IV 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 791 

Condemning the actions of the Government of Iran and supporting the protesters in Iran, their demands for accountability, and their desire for 

the Government of Iran to respect freedom and human rights. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 13, 2020 

Mr. MCCARTHY submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning the actions of the Government of Iran and 

supporting the protesters in Iran, their demands for accountability, and their desire for the Government of Iran 

to respect freedom and human rights. 

Whereas in November 2019, according to Iranian interior 

ministry officials who provided details to Reuters, Iranian 

security forces killed approximately 1,500 demonstrators 

when they rose up across the country in protest; 

Whereas, on January 8, 2020, the Government of Iran shot 

down Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, lied 

about its responsibility, and then admitted to mistakenly 

shooting the airliner down, killing all 176 people on 

board; 


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Whereas the aircraft was carrying 167 passengers and nine 

crewmembers; 

Whereas passengers were citizens of Iran, Canada, Ukraine, 

Great Britain, Germany and Sweden, at least 16 were 

children under the age of 10, and 13 were students and 

alumni of Sharif University of Technology in Tehran; 

Whereas Iran’s state news agency initially reported the crash 

resulted from an engine fire caused by a technical fault; 

Whereas Iranian officials repeatedly denied that the flight 

was shot down by its armed forces; 

Whereas, on January 11, 2020, three days after the downing 

of the flight, the Government of Iran admitted that its 

armed forces unintentionally shot down the airliner; 

Whereas, on January 11, 2020, the Government of Iran arrested the British Ambassador to Iran, in violation of the 

Vienna Convention, after he attended a vigil for the victims of the downed flight, and he was released hours 

later; 

Whereas, on January 11, 2020, protestors gathered across 

Iran to denounce what they called lying and incompetence by the country’s leadership; 

Whereas at Amirkabir University of Technology in Tehran, 

protestors tore down posters of Maj. Gen. Qassem 

Solemaini; 

Whereas, on January 13, 2020, video from inside Iran 

showed protestors chanting slogans including ‘‘Clerics get 

lost!’’; 

Whereas video appears to show Iranian security forces firing 

live ammunition at protestors and a woman being carried 


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away leaving a trail of blood on the ground as people 

shout that she has been shot; and 

Whereas the President expressed support for ‘‘the brave, 

long-suffering people of Iran’’ and called on the Iranian 

Government to allow human rights groups to monitor the 

protests and not to use force on the protestors: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) condemns the Government of Iran for kill3 ing approximately 1,500 Iranian citizens who were 

4 protesting their government; 

5 (2) condemns the Government of Iran for 

6 shooting down Ukraine International Airlines Flight 

7 752; 

8 (3) condemns the Government of Iran for re9 peatedly lying to its people and to the world about 

10 its responsibility for the downing of Ukraine Inter11 national Airlines Flight 752; 

12 (4) calls on the Government of Iran to— 

13 (A) refrain from the use of violence; and 

14 (B) protect the rights of freedom of ex15 pression and peaceful assembly; and 

16 (5) supports the protestors in Iran, their de17 mands for accountability, and their desire for the 

18 Government of Iran to respect freedom and human 

19 rights. 

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