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Katrina Lantos Swett, chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, testifies March 15, 2013 on Capitol Hill and holds up a photo of Baha’i leaders who have been sentenced in Iran to 20 years in prison. To her left is Jay Sekulow, chief counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice, who urged the release of Iranian-American minister Saeed Abedini from a Tehran prison. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks

(RNS2-mar15) Katrina Lantos Swett, chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, testifies March 15, 2013 on Capitol Hill and holds up a photo of Baha’i leaders who have been sentenced in Iran to 20 years in prison. To her left is Jay Sekulow, chief counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice, who urged the release of Iranian-American minister Saeed Abedini from a Tehran prison. For use with RNS-IRAN-FREEDOM, transmitted on March 15, 2013, RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks.