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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3870 

To hold the current regime in Iran accountable for its human rights record 

and to support a transition to democracy in Iran. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 7 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 6), 2006 

Mr. BROWNBACK introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To hold the current regime in Iran accountable for its human 

rights record and to support a transition to democracy 

in Iran. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Iran Human Rights 

5 Act of 2006’’. 

6 SEC. 2. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE7 FINED. 

8 In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com9 mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

10 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the 


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1 Committee on International Relations and the Committee 

2 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 

3 SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress makes the following findings: 

5 (1) There is currently not a democratic govern6 ment in Iran. Instead, Iran is an ideological dicta7 torship presided over by an unelected Supreme 

8 Leader with limitless veto power, an unelected Expe9 diency Council, and a Council of Guardians capable 

10 of eviscerating any reforms. 

11 (2) The Supreme Leader appoints the heads of 

12 the judiciary, the clergy members on the powerful 

13 Council of Guardians, the commanders of all the 

14 armed forces, Friday prayer leaders, and the head of 

15 radio and television and confirms the president’s 

16 election, rendering him the most powerful person in 

17 Iranian politics with little accountability within the 

18 political system. 

19 (3) Members of the Council of Guardians in 

20 Iran, who are chosen by the Supreme Leader, must 

21 vet all candidates for election based on their political 

22 predispositions and all legislation before it can be 

23 entered into law. 

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1 tions held in February 2004 resulted in significant 

2 gains by conservative hard-liners affiliated with the 

3 regime’s clerical army, the Pasdaran, culminating in 

4 the election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. 

5 (5) Over the past decade, human rights have 

6 been in steady decline in Iran. Torture, executions 

7 after unfair trials, and censorship of all media re8 main rampant throughout the country. Stoning, am9 putation, flogging, and beheading are used as meth10 ods of punishment. 

11 (6) Since his rise to power, President 

12 Ahmadinejad has embarked upon a concerted cam13 paign of domestic repression, including new restric14 tions on radio, television, and film content, a ban on 

15 the publication of virtually all books, and an expan16 sion in the activities of the regime’s ‘‘morals police’’. 

17 (7) The United Nations General Assembly 

18 adopted Resolution 60/171 on December 16, 2005, 

19 to express its grave concern over the deteriorating 

20 human rights situation in Iran. The resolution urges 

21 the Government of Iran ‘‘to ensure full respect for 

22 the rights to freedom of assembly, opinion and ex23 pression . . . to eliminate the use of torture and other 

24 cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punish25 ment . . . [and] to eliminate, in law and in practice, 


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1 all forms of discrimination based on religion, eth2 nicity, or linguistic grounds. 

3 (8) The 2005 State Department Country Re4 ports on Human Rights Practices states that ‘‘the 

5 Government’s poor human rights record worsened, 

6 and it continued to commit numerous, serious 

7 abuses’’. 

8 (9) According to Human Rights Watch’s World 

9 Report 2006, many of the human rights violations 

10 committed in Iran were performed by quasi-official 

11 ‘‘parallel institutions’’, which include ‘‘paramilitary 

12 groups and plainclothes intelligence agents [that] 

13 violently attack peaceful protesters, and intelligence 

14 services [that] run illegal secret prisons and interro15 gation centers’’. Uniformed police officers are fearful 

16 of challenging plainclothes agents, who belong to 

17 groups such as Ansar-e Hizbollah and Basij. 

18 (10) According to the 2005 State Department 

19 International Religious Freedom Report, the popu20 lation of Iran is 89 percent Shi’a Muslim and 8 per21 cent Sunni Muslim; less than one percent of the re22 maining population is comprised of Baha’is, Jews, 

23 Christians, Mandaeans, and Zoroastrians. 

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1 ment, and intimidation. Accordingly, the Secretary 

2 of State has, since 1999, designated Iran as a coun3 try of particular concern pursuant to section 

4 402(b)(1)(A) of the International Religious Freedom 

5 Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6442(b)(1)(A)). 

6 (12) Ambeyi Ligabo, United Nations Special 

7 Rapporteur on the Right to Freedom of Opinion and 

8 Expression, submitted a report to the Commission 

9 on Human Rights in 2004 on ‘‘Civil and Political 

10 Rights, Including the Question of Freedom of Ex11 pression’’. Mr. Ligabo asserted that ‘‘the climate of 

12 fear induced by the systematic repression of people 

13 expressing critical views against the authorized polit14 ical and religious doctrine and the functioning of the 

15 institutions coupled with the severe and dispropor16 tionate sentences imposed lead to self-censorship on 

17 the part of many journalists, intellectuals, politi18 cians, students and the population at large, thus in 

19 effect impeding freedom of expression’’. 

20 (13) Amnesty International’s 2003 Report on 

21 Iran detailed the arrest of Iranian-born Canadian 

22 journalist Zahra Kazemi for taking photographs out23 side Evin prison in Tehran on June 23, 2003. Over 

24 the course of her detention, judicial officials interro25 gated Ms. Kazemi for three days. While in custody, 


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1 Ms. Kazemi was beaten, and she died of a brain 

2 hemorrhage on July 23, 2003. 

3 (14) Men and women are not equal under the 

4 laws of Iran, and women are legally deprived of their 

5 basic rights. The 2005 State Department Country 

6 Reports on Human Rights Practices stated that the 

7 weight of a woman’s court testimony in Iran is half 

8 that of a man’s testimony and the family of a female 

9 crime victim in that country receives only half the 

10 amount of ‘‘blood money’’ provided to the family of 

11 a male crime victim. The Government of Iran man12 dates gender segregation in most public spaces, in13 cluding on public buses and at entrances to public 

14 buildings, universities, and airports. 

15 (15) The April 28, 2006, Department of State 

16 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report states that 

17 Iran remained the most active state sponsor of ter18 rorism in 2005. 

19 (16) There exists a broad-based movement and 

20 desire for political change in the Islamic Republic of 

21 Iran that is pro-democratic and seeks freedom and 

22 economic opportunity, and which represents all sec23 tors of Iranian society, including youth, women, stu24 dents, military personnel, and religious figures. 


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1 (17) The people of Iran have increasingly ex2 pressed frustration at the slow pace of reform in 

3 Iran, and any efforts for nonviolent change in their 

4 society have been suppressed. 

5 (18) On September 7, 2006, Mohammad 

6 Khatami, President of Iran from 1997 to 2005, be7 came the highest ranking Iranian to visit Wash8 ington, DC, since the hostage crisis of 1979, despite 

9 his government’s state sponsorship of terrorism, re10 pression of political opponents, and dismal human 

11 rights record and the advancement of Iran’s ura12 nium enrichment program. 

13 (19) President Ahmadinejad is moving to limit 

14 freedom of expression in higher education. On Sep15 tember 5, 2006, he expressed concern that univer16 sities were too secular and called for a purge of lib17 eral and secular faculty members from universities 

18 in Iran. 

19 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

20 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Presi21 dent $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 to carry out sec22 tions 201, 303, and 304. 


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1 TITLE I—HUMAN RIGHTS AND 

2 DEMOCRACY IN IRAN 

3 SEC. 101. DECLARATION OF POLICY. 

4 It is the policy of the United States— 

5 (1) to make the deplorable human rights record 

6 of the Government of Iran a top concern and pri7 ority of United States foreign policy; 

8 (2) to keep the deplorable human rights record 

9 of Iran a top priority, irrespective of ongoing nuclear 

10 issues; 

11 (3) to support independent human rights 

12 groups inside and outside Iran who maintain inter13 nationally recognized human rights standards, in14 cluding those provided for in the Universal Declara15 tion of Human Rights and the Helsinki Commit16 ments; 

17 (4) to support a transparent and full transition 

18 to democracy in Iran; 

19 (5) to support an internationally-monitored ref20 erendum by which the people of Iran can peacefully 

21 change the system of government in that country; 

22 (6) to support the aspirations of the people of 

23 Iran to live in freedom; and 

24 (7) to support independent pro-democracy 

25 forces in Iran and abroad in order to encourage 


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1 them to change the system of government in Iran 

2 without direct United States military involvement. 

3 SEC. 102. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF 

4 HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN. 

5 It is the sense of Congress that— 

6 (1) there is a direct relationship between the 

7 state of freedom and democracy within Iran and the 

8 efforts of the current regime of Iran to acquire nu9 clear weapons and the long-term success of the glob10 al war on terror; and 

11 (2) it is essential that the issue of human rights 

12 violations in Iran should remain a top United States 

13 foreign policy priority, independent of efforts to ad14 dress the nuclear threat in Iran. 

15 SEC. 103. SPECIAL ENVOY ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN. 

16 (a) APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL ENVOY.—The Presi17 dent shall appoint a special envoy for human rights in Iran 

18 within the Department of State (in this Act referred to 

19 as the ‘‘Special Envoy’’). The Special Envoy should— 

20 (1) be a person of recognized distinction in the 

21 field of human rights; 

22 (2) not be an incumbent official of the Depart23 ment of State; and 

24 (3) report directly to the Secretary of State. 

25 (b) DUTIES.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Special Envoy shall co2 ordinate and promote efforts to improve respect for 

3 the fundamental human rights of the people of Iran 

4 and work with organizations committed to pro5 moting democracy in Iran. 

6 (2) SPECIFIC DUTIES.—The Special Envoy 

7 shall have the following duties: 

8 (A) Supporting international efforts to pro9 mote human rights and political freedoms in 

10 Iran, including coordination between the United 

11 States and the United Nations, the European 

12 Union, the Organization for Security and Co13 operation in Europe (OSCE), and countries in 

14 the region to promote these efforts and to es15 tablish the regional framework under section 

16 104. 

17 (B) Coordinating with appropriate offices 

18 of the Department of State, the Department of 

19 Defense, the National Security Council, and 

20 such other agencies as may be necessary to co21 ordinate the establishment and operation of the 

22 regional framework. 

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1 mental organizations interested in advocating 

2 democracy and human rights in Iran. 

3 (D) Coordinating efforts with appropriate 

4 departments and agencies of the United States 

5 Government, international organizations, non6 governmental organizations, and individuals and 

7 organizations from the Iranian diaspora to ac8 quire greater information and reporting on con9 ditions in Iran. 

10 (E) Overseeing funding for, and providing 

11 consultative authority with respect to, public 

12 and private broadcasting into Iran. 

13 (F) Reviewing strategies for improving the 

14 protection of human rights in Iran, including 

15 technical training and exchange programs. 

16 (G) Coordinating with the United States 

17 representative on the Board of Directors of the 

18 Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, 

19 and Malaria to properly evaluate and screen all 

20 allocations of United States contributions to the 

21 Global Fund that could be available to the Gov22 ernment of Iran. 

23 (c) REPORT ON ACTIVITIES.—Not later than 180 

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1 cial Envoy shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

2 committees a report on the activities undertaken in the 

3 preceding 12 months under subsection (b). 

4 SEC. 104. ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL FRAMEWORK. 

5 (a) FINDING.—Congress finds that human rights ini6 tiatives can be undertaken on a multilateral basis, as dem7 onstrated by the OSCE, which established a regional 

8 framework for discussing human rights, scientific and 

9 educational cooperation, and economic and trade issues. 

10 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con11 gress that the United States Government should explore 

12 the possibility of a regional human rights dialogue with 

13 Iran that is modeled on the Helsinki process established 

14 by the OSCE, engaging all countries in the region in a 

15 common commitment to respect human rights and funda16 mental freedoms. 

17 SEC. 105. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE ROLE OF THE 

18 UNITED NATIONS. 

19 It is the sense of Congress that the United Nations 

20 has a significant role to play in promoting and improving 

21 human rights in Iran, and that— 

22 (1) the United Nations General Assembly has 

23 taken positive steps by adopting Resolution 60/171, 

24 which expresses its grave concern over the deterio25 rating human rights situation in Iran; 


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1 (2) the severe human rights violations in Iran 

2 warrant country-specific attention and reporting by 

3 the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary 

4 Detention, the United Nations Working Group on 

5 Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances, the Spe6 cial Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary, or Arbi7 trary Executions, the Special Rapporteur on the 

8 Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom 

9 of Opinion and Expression, the Special Rapporteur 

10 on Freedom of Religion or Belief, and the Special 

11 Rapporteur on Violence Against Women; 

12 (3) United Nations member states should not 

13 support Iran as a member of the United Nations 

14 Human Rights Council until the Government of Iran 

15 has made significant progress in its human rights 

16 record, including the adherence to the Universal 

17 Declaration on Human Rights; and 

18 (4) the Special Envoy should work with the 

19 United Nations to compile accurate statistical data 

20 on social and political conditions inside Iran. 

21 SEC. 106. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON VISA POLICY. 

22 It is the sense of Congress that the commitment to 

23 human rights and democracy of a national of Iran who 

24 has applied for a visa to enter the United States should 


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1 be considered when determining the eligibility of such na2 tional for the visa. 

3 TITLE II—FOREIGN ASSISTANCE 

4 SEC. 201. ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS, 

5 AND ENTITIES THAT SUPPORT HUMAN 

6 RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY IN IRAN. 

7 (a) AUTHORITY.—The President is authorized to pro8 vide financial and political assistance, including grants, to 

9 foreign and domestic individuals, organizations, and enti10 ties that support human rights, democracy, and the pro11 motion of democracy in Iran and that are opposed to the 

12 non-democratic Government of Iran and its deplorable 

13 human rights record. 

14 (b) ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE.—Financial and 

15 political assistance under this section may be provided to 

16 an individual, organization, or entity that— 

17 (1) officially opposes the use of terrorism; 

18 (2) advocates the adherence by the Government 

19 of Iran to nonproliferation regimes for nuclear, 

20 chemical, and biological weapons and materiel; 

21 (3) is dedicated to democratic values and sup22 ports the adoption of a democratic form of govern23 ment in Iran; 

24 (4) is dedicated to respect for human rights, in25 cluding the fundamental equality of women; 


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1 (5) works to establish equality of opportunity 

2 for all people of Iran; and 

3 (6) supports freedom of the press, freedom of 

4 speech, freedom of association, and freedom of reli5 gion and other internationally recognized human 

6 rights. 

7 (c) FUNDING.—The President may provide assistance 

8 under this section acting through the Special Envoy. 

9 (d) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 15 days before 

10 each obligation of assistance under this section, and in ac11 cordance with the procedures under section 634A of the 

12 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394–l), the 

13 President shall notify the appropriate congressional com14 mittees of such obligation of assistance. 

15 SEC. 202. ASSISTANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN. 

16 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con17 gress that— 

18 (1) notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

19 United States nonhumanitarian assistance to Iran 

20 should be contingent on— 

21 (A) substantial progress being made in 

22 that country toward respecting the basic human 

23 rights of the people of Iran; and 

24 (B) the transition to a full, transparent de25 mocracy; and 


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1 (2) United States humanitarian assistance to 

2 any department, agency, or entity of the Govern3 ment of Iran should— 

4 (A) be delivered, distributed, and mon5 itored according to internationally recognized 

6 humanitarian standards; 

7 (B) be provided on a needs basis, and not 

8 used as a political reward or tool of coercion; 

9 and 

10 (C) reach the intended beneficiaries, who 

11 should be informed of the source of the assist12 ance. 

13 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

14 of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Foreign As15 sistance shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

16 committees a report describing compliance with this sec17 tion and describing assistance provided to Iran by inter18 national organizations to which the United States provides 

19 assistance. 


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1 TITLE III—BROADCASTING AND 

2 OTHER PUBLIC INFORMATION 

3 SEC. 301. UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING BROAD4 CASTING IN IRAN. 

5 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

6 United States to help the people of Iran achieve a free 

7 press and build an open, democratic, and free society. 

8 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the 

9 Congress that— 

10 (1) effectively communicating democratic ideals 

11 to the people of Iran is essential to fostering change 

12 in that country; and 

13 (2) United States public broadcasting into Iran 

14 has in the past been intentionally undermined by the 

15 actions of foreign governments. 

16 SEC. 302. REFORM OF RADIO FARDA AND VOICE OF AMER17 ICA PERSIAN SERVICE. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Broadcasting Board of Gov19 ernors shall— 

20 (1) require the head of Radio Farda and the 

21 head of Voice of America Persian Service to develop 

22 programming in consultation with— 

23 (A) the Special Envoy; 


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1 (B) individuals, organizations, and entities 

2 eligible for political and financial assistance in 

3 accordance with section 201(b); and 

4 (C) representatives from the Middle East 

5 Partnership Initiative, the Bureau of Edu6 cational and Cultural Affairs, and the Bureau 

7 of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the 

8 Department of State; 

9 (2) ensure that a significant percentage of the 

10 broadcast time on Radio Farda and the Voice of 

11 America Persian Service is devoted to discussing 

12 peaceful democratic change in Iran, including a full, 

13 transparent transition to democracy in that country, 

14 the consequences of a lack of democratic reform for 

15 the people of Iran, and democratic reforms in other 

16 countries, and to promoting human rights in Iran 

17 and other countries around the world; 

18 (3) ensure that Radio Farda devotes not more 

than 1 19 ⁄2 of its broadcast time to music and enter20 tainment; and 

21 (4) ensure that fluent Farsi speakers employed 

22 by Radio Farda and the Voice of America Persian 

23 Service produce English summaries of their respec24 tive organizations’ broadcasts on a weekly basis and 


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1 make such summaries available to the Special 

2 Envoy. 

3 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

4 of the enactment of this Act, the chairman of the Broad5 casting Board of Governors shall submit to the appro6 priate congressional committees a report that— 

7 (1) describes compliance with subsection (a); 

8 (2) reviews programming options for Radio 

9 Farda as presented in the consultation process de10 scribed in paragraph (1) of such subsection; 

11 (3) lists Radio Farda programs selected from 

12 the options presented in the consultation process de13 scribed in such paragraph; and 

14 (4) describes how Voice of America Persian 

15 Service programming fulfills the principles of the 

16 Voice of America charter. 

17 (c) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO EMPLOY

18 CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.—None of the funds appropriated 

19 or otherwise made available by an Act making appropria20 tions for foreign operations, export financing, and related 

21 programs or any other Act may be used to pay the salary 

22 of any employee of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, 

23 Voice of America, or Radio Farda who has, within the pre24 vious 10 years, been employed by the Iranian Information 


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1 Ministry, or any official news agency of the Government 

2 of Iran, including the Islamic Republic News Agency. 

3 (d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con4 gress that the Broadcasting Board of Governors should 

5 make every effort to prevent the broadcast of explicitly 

6 anti-American sentiments from any of its correspondents 

7 or guests. 

8 SEC. 303. TRANSLATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMA9 TION. 

10 The Special Envoy may provide grants to appropriate 

11 entities that are eligible for political and financial assist12 ance in accordance with section 201(b) or section 

13 304(b)(4) to create and maintain websites and translate 

14 and distribute books, videos, documents, and other mate15 rials on human rights, democracy, the rule of law, free 

16 market economics, and related topics. 

17 SEC. 304. BROADCASTING TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY IN 

18 IRAN. 

19 (a) GRANT PROGRAM.—The Special Envoy is author20 ized to award grants to eligible entities for the purpose 

21 of funding broadcasting programs and activities to pro22 mote a full, transparent transition to democracy in Iran. 

23 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—The following persons and entities 

24 are eligible for grants under subsection (a): 


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1 (1) Individuals, organizations, and entities that 

2 are eligible for political and financial assistance in 

3 accordance with section 201(b). 

4 (2) Individuals, organizations, and entities that 

5 provide radio or television broadcasting into Iran 

6 that includes programming intended to promote a 

7 full, transparent transition to democracy in Iran. 

8 (3) Individuals, organizations, and entities that 

9 are working to promote the holding of an inter10 nationally-monitored referendum in Iran. 

11 (4) Individuals, organizations, and entities that 

12 facilitate communication with the people of Iran via 

13 the Internet, including websites, Internet broadcasts, 

14 webblogs, and other forms of online communication, 

15 that promote a full, transparent transition to democ16 racy in Iran. 

17 SEC. 305. SANCTIONS RELATING TO RADIO JAMMING AND 

18 TELEVISION. 

19 The President may impose diplomatic and, if nec20 essary, economic sanctions on foreign governments or enti21 ties that assist the Government of Iran in jamming, block22 ing, or otherwise preventing the free transmission of 

23 United States Government radio and television broadcasts 

24 into Iran. 

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