Religious Freedom Education Project Special Event

The Religious Freedom Education Project at the Newseum and Moment Magazine
invite you to an important and timely discussion:

Under Siege in Iran:
Religious Liberty and Freedom of the Press
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
6:30 p.m.

Knight Conference Center — 7th floor
Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C.
“The conditions for religious freedom in Iran have regressed to a point not seen since the early days of the Islamic Revolution,” warns the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. Life grows more difficult daily for Iran’s religious minorities — Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians and Baha’is — and for the journalists who try to cover them. Hear first-hand accounts of the challenges to religious liberty and press freedom in Iran today. What can be done to help those persecuted and imprisoned?
Charles Haynes, Director of Religious Freedom Education Project, and Nadine Epstein, Editor and Publisher of Moment Magazine, will introduce and moderate the panel.

PANELISTS
Parveneh Vahidmanesh, Iranian historian and journalist
Hasan Sarbakhshian, Iranian photojournalist
Roya Hakakian, Iranian-American poet, journalist and writer
Dr. Kavian Milani, Iranian scholar, Baha’i human rights activist
Dr. Dwight Bashir, Deputy Director of Policy and Research, US Commission on International Religious Freedom

Join us for a reception following the program.
The event is free and open to the public, but space is limited.
RSVP to Ashlie Hampton at the Newseum: ahampton@freedomforum.org.