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Carleton University graduate among seven Baha'i educators sentenced
Posted: 21 Oct 2011 12:45 PM PDT
The seven Baha'i educators sentenced to prison are (top row, left to right): Mahmoud Badavam, Ramin Zibaie, Riaz Sobhani, Farhad Sedghi; (bottom row, left to right) Noushin Khadem, Kamran Mortezaie, and Vahid Mahmoudi.
New York, 18 October 2011 (BWNS) — Seven Baha'i educators in Iran have each received four- or five-year prison sentences, according to reports received by the Baha'i International Community.
Verdicts against the seven were reportedly handed down by a judge at Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran.
The educators have been detained for almost five months in connection with their involvement in an informal community initiative – known as the Baha'i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE) – in which Baha'i professors, debarred by the Iranian government from practicing their professions, offer their services to teach young community members who are banned from university.
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The above item was posted today, 25/10/'11 by Ron Price Mac alumni(1966). The post is from the BWNS(Baha'i World News Service). I have been associated with the Baha'i Faith since 1953 first in Burlington Ontario, and then in Dundas and Hamilton while attending McMaster. I was the only Baha'i on campus at McMaster from 1963 to 1966.
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married for 45 years, a teacher for 35, a writer and editor for 13 and a Baha'i for 53(in 2012)
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