Council on Foreign Relations hosts conference call on “Iranian Crackdown: The Regime Against Baha’is”

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council on foreign relations [bahai.us, 10 Nov. 2011] Religious leaders, congressional staff, policy researchers and academics participated in an unprecedented discussion about the Iranian regime’s persecution of members of the Baha’i faith, hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations in its Religion and Foreign Policy conference call series.

Leading the conversation were:

  • CFR’s Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Elliott Abrams
  • Deputy Director for Policy and Research, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Dwight Bashir

Listen to the Nov. 7 recorded session:http://www.cfr.org/iran/iranian-crackdown-regime-against-baha/p26439

Read Abrams’ post in his blog ‘Pressure Points‘: Iran Punishes the Baha’i for the Crime of Education

Source: http://iran.bahai.us/2011/11/10/council-on-foreign-relations-hosts-conference-call-on-iranian-crackdown-the-regime-against-bahais/

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  1. anonymous

    November 14, 2011 5:57 pm

    Thanks be to God that innocent victims of oppression have such articulate and knowledgeable defenders of their rights! I am very grateful to them.

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