IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 134 
Condemning the Government of Iran for its state-sponsored persecution of 
its Baha’i minority and its continued violation of the International Cov-
enants on Human Rights. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 1, 2011 
Mr. DOLD (for himself, Mr. LIPINSKI, and Mr. SHERMAN) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Condemning the Government of Iran for its state-sponsored 
persecution of its Baha’i minority and its continued vio-
lation of the International Covenants on Human Rights. 
Whereas, in 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 
2000, 2006, 2008, and 2009, Congress declared that it 
deplored the religious persecution by the Government of 
Iran of the Baha’i community and would hold the Gov-
ernment of Iran responsible for upholding the rights of 
all Iranian nationals, including members of the Baha’i 
faith; 
Whereas the 2010 Department of State International Reli-
gious Freedom Report stated, ‘‘Since the 1979 Islamic 
Revolution, more than 200 Baha’is have been killed, and 
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many have faced regular raids and confiscation of prop-
erty.’’; 
Whereas the 2009 Department of State Human Rights Re-
port stated, ‘‘The government [of Iran] continued to re-
press Baha’is and prevent them from meeting in homes 
to worship. It banned them from government and mili-
tary leadership posts, the social pension system, and pub-
lic schools and universities unless they concealed their 
faith.’’; 
Whereas, on October 15, 2010, the United Nations Sec-
retary-General issued a special report on human rights in 
Iran, stating that ‘‘the Baha’i, who comprise the coun-
try’s largest non-Muslim religious minority, face multiple 
forms of discrimination and harassment, including denial 
of employment, Government benefits and access to higher 
education’’; 
Whereas, on December 21, 2010, the United Nations General 
Assembly adopted a resolution (A/RES/65/226) noting 
‘‘serious ongoing and recurring human rights violations’’ 
in Iran, including against the Baha’i community; 
Whereas, in November 2007, the Ministry of Information of 
Iran in Shiraz jailed Baha’is Ms. Raha Sabet, 33, Mr. 
Sasan Taqva, 32, and Ms. Haleh Roohi, 29, for edu-
cating underprivileged children, and gave them 4-year 
prison terms; 
Whereas Ms. Sabet remains imprisoned in Iran; 
Whereas Ms. Sabet, Mr. Taqva, and Ms. Roohi were targeted 
solely on the basis of their religion; 
Whereas, in March and May of 2008, intelligence officials of 
the Government of Iran in Mashhad and Tehran arrested 
and 
imprisoned 
Mrs. 
Fariba 
Kamalabadi, 
Mr. 
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Jamaloddin Khanjani, Mr. Afif Naeimi, Mr. Saeid 
Rezaie, Mr. Behrouz Tavakkoli, Mrs. Mahvash Sabet, 
and Mr. Vahid Tizfahm, the members of the coordinating 
group for the Baha’i community in Iran; 
Whereas, in August 2010, the Revolutionary Court in Tehran 
sentenced the 7 Baha’i leaders to 20-year prison terms 
on charges of ‘‘spying for Israel, insulting religious sanc-
tities, propaganda against the regime and spreading cor-
ruption on earth’’; 
Whereas the lawyer for these 7 leaders, Mrs. Shirin Ebadi, 
the Nobel Laureate, has been denied all access to the 
prisoners and their files; 
Whereas these 7 Baha’i leaders were targeted solely on the 
basis of their religion; 
Whereas, in February 2011, the Revolutionary Court in 
Tehran sentenced human rights activist and follower of 
the Baha’i faith, Navid Khanjani, to a 12-year prison 
term on charges of ‘‘propaganda against the regime by 
publishing news, reports, and interviews with foreign TV 
and radio’’, among others; 
Whereas the Government of Iran is party to the International 
Covenants on Human Rights; and 
Whereas the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, 
and Divestment Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–195) au-
thorizes the President and the Secretary of State to im-
pose sanctions on ‘‘the officials of the Government of 
Iran and other individuals who are responsible for con-
tinuing and severe violations of human rights and reli-
gious freedom in Iran’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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(1) condemns the Government of Iran for its 
state-sponsored persecution of its Baha’i minority 
and its continued violation of the International Cov-
enants on Human Rights; 
(2) calls on the Government of Iran to imme-
diately release the seven leaders and all other pris-
oners held solely on account of their religion, includ-
ing Mrs. Fariba Kamalabadi, Mr. Jamaloddin 
Khanjani, Mr. Afif Naeimi, Mr. Saeid Rezaie, Mr. 
Behrouz Tavakkoli, Mrs. Mahvash Sabet, Mr. Vahid 
Tizfahm, Ms. Raha Sabet, and Mr. Navid Khanjani; 
(3) calls on the President and Secretary of 
State, in cooperation with the international commu-
nity, to immediately condemn the Government of 
Iran’s continued violation of human rights and de-
mand the immediate release of prisoners held solely 
on account of their religion, including Mrs. Fariba 
Kamalabadi, Mr. Jamaloddin Khanjani, Mr. Afif 
Naeimi, Mr. Saeid Rezaie, Mr. Behrouz Tavakkoli, 
Mrs. Mahvash Sabet, Mr. Vahid Tizfahm, Ms. Raha 
Sabet, and Mr. Navid Khanjani; and 
(4) urges the President and Secretary of State 
to utilize all available measures, such as those avail-
able under the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Ac-
countability, and Divestment Act of 2010 and Exec-
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utive Order 13553, to sanction officials of the Gov-
ernment of Iran and other individuals directly re-
sponsible for egregious human rights violations in 
Iran, including against the Baha’i community. 
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