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Baha’i schoolchildren in Iran increasingly harassed and abused by school authorities

Posted by saba on April 6th, 2007 — Posted in Family, Friends

This article was just posted on the the Baha’i World News Service. It saddens my heart to see that in this day and age, children and youth are still being being treated in the this way, officially, by a Government! I wonder what kind of world Tara will grow up in?

Please remember the children, junior youth, youth and adults in Iran in your prayers.

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NEW YORK, 5 April 2007 (BWNS) —

Baha’i students in primary and secondary schools throughout Iran are increasingly being harassed, vilified, and held up to abuse, according to recent reports from inside the country.

During a 30-day period from mid-January to mid-February, some 150 incidents of insults, mistreatment, and even physical violence by school authorities against Baha’i students were reported as occurring in at least 10 Iranian cities.

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