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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1118 

Expressing the concern of the House of Representatives over the Government 

of Iran’s continued oppression of its people and calling on the Administration to take further measures in support of those oppressed by the 

current Iranian regime. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 25, 2010 

Mr. MCCAUL (for himself, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. INGLIS, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. OLSON, Mr. KIRK, 

Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, and 

Mr. WOLF) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the concern of the House of Representatives over 

the Government of Iran’s continued oppression of its 

people and calling on the Administration to take further 

measures in support of those oppressed by the current 

Iranian regime. 

Whereas the Department of State’s Country Reports on 

Human Rights Practices for 2008 states that, ‘‘The [Iranian] government’s poor human rights record worsened, 

and it continued to commit numerous serious abuses. 

. . . The government executed numerous persons for 

criminal convictions as juveniles and after unfair trials. 

Security forces were implicated in custodial deaths and 


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committed other acts of politically motivated violence, including torture. The government administered severe officially sanctioned punishments, including death by stoning, amputation, and flogging . . . . Authorities held 

political prisoners and intensified a crackdown against 

women’s rights reformers, ethnic minority rights activists, student activists, and religious minorities. There was 

a lack of judicial independence and fair public trials. The 

government severely restricted civil liberties, including 

freedoms of speech, expression, assembly, association, 

movement, and privacy, and it placed severe restrictions 

on freedom of religion. . . .’’; 

Whereas the United States supports the right of all Iranian 

citizens to exercise their fundamental freedoms and to 

have equal protection under the law; 

Whereas the Government of Iran continues to restrict Internet connections and cell phone service and jam foreign 

satellite television and radio broadcasts; 

Whereas Iran has the highest number of jailed journalists in 

the world and repeatedly arrests and expels foreign journalists; 

Whereas the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), 

Basij Resistance Force, Law Enforcement Force, and 

other elements of the regime have repeatedly attacked 

unarmed civilians; 

Whereas in December 2009, regime leaders and parliamentarians threatened the arrest and possible execution of 

opposition leaders and protesters; 

Whereas on Ashura, the day of ritual Shiite mourning that 

fell on December 27, 2009, at least eight people were 


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killed and hundreds arrested in clashes between security 

forces and opposition supporters; 

Whereas, on January 12, 2010, agents from the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) arrested Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi Khalaji, a prominent dissident 

cleric in Qom, and confiscated his family’s personal effects and passports, preventing them from leaving Iran; 

Whereas over 300 political prisoners are still reportedly held 

in custody by the Iranian Government; 

Whereas the Government of Iran reportedly executed two dissidents on January 29, 2010; and 

Whereas Ahmad Jannati, who heads the Government of 

Iran’s powerful ‘‘Guardian Council’’, has called for the 

execution of more dissidents and protestors, and a senior 

official of the Iranian ‘‘judiciary’’ has stated that the 

government will soon execute nine more dissidents: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) calls for— 

3 (A) the immediate release of Ayatollah Mo4 hammad Taqi Khalaji and the ceasing of in5 timidation and imprisonment of clerics; 

6 (B) the protection of the human rights of 

7 all Iranian citizens; and 

8 (C) an end to the use of force against un9 armed civilians; and 

10 (2) calls on the Administration to— 


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1 (A) continue and strengthen its condemna2 tion of the current regime for its repeated 

3 human rights abuses; 

4 (B) increase its support for those peace5 fully demonstrating against the oppressive Ira6 nian regime; 

7 (C) support efforts to ensure the Iranian 

8 people have free and open access to the Inter9 net; and 

10 (D) immediately impose comprehensive 

11 sanctions against the Government of Iran. 

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