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Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian children’s advocate who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003, is suing the Bush administration for preventing her from publishing her memoirs in the U.S. A trade embargo against Iran bars Americans from providing professional services to anyone in Iran, making it illegal for Ebadi to hire American editors or translators. Rep. Howard Berman wrote a letter telling the Treasury Department that it’s “patently absurd” to apply the sanctions to Ebadi, whom President Bush once praised for her “lifetime championing of human rights and democracy.” A Treasury spokesman said the policy was necessary for national security.
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