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Rep David Schweikert Iran protests 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, December 11, Washington, DC, bipartisan members of congress joined Iranian Americans from across the U.S. at a House Briefing to\u00a0support ongoing protests in Iran<\/a>\u00a0and to hold the Iranian regime accountable for indiscriminate and deadly use of force. The briefing was organized by the\u00a0 Organization of Iranian American Communities<\/a>\u00a0(OIAC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep David Schweikert joined the brifing to support Iran protests<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep David Schweikert: I wish there were dramatically better information that Americans could see that were coming out of Iran and to truly understanding of the uniqueness of the society, the passion of the young people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We actually did a briefing last year and it was fascinating. I mean how many of you still have family in Iran? How many of you understand when you look at how young of a country it is? It is remarkably young. It is still remarkably well-educated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep David Schweikert added: In many ways it should be one of the economic powerhouses in the world. Could you imagine if they had a truly, truly wonderful change in their government that would allow the human spirit, the demographic sweet spot they\u2019re in, the educational, intellectual vitality, the resources, could you imagine what that country could do for the world let alone their own people? And instead, something that should be one of the intellectual powerhouses of the world lives in chaos. And it breaks my heart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Look, I\u2019m blessed.\nSorry, I represent the Phoenix and Scottsdale area. My neighbors\u2014and we were\nhaving this discussion outside\u2014they always insist I call them Persians. And if\nI call them Persians I get invited over for food and the food is amazing.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep David Schweikert highlighted: So, they\u2019re Persians. Thank you for being here. We have to tell the story of what\u2019s going on and be optimistic of what can be and also the fact that America, and we have to get the EU, our Western allies, to also step up the game and start to think about what can be instead of worrying about today\u2019s little financial relationships, think about what the economic relationships would be if Iran were truly free. So, thank you for letting me come to this, I appreciate it. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"