The majority in Congress urge firmness with Iran's policy ... and support the 'resistance' movement
Beth : On Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in the first 100 days of US President Joe Biden and prior to the latter's speech at the joint session, members of Congress presented a resolution urging firmness with Iran's policy of violating human rights and supporting terrorism.
On the eve of Joe Biden's speech at the joint session of Congress, and with the resumption of the Vienna nuclear talks, many members of the US House of Representatives attended a bipartisan majority and demanded an American policy toward Iran based on ending the Iranian regime's terrorism and spreading wars in the region.
The majority of the US Congress, in the first session of the Hundred and Seventeenth Session, expressed support for the Iranian people's desire for a democratic and non-nuclear republic, and condemned the Iranian government's violations of human rights and terrorism sponsored by the Iranian government.
And among Anwab in the Council of Supporters of the Iranian People to get rid of the mullahs' regime:
Mr. McClintock (on his own, and on behalf of Mr. Sherman, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Laudermelk, Mr. Papin, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Bellerakis, Mr. Norman, Mr. Fleishman, Mr. Hayes of Georgia, Mr. Gates, Mr. Grootman, Mr. Mast, Mr. Maeser, Mr. Griffiths, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Ruiz, Mrs. Craig, Mr. Peters, Mr. Lamalva, Mrs. Cho, Mr. Perry, Mr. Luitkimer, Mrs. Zagner, Mr. Clavert, Mr. Green of Tennessee, Mrs. Brunley, Mrs. Stefanek, Mr. Aguiler, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Cartwright, Miss Rice from New York, Mrs. Wallorski, Mrs. Lesco, Mr. Bode, Mr. Waltz, Mr. Borchett, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Womack, Mr. Stanton, Ms. Granger, Mr. Lamburn, Mr. Stober, Mr. Zeldin, Mr. Harder of California, Mr. Allen, Mr. Pera, Mr. Payne, Mr. Cloud Mr. Weinstrup, Mr. Johnson from Louisiana, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Bookshon, Mr. Rozer, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Stube, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Weber from Texas, Mr. Brady, Mr. Hudson, Mr. No TA, Mr Rogers of Kentucky, Mrs Macbath, Miss Gonzalez Colon, Mr Vicente Gonzale Mr Eze from Texas, Mr LaHood, Mr Ferguson, Mr Estes, Mrs Rodgers from Washington, Mr Katko, Mr Klein, Mr Keeler, Mr Diaz-Ballart, Mr Guthrie, Ms Fletcher, and Mrs. Miller from West Virginia, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Wilson from South Carolina, Mr. Smith from Missouri, Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. Gonzales from Ohio, Mr. Young, Mr. Geist, Mr. Barr and Mr. Barr. Gooden from Texas, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Larson from Connecticut, Mr. Costa, Mr. Degarlais, Mr. Austin Scott from Georgia, Mr. Schwikert, Mr. Moore from Alabama, Mrs. Wilson from Florida, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Emmer, Mr. Volcher, Mr. Molinard, Mr. Nehles, Mr. Johnson from Ohio, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Hagedorn, Mr. Allerd, Mr. Hill, Mr. Huizinga, Mr. Philip, Mr. Brooks and Mr. Amode) made the following decision which was referred to the Foreign Affairs Committee.
the decision
Expressing support for the Iranian people's desire for the establishment of a democratic, secular and secular republic of Iran, and condemning the Iranian government's violations of human rights and terrorism sponsored by the Iranian government.
Whereas, starting in 2017, and continuing for several months after the outbreak of protests in more than 100 cities, the Iranian regime suppressed such protests with repressive forces that resulted in the deaths of at least 25 people and 4000 arrests, including wrestling champ Naveed Afkari, which was done His execution was later in September 2020 amid global outrage.
While popular protests began on November 15, 2019 against the Iranian regime and spread quickly to at least 100 cities across the country, reports indicate that Iranian security forces used lethal force, killing about 1,500 people during less than two weeks of unrest, and thousands were arrested. Two others during these protests.
Whereas, in the 116th session of Congress, the House of Representatives passed Resolution No. 752, which stipulates "to support the rights of the Iranian people to freedom of expression, and to condemn the Iranian regime for its suppression of legitimate protests, and for other purposes."
While the House of Representatives Resolution No. 752 urged the administration to work on holding emergency sessions of the UN Security Council and work with partners and allies of the United States to condemn the ongoing human rights violations committed by the Iranian regime and establish a mechanism through which the Security Council can monitor these violations.
Whereas, according to an Amnesty International report of 2 September 2020, the detained protesters were subjected to "widespread torture including beatings, whipping, electric shocks, stress positions, mock executions, drowning in water, sexual violence, forced use of chemicals and denial of medical treatment." .
Whereas, from 11 to 13 January 2020, demonstrators gathered across Iran chanting against Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the Guard forces after a Ukrainian airliner was shot down, killing 176 civilians, and Iranian authorities used tear gas and live ammunition against the demonstrators .
While the Iranian regime systematically violates the human rights of Iranian citizens, including placing serious and continuous restrictions on the freedom of peaceful assembly and association and freedom of opinion and expression, including the continuous closure of the media, the arrest of journalists, and the censorship of speech in online forums such as Blogs and websites.
Meanwhile, the Iranian regime has killed or arrested more than 860 journalists since 1979.
Whereas, the Iranian regime lured three political activists to Iran’s neighboring countries, where they were kidnapped and transferred to Iran, including Ruhollah Zam, who was executed by the regime on December 12, 2020.
Whereas the Iranian regime arbitrarily and brutally repressed ethnic minorities, including Iranian Kurds, Baluchis and Arabs, as well as religious minorities such as Christians, Jews, Baha'is, Zoroastrians and even Sunni Muslims, depriving them of their basic human rights, and executed them in many cases.
While in the 115th session of Congress, the House of Representatives passed Resolution H.R. 4744, which calls on the United States to "condemn human rights violations against Iranian opponents, including the 1988 massacre and the suppression of political demonstrations in 1999, 2009 and 2017, and to pressure the government of Iran to provide detailed information on final burial places of victims of such violations to members of their families."
Whereas the killings were carried out by order of a judge, an official from the Ministry of Intelligence, and a Public Prosecutor by the government [the combination] known to prisoners as "death committees", which were formed on July 19, 1988, and the procedures began in a manner aimed at exterminating Regime opponents.
While Amnesty International described “tremendous progress” and “a turning point” regarding, a letter to seven UN human rights experts, dated September 3, 2020, regarding information stating that “between July and September 1988, the Iranian authorities forcibly disappeared and executed Thousands extrajudicially imprisoned political opponents belonging to political opposition groups in 32 cities in secret and most of them were placed in unknown mass graves. United Nations experts also warned that "the situation may amount to crimes against humanity."
While the United Nations was calling on the international community to take measures to investigate the cases through an international investigation.
While the United States should participate in any international investigation into the 1988 extrajudicial killings of Iranian dissidents.
While senior Iranian government, military, judicial and security officials have, for decades, ordered the perpetration of grave human rights violations and terrorist acts or committed them themselves.
While the Iranian people were deprived of their basic freedoms, and this was the reason behind their rejection of the royal dictatorship and opposing religious tyranny.
Whereas, on June 30, 2018, tens of thousands of people gathered in Paris at the Free Iran Assembly, in which they supported the advocates of a democratic, secular, and non-secular republic of Iran, and showed their support for the Iranian opposition leader Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, and her 10-point plan for the future of Iran, which calls for truth. In universal suffrage, free elections, a market economy, supports gender equality, religious and ethnic equality, and a foreign policy based on peaceful coexistence, and a non-nuclear Iran.
Whereas, on July 2, 2018, the Belgian Federal Prosecutor's Office announced that it had thwarted a terrorist plot against the "Free Iran 2018 - Alternative" gathering that was held on June 30, 2018, in support of the Iranian people's struggle for freedom.
Many former US government officials from both parties, many retired US generals, Congressional personnel, and thousands of US citizens participated in the gathering.
Meanwhile, Asadullah Asadi, a senior Iranian diplomat residing at the Iranian embassy in Vienna, Austria, was arrested inside Germany for plotting a terrorist plot planned in Paris.
While the Iranian diplomat was accused in Belgium of masterminding the terrorist plot in Paris, and in Germany, with "activity as a foreign agent and conspiracy to commit murder."
On February 4, 2021, a court in Belgium sentenced Iranian diplomat Asadullah Asadi to 20 years in prison, the maximum penalty, for his role in planning to plant a bomb in the Free Iran Gathering in 2018, and sentenced his three partners to prison terms ranging between 15 and 18 years and stripped them of Belgian nationality.
While Asadi carried an Iranian-made bomb from Iran to Europe on a commercial flight, and delivered it to his partners with the aim of finding mass casualties at the Free Iran Rally in Paris in 2018.
While the Belgian court stated that “the four defendants were part of a larger terrorist group within a specific Iranian intelligence apparatus. This fact emerges from the sums paid to the defendants, from the method of collecting information, from meetings in Iran, from the use of the diplomatic website, and who made it. And the test of the explosive device in Iran itself. "
While a senior official in the Foreign Ministry said, on July 10, 2018, “Iran uses embassies as a cover for planning terrorist attacks,” and that “the latest example of this is the conspiracy that the Belgians thwarted, and we had an Iranian diplomat outside the Austrian embassy as part of a plot to blow up a meeting of opposition leaders Iran in Paris. "
Whereas, in January 2019, the European Union (EU) placed the Internal Security Department of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), and two of its officials on the European Union's terrorism list in connection with the Paris bombing plot.
Whereas, according to "Iranian-sponsored operational activities in Europe", issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 5, 2018, "two Iranian elements were arrested on charges of terrorism by the Albanian authorities", due to a bomb plot against the Iranian New Year gathering in March. 2018 has gathered thousands of Iranian dissidents in Tirana.
Whereas, in December 2018, the Albanian government expelled Iran's ambassador, Ghulam Hossein Mohammadi Nia, and the head of the Iranian Intelligence Ministry's station in Albania, Mustafa Rudaki, for planning terrorist activities against Iranian dissidents and members of the PMOI.
Whereas, in January 2020, the Albanian government expelled two other Iranian diplomats for allegedly planning terrorist activities against the MEK.
Whereas the expulsion of the Iranian ambassador by the Albanian government is a positive and important step and represents a correct message that Iranian embassies should not be used to plot terrorism and carry out espionage activities against opponents.
Whereas Iran's malign activities in the Balkans, specifically its presence and activities in Albania, pose a serious threat to the national security interests of the United States.
Meanwhile, the Foreign Ministry urged "all countries to be vigilant about Iran's use of embassies as diplomatic cover for planning terrorist attacks."
Whereas in August 2018 the United States government arrested two Iranian citizens who were working on behalf of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence to conduct covert surveillance in the United States against NCRI officials for a targeted package, according to the complaint, the Federal Ministry of Justice, which may include “arrest, conscription or exploitation. Electronic arrests / murders, "and that they pleaded guilty and were sentenced to prison: now, so, whether that is
It was decided that the House of Representatives-
(1) Condemns the past and current terrorist attacks sponsored by the Iranian government against United States citizens and officials, as well as Iranian opponents, including the Iranian regime's terrorist plot against the "Free Iran 2018 - Alternative" gathering in Paris
(2) Calls on relevant U.S. government agencies to work with European allies, including allies in the Balkans where Iran has expanded its presence, to hold Iran accountable for violating diplomatic privileges, and call on states to prevent the malicious activities of the Iranian regime's diplomatic missions with the aim of closing it, including the Iranian embassy In Albania
(3) Stand with the Iranian people who continue to organize legitimate and peaceful protests against the corrupt repressive regime.
(4) It recognizes the rights of the Iranian people and their struggle for the establishment of a democratic, secular and non-secular Iranian republic.