the BIHE raids. GENEVA — A coordinated series of raids have been carried out on the homes of several Iranian Baha&#8217;is, active in a community initiative to provide a higher education program for young members who are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Historic UNHRC vote to investigate Iran&#8217;s human rights record underscores Secretary General&#8217;s report</title>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2011/03/24/historic-unhrc-vote-to-investigate-irans-human-rights-record-underscores-secretary-generals-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://iran.bahai.us/?p=3790</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By overwhelming majority vote on March 24, the UN Human Rights Council called for a special investigator to monitor Iran&#8217;s compliance with international human rights standards to which the country has cynically paid lip service for decades. Growing world solidarity on the issue of  holding Iran accountable for its increasing violations of basic human rights. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama mentions Iranian Baha&#8217;is as number sitting behind bars rises to almost 80</title>
		<link>http://iran.bahai.us/2011/03/22/update-arrests-of-bahais-as-religious-persecution-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The count of Iranian Baha&#8217;is currently in prison because of their religion has climbed in recent weeks to 79, according to an update from the Baha&#8217;i World News Service released on March 20, up from 69 prisoners recorded in February. On the same day, U.S. President Barack Obama issued his annual Naw Ruz greeting to the people [...]]]></description>
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