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	<title>Iran Minority News</title>
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	<description>News about Iran's Minorities</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Paris based journalist defends the human rights of Baha&#8217;is in Iran</title>
		<link>http://iranminoritynews.org/2008/08/18/paris-based-journalist-defends-the-plight-of-bahais-in-iran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tahirih</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Religious Minorities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, 15 August 2008, the online journal Gooya News published the
following analysis by the Iranian journalist, Ali Keshtgar.
We Are All Iranian Baha’is!
By Ali Keshtgar.
The violent scheme of Baha’i-killing, of which the Hojjatieh Society was the
standard-bearer and promulgator before the [1979] revolution – a scheme whose
promoters came to power with the emergence of the Islamic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hopeful victory for human rights campaigns against stoning.</title>
		<link>http://iranminoritynews.org/2008/08/11/hopeful-victory-for-human-rights-campaigns-against-stoning/</link>
		<comments>http://iranminoritynews.org/2008/08/11/hopeful-victory-for-human-rights-campaigns-against-stoning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tahirih</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Religious Minorities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The BBC reported that a temporary cease of the unspeakable practice of stoning has
been announced in Iran, whilst the judiciary council review its impending cases. Human rights activists have been highlighting and condemning these horrific acts which are woven into the penal code of Iran. 
This barbaric punishment is the governments response to crimes such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nobel Prize winner’s daughter harassed by Iran’s News Agency.</title>
		<link>http://iranminoritynews.org/2008/08/11/nobel-prize-winner%e2%80%99s-daughter-harassed-by-iran%e2%80%99s-news-agency/</link>
		<comments>http://iranminoritynews.org/2008/08/11/nobel-prize-winner%e2%80%99s-daughter-harassed-by-iran%e2%80%99s-news-agency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tahirih</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Ethnic Minorities]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Religious Minorities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Shirin Ebadi, the first Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, has condemned Iran’s official News Agency, in its hounding campaign against her daughter. The agency claims that her daughter had converted from her Shiite Muslim beliefs to that of the Baha&#8217;i Faith, which in Iran is branded as illegal.  At present Ebadi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fashion as latest tool of suppression</title>
		<link>http://iranminoritynews.org/2008/07/23/fashion-as-latest-tool-of-suppression/</link>
		<comments>http://iranminoritynews.org/2008/07/23/fashion-as-latest-tool-of-suppression/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tahirih</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Religious Minorities]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Women]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fashion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fashion says a lot about an individual, whether they are dedicated followers or not. Most of us take that choice for granted. In Iran Fashion provides the state for another excuse to control basic rights for women. On the streets the fashion police are never far away and arrests are common place for  women [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family Home burnt to the ground in Kerman.</title>
		<link>http://iranminoritynews.org/2008/07/22/family-home-burnt-to-the-ground-in-kerman/</link>
		<comments>http://iranminoritynews.org/2008/07/22/family-home-burnt-to-the-ground-in-kerman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tahirih</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Baha'is]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Christians]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ethnic Minorities]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jews]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Kurds]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Other]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sunnis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[arson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bahai]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the early hours of Friday July 18th the home of the Shakir Family, who are members of the Bahai’ community in Kerman, was burnt down in a suspected arson attack. Fortunately the family were away during the attack. Everything from furniture to possessions perished in the fire.
This family, like many in the Bahai community, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comedy for Human Rights</title>
		<link>http://iranminoritynews.org/2008/07/10/comedy-for-human-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://iranminoritynews.org/2008/07/10/comedy-for-human-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tahirih</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Baha'is]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[comic strip]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Muslim network of Bahai Rights have created a comic strip to raise awareness
of the shocking plight facing the Baha’i  youth of Iran (and Egypt). At present these youth face a very powerful form of persecution, where their fundamental right to an education is denied.
This is no less than suffocation, to cut off such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Imprisoned for being a Baha’i, Kamran Aghdasi, begins his sentence.</title>
		<link>http://iranminoritynews.org/2008/07/10/imprisoned-for-being-a-baha%e2%80%99i-kamran-aghdasi-begins-his-sentence/</link>
		<comments>http://iranminoritynews.org/2008/07/10/imprisoned-for-being-a-baha%e2%80%99i-kamran-aghdasi-begins-his-sentence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tahirih</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Baha'is]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Religious Minorities]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[confiscation of literature]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[imprisoned]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On the 31 January the home of Kamran Aqdasi and his mother was raided by the security
authorities in the city of Hamadan, Iran. All their Baha’i literature was confiscated and Kamran himself was arrested. Why?  Was he a criminal? Well actually he was just a Baha’i and in Iran that is considered criminal. He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Six Nobel Peace Laureates issue statement for the unconditional release of Baha’i prisoners in Iran.</title>
		<link>http://iranminoritynews.org/2008/07/06/six-nobel-peace-laureates-issue-statement-for-the-unconditional-release-of-baha%e2%80%99i-prisoners-in-iran/</link>
		<comments>http://iranminoritynews.org/2008/07/06/six-nobel-peace-laureates-issue-statement-for-the-unconditional-release-of-baha%e2%80%99i-prisoners-in-iran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tahirih</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Baha'is]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Religious Minorities]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Women]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[imprisoned]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nobel Laureates]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[statement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mounting concern over the arrests of seven prominent members of the
Iranian Baha’i community has inspired six Nobel Laureates to issue a statement
of concern to the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Amongst the six
courageous voices, were Betty Williams and Maired Corrigan Maguire, founders
of the Peace People in Northern Ireland and winners of the 1976 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran’s continues its relentless witch-hunt against its largest non-muslim religious minority.</title>
		<link>http://iranminoritynews.org/2008/07/06/iran%e2%80%99s-continues-its-relentless-witch-hunt-against-its-largest-non-muslim-religious-minority/</link>
		<comments>http://iranminoritynews.org/2008/07/06/iran%e2%80%99s-continues-its-relentless-witch-hunt-against-its-largest-non-muslim-religious-minority/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tahirih</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Baha'is]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Religious Minorities]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[imprisoned]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Religious minority]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Guardian]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bahar Tahzib writes a moving and thought provoking article for The Guardian on the continued violation of the human rights of the Bahai community in her native Iran. This is one of many passionate responses to the recent arrests of seven members of its informal leadership committee in May this year. There has been no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Human Rights activist Roya Kashefi addresses the Twelth Annual Womens conference for Peace in the Middle East.</title>
		<link>http://iranminoritynews.org/2008/07/06/human-rights-activist-roya-kashefi-addresses-the-twelth-annual-womens-conference-for-peace-in-the-middle-east/</link>
		<comments>http://iranminoritynews.org/2008/07/06/human-rights-activist-roya-kashefi-addresses-the-twelth-annual-womens-conference-for-peace-in-the-middle-east/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tahirih</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Religious Minorities]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[CEDAW]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Discriminatory law]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Human rights activist]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Roya Kashefi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday the 18th June Roya Kashefi shared her vision of  change for the future of women in Iran. Dedicating her presentation to Hana Abdi and Ronak Safarzadeh, who were arrested and detained for their meritorious efforts in educating Kurdish women, Kashefi shed light on the impact of present laws, within the Constitution of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Babol Prayer Leader Talks about the Baha&#8217;is</title>
		<link>http://iranminoritynews.org/2008/03/18/babul-prayer-leader-refers-to-bahais/</link>
		<comments>http://iranminoritynews.org/2008/03/18/babul-prayer-leader-refers-to-bahais/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tahirih</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Baha'is]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://iranminoritynews.org/2008/03/18/babul-prayer-leader-refers-to-bahais/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the following report by Iran BBB, the Friday Prayer Leader in Babol, Haj Sheikh Hasan Rouhani, idetified Baha&#8217;is as anti-Shia, unbelievers and impure.
At a recent press conference, he discouraged contact with the Baha&#8217;is and described them as foreign elements imposed by the British and supported by Americans and the Zionists. He went on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>International Women&#8217;s Day in Isfahan</title>
		<link>http://iranminoritynews.org/2008/03/16/international-womens-day-in-isfahan/</link>
		<comments>http://iranminoritynews.org/2008/03/16/international-womens-day-in-isfahan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tahirih</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Women]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;
مراسم گرامیداشت روز        جهانی زن ، 8 مارس ، ظهر روز سه شنبه در دانشگاه اصفهان        برگزار شد. در این مراسم که با حضور دانشجویان آزادیخواه و برابری طلب برگزار        شد 2 تن از [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Suicides and More Political Prisoners Deported to Turkey</title>
		<link>http://iranminoritynews.org/2008/03/16/two-suicides-and-more-political-prisoners-deported-to-turkey/</link>
		<comments>http://iranminoritynews.org/2008/03/16/two-suicides-and-more-political-prisoners-deported-to-turkey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tahirih</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Kurds]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Women]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
&#160;
According to a report by Human Rights Activists in Iran, two young brides forced into marriage in Kurdistan set themselves on fire and died, while a Kurdish independence activist was deported to Turkey:
دو خودسوزی در کردستان و استرداد یک زندانی به ترکیه
 
-          بر اساس آخرین گزارشات دریافتی خانم صبری جواهری 16 ساله ساکن شهر کامیاران [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kurdish Teacher Faces Death in Iranian Prison</title>
		<link>http://iranminoritynews.org/2008/03/16/kurdish-teacher-faces-death-in-iranian-prison/</link>
		<comments>http://iranminoritynews.org/2008/03/16/kurdish-teacher-faces-death-in-iranian-prison/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tahirih</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Kurds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Farzad Kamangar was arrested in Tehran in July 2006 and held in various detention centres across the country. Kamangar claims that during a period of detention in the notorious Evin Prison, officials tortured him to such an extent that he had to be taken to the prison hospital to receive medical attention. Kamangar was also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The State Department&#8217;s 2007 Reports on Human Rights Practices in Iran</title>
		<link>http://iranminoritynews.org/2008/03/12/the-state-departments-2007-reports-on-human-rights-practices-in-iran/</link>
		<comments>http://iranminoritynews.org/2008/03/12/the-state-departments-2007-reports-on-human-rights-practices-in-iran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tahirih</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ethnic Minorities]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Other Minorities]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Religious Minorities]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Seniors]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Women]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Country Reports on Human Rights Practices -  2007
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
March  11, 2008
The Islamic Republic of Iran*, with a population of  approximately 70 million, is a constitutional, theocratic republic in which  Shi&#8217;a Muslim clergy dominate the key power structures. Government legitimacy is  based on [...]]]></description>
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