Excerpts of the speech of the Congressman Brad Sherman from California, at the Free Iran 2022, is as follows:
Hello. I’m Congressman Brad Sherman from California’s. Best name City. Sherman Oaks.
Please once again to join with my friends at the Free Iran World Summit as you come together to advocate for a free, democratic, and non-on nuclear Iran. I have long been a vocal proponent of these efforts.
I’m the chief democratic sponsor of House Resolution 118, which expresses the support of the entire American people, for the Iranian people’s desire for a democratic, secular, and nonnuclear Republic of Iran and condemns violations of human rights and state sponsored terrorism by the Iranian regime.
When my colleague, Congressman Tom McClintock, and I joined in introducing House Resolution 118, it was to highlight the then recent arrest of Iranian terrorists. Calls himself a diplomat.
Assadi in Belgium. As you know, Assadi conspired to commit murder. Commit the murder of thousands of people if they fully achieve their purposes as part of a plot to bomb the Free Iran gathering in Paris, which was in 2018.
Shockingly, the government of Belgium today is currently considering an outrageous deal that would allow the transfer of this terrorist, who posed as a diplomat, back to the Iranian regime in a quid pro quo in exchange for those that the regime has kidnapped in order to achieve its leverage. The release of Assadi would be an outrage.
Should this occur, it would simply encourage the Iranian regime to continue its terrorist behavior and send a message that state sponsors of terror can attempt or commit these acts and be rewarded with prisoner exchanges.
Should, and all they have to do is kidnap some innocent civilians. That’s why I wrote a letter to the Belgian Prime Minister, urging him to ensure that Assadi serves his full term in Belgium and is not transferred to the very regime which ordered him to commit terrorism.
I will continue to stand with you until the Iranian people can fill their desire for a free and democratic Iran. Thank you.
