IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 993 
Recognizing and expressing support for the Iranian people protesting for 
a free and democratic Iran. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 13, 2026 
Ms. ANSARI (for herself, Ms. FOXX, Ms. ROSS, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. HIMES, 
Mrs. BICE, Mr. SCHNEIDER, and Mr. CAREY) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing and expressing support for the Iranian people 
protesting for a free and democratic Iran. 
Whereas, for nearly five decades, the people of Iran have en-
dured brutal repression under the Islamic Republic, a re-
gime that denies basic human rights, silences dissidents, 
and responds to peaceful protest with violence; 
Whereas, once again, the people of Iran are courageously tak-
ing to the streets to demand economic opportunity, 
human rights, dignity, and freedom; 
Whereas the Islamic Republic has responded to the ongoing 
protests with brutality by killing protestors, arresting 
thousands, and restricting internet access and telephone 
lines; 
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•HRES 993 IH 
Whereas the people of Iran are in part protesting the Islamic 
regime’s economic mismanagement, corruption, internal 
suppression, and unjust executions; 
Whereas access to free expression, open information, and un-
censored communication are fundamental human rights; 
Whereas the inspiring 2022 Women, Life, Freedom protests 
demanded an end to the Islamic Republic and its vio-
lence, including against Iranian women and ethnic mi-
norities; 
Whereas the barbaric so-called morality police and other arms 
of state suppression have a lengthy history of repressing 
the Iranian people’s fundamental freedoms, including the 
freedom to assemble, the freedom of religion, women’s 
rights, and LGBTQ rights; 
Whereas the Islamic regime has engaged in systematic efforts 
to intimidate, harass, detain, and harm political dis-
sidents, activists, and journalists both within Iran and 
beyond its borders; 
Whereas the people of Iran deserve the right to dignity, de-
mocracy, and self-determination and to be free from the 
brutality of the Islamic Republic; and 
Whereas, on January 26, 2023, the United States House of 
Representatives passed House Concurrent Resolution 7, 
commending the bravery, courage, and resolve of the Ira-
nian people: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) commends the bravery and resolve of the 
Iranian people in their fight for a free and demo-
cratic Iran; 
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(2) strongly condemns the brutality of the Is-
lamic Republic, which uses violent military force to 
suppress civilian protesters; 
(3) demands that the Iranian regime cease its 
threats, intimidation, and violence against peaceful 
protesters, release all political prisoners, and allow 
unhindered medical assistance to demonstrators 
wounded by the regime’s violent repression; 
(4) recognizes the right of the Iranian people to 
freely determine, through free and fair elections, the 
nature of their political regime; 
(5) urges immediate expansion of unrestricted 
internet access and civilian lines of communication 
across Iran; and 
(6) implores the Government of the United 
States to work in coordination with its allies to con-
sider and implement concrete measures to deter fur-
ther lethal violence against protesters. 
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