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IS EDUCATION A CRIME?

(Tuesday, March 3, 2015)  This morning the Prime Minister of Israel while giving a speech to US Congress said, " Iran has proven time and again that it cannot be trusted, no matter what it says about permitting verification of the terms of any accord designed to prevent it from getting such weapons." And he continued " The greatest danger facing our world is the marriage of militant Islam with nuclear weapons ." Well, I have no comments to what political leaders have to say.  But one thing for sure, in Iran, education is a crime. Education is a right to every citizen in a country. And is not a crime. But in the case of Islamic Republic of Iran, it is not true. Iran is violating the most basic human rights of its Baha’i citizens; and, when young Baha’is aren’t allowed to study or enroll in a college, it’s a crime. Since 1979, the government of Iran has systematically sought to deprive young members of the non - Muslim religious minorities including the members o