IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 976 
Condemning human rights abuses by the Government of the Islamic Republic 
of Iran and expressing solidarity with the Iranian people. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2006 
Mr. MCCAUL of Texas (for himself, Mr. CROWLEY, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. 
BURTON of Indiana, Mr. PENCE, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. HIG-
GINS, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. MCGOVERN, 
Mr. CARTER, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. 
MACK, Mr. LANTOS, Ms. BERKLEY, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. NADLER, Mr. 
GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. POE, 
Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. GORDON, Mr. CLAY, 
and Mr. JEFFERSON) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on International Relations 
RESOLUTION 
Condemning human rights abuses by the Government of 
the Islamic Republic of Iran and expressing solidarity 
with the Iranian people. 
Whereas the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran was 
elected through a controlled and fixed election process 
which does not allow the Iranian people to freely elect 
their leaders; 
Whereas the Government of Iran is unaccountable to the will 
of the Iranian people; 
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Whereas the Government of Iran is a party to the Inter-
national Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the 
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural 
Rights and the International Convention on the Elimi-
nation of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; 
Whereas the Government of Iran within both its legal frame-
work and everyday practice continues to violate the civil 
and human rights of its citizens, in particular women, re-
ligious and ethnic minorities, and vocal opponents of the 
regime; 
Whereas the Government of Iran practices discrimination 
against the aforementioned groups through denial of ac-
cess to education and employment, seizure of private 
property, violent suppression of peaceful protest and free-
dom of assembly, arbitrary arrest and detention, physical 
and mental torture, cruel, inhuman, and degrading pun-
ishment, such as public executions, hanging, and stoning, 
and extra judicial killings of dissidents and ordinary citi-
zens; 
Whereas the Constitution of Iran promotes religious intoler-
ance and prohibits religious freedom by endorsing one re-
ligion to the exclusion of other religious beliefs; 
Whereas an unelected theocratic ruler and clerical elite exert 
control over the executive, legislative, and judicial 
branches of the Iranian Government; 
Whereas the Iranian judiciary is not independent and can be 
subject to arbitrary dismissal by the clerics; 
Whereas on December 16, 2005, the United Nations General 
Assembly passed a resolution discussing the human 
rights violations by the Government of Iran and insisting 
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that Iran eliminate in law and in practice discrimination 
toward the aforementioned groups; 
Whereas international human rights organizations have called 
for investigations into violent crackdowns of peaceful pro-
tests and other human rights violations which the Gov-
ernment of Iran has ignored; 
Whereas Iran sent to the June 2006 inaugural meetings of 
the United Nations Human Rights Council Saeed 
Mortazavi, Tehran’s Prosecutor General responsible for 
jailing hundreds of journalists and linked to the 2003 ar-
rest, imprisonment, and murder of an Iranian-Canadian 
photojournalist, showing a blatant disregard for the issue 
of human rights reform; and 
Whereas the Department of State’s Country Report on 
Human Rights Practices and Report on International Re-
ligious Freedom document the human rights abuses by 
the Government of Iran and list Iran as a ‘‘Country of 
Particular Concern’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) condemns the human rights abuses per-
petrated by the Government of the Islamic Republic 
of Iran and strongly urges the international commu-
nity to bring pressure on Iran to halt discrimination 
and violence toward its citizens, in particular 
women, religious and ethnic minorities, and vocal op-
ponents of the regime; 
(2) urges the Government of the United States 
to continue to pressure the Government of Iran into 
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making measurable improvements in the human 
rights situation for the Iranian people; and 
(3) expresses its unity with all Iranian people 
and shares their desire to see Iran become a free 
country with transparent, democratic institutions 
and equal rights for all. 
Æ 
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