IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1457 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the one-year anniver-
sary of the Government of Iran’s fraudulent manipulation of Iranian 
elections, the Government of Iran’s continued denial of human rights 
and democracy to the people of Iran, and the Government of Iran’s 
continued pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 22, 2010 
Mr. COSTA (for himself, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. BERMAN, Ms. ROS- 
LEHTINEN, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. KLEIN of Flor-
ida, and Mr. PENCE) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on 
the one-year anniversary of the Government of Iran’s 
fraudulent manipulation of Iranian elections, the Govern-
ment of Iran’s continued denial of human rights and 
democracy to the people of Iran, and the Government 
of Iran’s continued pursuit of a nuclear weapons capa-
bility. 
Whereas Iran’s authoritarian system of government violates 
numerous international norms and principles of demo-
cratic governance; 
Whereas June 12, 2009, was the date scheduled for Iranian 
presidential elections, in which only candidates approved 
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by the Government of Iran’s Guardian Council were al-
lowed to compete; 
Whereas the ensuing announcement by Iranian authorities of 
an ‘‘overwhelming victory’’ for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 
was made suspiciously early; 
Whereas reported vote counts in the June 12, 2009, election 
were inconsistent with Iranian demographics and political 
trends, including provinces in which more votes were al-
legedly cast than the number of registered voters and 
vote counts that indicated unusual pro-Ahmadinejad vot-
ing patterns by traditionally anti-Ahmadinejad constitu-
encies; 
Whereas the Government of Iran’s unrealistic vote count and 
fraudulent announcement of election results prompted 
millions of Iranians to rush into the streets in protest 
and prompted unprecedented public criticism by Iranians 
of the authoritarian rulers of the Government of Iran; 
Whereas the Government of Iran, Iranian riot police, mem-
bers of the Revolutionary Guard Corps, and Basij mili-
tias engaged in a brutal crackdown on the Iranian people 
in the aftermath of the disputed presidential election of 
June 12, 2009, killing, injuring, or imprisoning many 
Iranians, stifling freedom of speech, press, and assembly 
and violating fundamental human rights; 
Whereas, on June 19, 2009, the House of Representatives 
overwhelmingly adopted H. Res. 560 which ‘‘(1) ex-
presses its support for all Iranian citizens who embrace 
the values of freedom, human rights, civil liberties, and 
rule of law; (2) condemns the ongoing violence against 
demonstrators by the Government of Iran and pro-gov-
ernment militias, as well as the ongoing government sup-
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pression 
of 
independent 
electronic 
communication 
through interference with the Internet and cellphones; 
and (3) affirms the universality of individual rights and 
the importance of democratic and fair elections’’; 
Whereas, on June 23, 2009, President Barack Obama de-
nounced the Government of Iran’s crackdown on the Ira-
nian people, stating that ‘‘The United States and the 
international community have been appalled and outraged 
by the threats, the beatings and imprisonments of the 
last few days’’, that ‘‘I strongly condemn these unjust ac-
tions, and I join with the American people in mourning 
each and every innocent life that is lost’’, and that the 
United States must ‘‘bear witness to the courage and dig-
nity of the Iranian people, and to a remarkable opening 
within Iranian society’’; 
Whereas, on December 27, 2009, the Shiite Muslim holiday 
of Ashura was observed and at least eight Iranian civil-
ians were killed and hundreds arrested in confrontations 
with the Iranian authorities; 
Whereas the Government of Iran is violating its international 
and constitutional obligations to respect the human 
rights and fundamental freedoms of its citizens by— 
(1) using arbitrary or unlawful killings, beatings, 
rape, torture, and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treat-
ment or punishment, including flogging and amputations; 
(2) carrying out an increasingly high rate of execu-
tions in the absence of internationally recognized safe-
guards, including public executions and executions of ju-
venile offenders; 
(3) using stoning as a method of execution and 
maintaining a high number of persons in prison who con-
tinue to face sentences of execution by stoning; 
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(4) carrying out arrests, violent repression, and sen-
tencing of women exercising their right to peaceful as-
sembly, a campaign of intimidation against women de-
fenders of human rights, and continuing discrimination 
against women and girls; 
(5) permitting or carrying out increasing discrimina-
tion and other human rights violations against persons 
belonging to religious, ethnic, linguistic, or other minority 
communities; 
(6) imposing ongoing, systematic, and serious re-
strictions of freedom of peaceful assembly and association 
and freedom of opinion and expression, including the con-
tinuing closures of media outlets, arrests of journalists, 
the censorship of expression and of the press in news-
papers and online forums such as blogs and websites, as 
well as blockage or disruption of Internet-based commu-
nications and of mobile phone and text messaging net-
works; and 
(7) imposing severe limitations and restrictions on 
freedom of religion and belief by carrying out arbitrary 
arrests, indefinite detentions, and lengthy jail sentences 
for those exercising their rights to freedom of religion or 
belief and by proposing a mandatory death sentence for 
apostasy, the abandoning of one’s faith; 
Whereas according to the Department of State’s Country Re-
ports on Human Rights Practices for 2009, Iran’s ‘‘poor 
human rights record degenerated during the year . . . 
the government severely limited citizens’ right to change 
their government peacefully through free and fair elec-
tions . . . authorities held political prisoners and intensi-
fied a crackdown against women’s rights reformers, eth-
nic minority rights activists, student activists, and reli-
gious minorities’’; 
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dangerous international behavior and its horrific human 
rights abuses; 
Whereas Iran continues to enrich uranium and carry out 
other nuclear activities in violation of United Nations Se-
curity Council Resolutions 1696 (2006), 1737 (2006), 
1747 (2007), 1803 (2008), 1835 (2008), and 1929 
(2010); 
Whereas Iran has failed to cooperate with International 
Atomic Energy Agency inspectors looking into the pos-
sible military nature of the Iranian nuclear program, in-
cluding by denying inspectors access to facilities, people, 
and documents; and 
Whereas according to the Department of State’s Country Re-
ports on Terrorism, Iran remains ‘‘the most active state 
sponsor of terrorism’’, continues to provide arms, financ-
ing, training, and other support to Hamas, Hezbollah, 
and other groups designated by the United States as for-
eign terrorist organizations, in addition to providing le-
thal support to violent militants in Iraq and Afghanistan: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) reaffirms its support for all Iranian citizens 
who courageously struggle for freedom, human 
rights, civil liberties, and the protection of the rule 
of law; 
(2) condemns the ongoing violence and human 
rights abuses against the people of Iran by the Gov-
ernment of Iran and pro-government militias, as well 
as the ongoing government suppression of inde-
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pendent electronic communication through inter-
ference with the Internet and cell phones; 
(3) condemns the Government of Iran’s contin-
ued pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability and un-
conventional weapons and ballistic missile capabili-
ties, and its use of its nuclear program to distract 
attention from its horrific abuses of the human 
rights of the Iranian people; 
(4) urges the immediate release of all political 
prisoners detained by the Government of Iran and 
the immediate end of all harassment and violence 
against the people of Iran by the Government of 
Iran and pro-government militias; 
(5) reaffirms the universality of individual 
human and political rights; and 
(6) calls for freedom and democracy for the 
people of Iran, including fair, democratic, and inde-
pendent elections in Iran. 
Æ 
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