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<\/a>The program.\u00c2\u00a0 The event took place on the top floor of the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill.\u00c2\u00a0 Anthony Vance, Director of the Baha’i Office of External Affairs, moderated.<\/p>\n<\/a>Senator Mark Kirk<\/a> (IL) discusses bipartisan efforts<\/a> to support human rights in Iran, including the new Iranian Dissident Awareness Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/a>Kenneth E. Bowers, Secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the U.S., discusses the imprisonment of the “Yaran”<\/a>, the acting leaders of the Iranian Baha’i community.<\/p>\n<\/a>Congressman Michael Grimm<\/a> (NY) discusses his reasons for supporting H.Res.134<\/a> and S.Res.80<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/a>Kathleen M. Fitzpatrick, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, provides an update on the human rights situation in Iran<\/a>, including for Christians, Sufis, Arabs, students, women, and other marginalized or minority groups.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>KC Porter<\/a> performs with a group of international musicians.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Eva LaRue<\/a> tells the story of one of the prisoners, Fariba Kamalabadi.<\/p>\n
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