{"id":21350,"date":"2021-03-03T21:04:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T20:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=21350"},"modified":"2021-03-03T21:04:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T20:04:34","slug":"bipartisan-congressional-briefing-on-iran-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/03\/bipartisan-congressional-briefing-on-iran-policy\/21350\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipartisan Congressional Briefing on Iran Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<!--?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"--><html><body><p>On Wednesday, March 03, 2021, Organization of Iranian American Communities (<a href=\"https:\/\/oiac.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OIAC<\/a>), in association with its members organizations in 41 states, hosted a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/broadcasts\/1djGXqAwEdeJZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">virtual meeting<\/a> to recognize these Congressional leaders and raise public awareness about the Iranian regime\u2019s malign role in and outside Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u25b6\ufe0f Virtual Bipartisan Congressional Briefing on Iran Policy<br>\u25b6\ufe0f Hosted by OIAC in association with its member organizations in 41 states<br>\u25b6\ufe0f To recognize bipartisan support for a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran<\/a><br>\u25b6\ufe0f Wed, March 3, 2021<br>\u25b6\ufe0f 11:00 AM \u2013 12:30 PM EST<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Time4FirmIranPolicy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Time4FirmIranPolicy<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zmyHjlM3Py\">https:\/\/t.co\/zmyHjlM3Py<\/a><\/p>\u2014 OIAC: Organization of Iranian American Communities (@OrgIAC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OrgIAC\/status\/1366073848316231681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Introduced on February 11, 2021, One-Hundred-Twelve bipartisan members of the U.S. House of Representatives joined their voices as original cosponsors of <a href=\"https:\/\/oiac.org\/hres118-expressing-support-for-the-iranian-peoples-desire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">H. Res.118<\/a>, \u201cExpressing support for the Iranian people\u2019s desire for a democratic, secular, and nonnuclear Republic of Iran and condemning violations of human rights and state-sponsored terrorism by the Iranian Government.\u201d The Resolution cites the regime\u2019s brutal crackdowns on dissidents and addresses the regime\u2019s abuse of diplomatic privileges in order to advance its terrorist operations in support of its malign domestic and foreign policy. House Resolution 118 is led by Congressman Tom McClintock (R-CA) and Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA).<br>On February 4, 2021, a court in Belgium convicted and sentenced an Iranian diplomat to 20 years imprisonment for conducting years of intelligence operations across Europe, recruiting and establishing a network of terror agents in multiple countries and conspiring to commit mass murder.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2021\/02\/05\/assadi-sentenced-to-20-years-in-prison-for-terror-plot-in-france\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Assadi <\/a>and his three accomplices were arrested in June 2018 while in possession of explosives they had planned to detonate at the Free Iran gathering, aiming to terror <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/national-council-of-resistance-of-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NCRI <\/a>President-elect, Mrs. <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/maryam-rajavi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>. Court documents showed that the plot was planned and approved by Iranian regime leadership, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2019\/09\/24\/hassan-rouhani-crimes-iran-mek-1988massacre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hassan Rouhani<\/a>. The event was attended by thousands of Iranian Americans as well as former government officials from dozens of countries and from all continents.<br>This terrorist diplomats\u2019 actions highlight what Iranian Americans have said for years: That the Iranian regime\u2019s terrorist networks and activities are intertwined with its desire to stop uprising within Iran, as well as its perverse diplomatic and political adventures. These networks have unfortunately been developed over decades under the cover of diplomacy or dialogue. Dismantling them will require coming face to face with Iran\u2019s global diplomatic infrastructure.<br>The bill also highlights Iranian regime\u2019s, arbitrary and brutal suppression of journalists and \u201cethnic minorities, including Iranian Kurds, Baluchis, and Arabs, as well as religious minorities such as Christians, Jews, Baha\u2019is, Zoroastrians, and even Sunni Muslims.\u201d The measures cites H.R.4744 and H.Res.752, as well as Amnesty International reports calling on the United States to, \u2018\u2018condemn Iranian human rights abuses against dissidents, including the massacre in 1988 and the suppression of political demonstrations\u201d in 1999, 2009, 2017, 2018, as well as the use of live ammunition to kill over 1500 people during the November 2019 nationwide protests in Iran.<br>OIAC concurs with the sense of U.S. Congress and the U.N., calling on the international community to investigate these, \u201ccases through the establishment of an international investigation,\u201d and urging the United States to \u201cbe involved in any establishment of an international investigation into the 1988 extrajudicial killings of Iranian dissidents.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organization of Iranian American Communities(<a href=\"https:\/\/oiac.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OIAC<\/a>) applauds bipartisan members of Congress for recognizing and acting on the hidden threat. Specifically in the 117th Congress, we point to House Resolution H. Res 118 and the leadership demonstrated by its sponsor &amp; original bipartisan cosponsors who have condemned Iranian state-sponsored terrorism and explicitly demand accountability for the so-called diplomats and officials involved in persecution of political opponents at home and multiple terror plots in Europe, including the 2018 Free Iran gathering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/4freedominiran2\/status\/1367194919899717638?s=20\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Members of the U.S. Congress from House Democrats and House Republicans addressed about the Iranian regime\u2019s terrorism and situation of human rights in Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) Remarks at OIAC Policy Event, March 3, 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) Remarks at OIAC Policy Event, March 3, 2021 Iran.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_OFmGPfaJz8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>Rep. 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