IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1118 
Expressing the concern of the House of Representatives over the Government 
of Iran’s continued oppression of its people and calling on the Adminis-
tration to take further measures in support of those oppressed by the 
current Iranian regime. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2010 
Mr. MCCAUL (for himself, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. ING-
LIS, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. OLSON, Mr. KIRK, 
Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, and 
Mr. WOLF) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the concern of the House of Representatives over 
the Government of Iran’s continued oppression of its 
people and calling on the Administration to take further 
measures in support of those oppressed by the current 
Iranian regime. 
Whereas the Department of State’s Country Reports on 
Human Rights Practices for 2008 states that, ‘‘The [Ira-
nian] government’s poor human rights record worsened, 
and it continued to commit numerous serious abuses. 
. . . The government executed numerous persons for 
criminal convictions as juveniles and after unfair trials. 
Security forces were implicated in custodial deaths and 
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committed other acts of politically motivated violence, in-
cluding torture. The government administered severe offi-
cially sanctioned punishments, including death by ston-
ing, amputation, and flogging . . .
. Authorities held 
political prisoners and intensified a crackdown against 
women’s rights reformers, ethnic minority rights activ-
ists, student activists, and religious minorities. There was 
a lack of judicial independence and fair public trials. The 
government severely restricted civil liberties, including 
freedoms of speech, expression, assembly, association, 
movement, and privacy, and it placed severe restrictions 
on freedom of religion.
. . .’’; 
Whereas the United States supports the right of all Iranian 
citizens to exercise their fundamental freedoms and to 
have equal protection under the law; 
Whereas the Government of Iran continues to restrict Inter-
net connections and cell phone service and jam foreign 
satellite television and radio broadcasts; 
Whereas Iran has the highest number of jailed journalists in 
the world and repeatedly arrests and expels foreign jour-
nalists; 
Whereas the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), 
Basij Resistance Force, Law Enforcement Force, and 
other elements of the regime have repeatedly attacked 
unarmed civilians; 
Whereas in December 2009, regime leaders and parliamen-
tarians threatened the arrest and possible execution of 
opposition leaders and protesters; 
Whereas on Ashura, the day of ritual Shiite mourning that 
fell on December 27, 2009, at least eight people were 
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killed and hundreds arrested in clashes between security 
forces and opposition supporters; 
Whereas, on January 12, 2010, agents from the Iranian Min-
istry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) arrested Aya-
tollah Mohammad Taqi Khalaji, a prominent dissident 
cleric in Qom, and confiscated his family’s personal ef-
fects and passports, preventing them from leaving Iran; 
Whereas over 300 political prisoners are still reportedly held 
in custody by the Iranian Government; 
Whereas the Government of Iran reportedly executed two dis-
sidents on January 29, 2010; and 
Whereas Ahmad Jannati, who heads the Government of 
Iran’s powerful ‘‘Guardian Council’’, has called for the 
execution of more dissidents and protestors, and a senior 
official of the Iranian ‘‘judiciary’’ has stated that the 
government will soon execute nine more dissidents: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) calls for— 
(A) the immediate release of Ayatollah Mo-
hammad Taqi Khalaji and the ceasing of in-
timidation and imprisonment of clerics; 
(B) the protection of the human rights of 
all Iranian citizens; and 
(C) an end to the use of force against un-
armed civilians; and 
(2) calls on the Administration to— 
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(A) continue and strengthen its condemna-
tion of the current regime for its repeated 
human rights abuses; 
(B) increase its support for those peace-
fully demonstrating against the oppressive Ira-
nian regime; 
(C) support efforts to ensure the Iranian 
people have free and open access to the Inter-
net; and 
(D) immediately impose comprehensive 
sanctions against the Government of Iran. 
Æ 
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