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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 803 

Condemning the detention and death of Mahsa Amini and calling on the 

Government of Iran to end its systemic persecution of women. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022 

Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. RISCH, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. 

BOOKER, Mr. KAINE, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. HICKENLOOPER, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. PETERS, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. 

DURBIN, Ms. ROSEN, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. PADILLA, Mr. BROWN, Mr. 

BENNET, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. MORAN, Ms. COLLINS, 

Mr. CASSIDY, Mrs. FISCHER, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. DAINES, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. 

BOOZMAN, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. ROMNEY, Mrs. 

BLACKBURN, Ms. ERNST, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. CORNYN, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. 

COTTON, Mr. GRAHAM, and Mr. MARKEY) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning the detention and death of Mahsa Amini and 

calling on the Government of Iran to end its systemic 

persecution of women. 

Whereas Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in 

the custody of the Morality Police of Iran after being detained for purportedly wearing a hijab ‘‘improperly’’; 

Whereas the Morality Police of Iran, an element of the Law 

Enforcement Forces of Iran, continually suppress Iranian 

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cluding restrictions on women’s clothing such as compulsory wearing of the hijab; 

Whereas the protests over the death of Ms. Amini are the 

largest in Iran since 2019 and have spread throughout 

the capital of Iran, all of the 31 provinces of Iran, and 

at least 80 other cities and towns nationwide; 

Whereas the Government of Iran has instituted a violent 

crackdown against peaceful protesters following the death 

of Ms. Amini, resulting in the injury and detention of 

hundreds of protesters and the deaths of at least 41 people as of September 26, 2022; 

Whereas, to prevent protests from spreading, the biggest telecommunications operator in Iran largely shut down mobile internet access—the most severe internet restriction 

in the country since 2019; 

Whereas the Government of Iran consistently engages in a 

range of human rights abuses in addition to its systematic persecution of women and peaceful protesters, including— 

(1) unlawful or arbitrary killings; 

(2) trials without due process; 

(3) forced disappearances; 

(4) torture; 

(5) arbitrary arrest and detention; 

(6) harsh and life-threatening prison conditions; 

(7) transnational attacks against dissidents; 

(8) severe restrictions on free expression and the 

media; 

(9) substantial interference with the freedom of 

peaceful assembly and freedom of association; 

(10) severe restrictions on religious freedom; and 


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(11) restrictions on the ability of citizens to change 

their government peacefully through free and fair elections; 

Whereas the Government of Iran is ranked as one of the 

worst human rights violators in the world, having received a 14 out of 100 ‘‘Global Freedom Score’’ and a 

16 out of 100 ‘‘Internet Freedom Score’’ from Freedom 

House; 

Whereas Iran has been designated as a ‘‘country of particular 

concern’’ by the Department of State for its suppression 

of religious freedom every year since 1999; and 

Whereas improvements in the human rights of women, freedom of expression, and other human rights are fundamental to strengthening the accountability of the Government of Iran to its citizens: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) condemns the detention and death of Mahsa 

3 Amini; 

4 (2) recognizes the bravery and right of the Ira5 nian people protesting the death of Ms. Amini, in6 cluding many Iranian women; 

7 (3) calls on the Government of Iran to end its 

8 systemic persecution of women; 

9 (4) calls on the Government of Iran to allow 

10 peaceful protest and free elections; 

11 (5) supports human rights, including the 

12 human rights of women in Iran; and 


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1 (6) supports holding all human rights violators 

2 in Iran to account. 

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