{"id":42653,"date":"2023-02-09T01:00:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T00:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=42653"},"modified":"2023-02-08T22:40:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T21:40:09","slug":"the-u-s-house-of-representatives-supports-for-a-democratic-secular-and-non-nuclear-republic-of-iran-february-8-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2023\/02\/the-u-s-house-of-representatives-supports-for-a-democratic-secular-and-non-nuclear-republic-of-iran-february-8-2023\/42653\/","title":{"rendered":"The U.S. House of Representatives Supports for a Democratic, Secular, and Non-Nuclear Republic of Iran\u2014February 8, 2023"},"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><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Congressional-press-briefing-US-House-Representatives-1.jpg\" alt=\"The U.S. House of Representatives Supports for a Democratic, Secular, and Non-Nuclear Republic of Iran\u2014February 8, 2023\" class=\"wp-image-42665\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';this.srcset='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Congressional-press-briefing-US-House-Representatives-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Congressional-press-briefing-US-House-Representatives-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Congressional-press-briefing-US-House-Representatives-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 8, 2023\u2014Washington, DC:<\/strong> House Resolution number 100, introduced by several members of the 118th United States House of Representatives, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/us-house-lawmakers-support-iranian-peoples-desire-for-a-democratic-secular-and-nonnuclear-republic-of-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">expresses support<\/a> for the Iranian people\u2019s desire for a democratic, secular and nonnuclear Iran. 165 members of Congress from both parties submitted the resolution.<\/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\">Key points of the newly announced H.Res.100:<br><br>1. Recognizes the Iranian people\u2019s desires for a democratic Iran<br>2. Recognizes the rights of the protestors<br>3. Support for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Maryam_Rajavi<\/a>\u2019s 10-point plan<br>4. Hold Iran accountable<br>5. Call to investigate regime for human rights abuses <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iAVfXdUBrB\">pic.twitter.com\/iAVfXdUBrB<\/a><\/p>\u2014 OIAC: Organization of Iranian American Communities (@OrgIAC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OrgIAC\/status\/1623343639148523521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday afternoon, several members of the US Congress spoke about the initiative that supports the uprising in Iran and the struggle for regime change within the country.<\/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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LIVE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LIVE<\/a>: Congressional Press Briefing | Supporting  a Secular, Democratic, Non-Nuclear Republic of Iran<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1Ulkn36kif\">https:\/\/t.co\/1Ulkn36kif<\/a><\/p>\u2014 OIAC: Organization of Iranian American Communities (@OrgIAC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OrgIAC\/status\/1623327220893732864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is an Excerpt of the Remarks of the Speakers at the Congressional Press Briefing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Congressional-press-briefing-US-House-Representatives.jpg\" alt=\"Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)\" class=\"wp-image-42661\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';this.srcset='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Congressional-press-briefing-US-House-Representatives.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Congressional-press-briefing-US-House-Representatives-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Congressional-press-briefing-US-House-Representatives-768x401.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you very much, Chairman Tom McClintock,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you, Congressman Brad Sherman,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to thank all the members of Congress who are here today. You represent the values of the American people. You are standing on the right side of history. You are defending the rights of the Iranian people to determine their own future and deny the Iranian regime the means and resources to suppress the population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are on the anniversary of the anti-dictatorial revolution in 1979, when a unified nation swept a dictator, the Shah, out of power but Khomeini hijacked their revolution and established a religious dictatorship. However, today, after more than 40 years of repression and resistance, the Iranian nation is ready again to overthrow another form of dictatorship. They want to put an end to one century of dictatorship and establish a democratic, pluralistic, and secular republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What you see in Iran today is another revolution in the making. This is the result of 40 years of organized resistance and struggles against the regime, with 120,000 political executions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am confident that this revolution will succeed because it is led by those who are willing to pay the price. This revolution will succeed because the people are rejecting all forms of the dictatorship of the past and present. They only look to the future, which is a democratic republic based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/viewpoints\/for-secularism-in-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">separation of religion and state<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/viewpoints\/women-rights-in-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gender equality<\/a>, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/viewpoints\/regime-program-nuclear-free-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">non-nuclear<\/a> Iran. Once again, I want to commend you all for this very important bi-partisan initiative in Congress in support of the people of Iran and their uprising and the Iranian Resistance, which you announced today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you very much.<\/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\">Thank you all, for your bipartisan initiative announced today in support of the Iranian people &amp; Resistance; protecting the Iranian people\u2019s right to determine their own future while preventing the Iranian regime access to means &amp; resources to suppress our people<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n0s0nZVe7y\">pic.twitter.com\/n0s0nZVe7y<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1623347482745884672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rep. Tom McClintock (R\/CA)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/McClintock.jpg\" alt=\"Rep. Tom McClintock (R\/CA)\" class=\"wp-image-42667\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';this.srcset='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/McClintock.jpg 755w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/McClintock-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Rep. Tom McClintock (R\/CA)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Americans still celebrate our own struggle for liberation nearly 2 1\/2 centuries ago, our own victory over tyranny and oppression. And we still recall that the stronger we stood, the more allies rallied to our cause from around the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is why we\u2019re standing today in a free land, and why Iranians will surely soon stand upon the free soil of their own country once again. There are more original co-sponsors on this resolution than we saw when a similar measure was introduced two years ago.<\/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\">Pleased to be joined by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BradSherman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BradSherman<\/a> &amp; 164 bipartisan colleagues in introducing H. Res. 100  \u2013 supporting the Iranian people's desire for a democratic, secular, &amp; non-nuclear Republic of Iran &amp; condemning violations of human rights &amp; state-sponsored terrorism by the Iranian Govt. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2WbJj0qN9J\">pic.twitter.com\/2WbJj0qN9J<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Tom McClintock (@RepMcClintock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMcClintock\/status\/1623367498887270409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/human-rights\/2022\/09\/the-brutal-murder-of-mahsa-amini-by-khameneis-criminal-agents-has-created-a-wave-of-anger-and-hatred-throughout-iran\/37206\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mahsa <\/a>was not the first martyr for Iranian liberation. We remember the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners-in-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1988 massacre<\/a> of over 30,000 political prisoners and so many others who have fallen to the death committees of this regime for merely defending their own liberty and dignity. The guilt for these atrocities extends to the highest levels of this regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this resolution, Congress is expressing the plain truth of the matter in citing so many instances of human rights abuses and terrorism cloaked in diplomacy. The bipartisan house majority is telling the Iranian people and the world that it stands with the organized resistance and against the tyrannical rulers who have wrecked their country and plagued the Middle East with terrorism and brutality.<\/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\">\u201cLet this be the last anniversary of this corrupt, backward, illegitimate regime!\u201d <br>\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMcClintock?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepMcClintock<\/a> at the Congressional Press Briefing introducing H.Res.100 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevoIution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevoIution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MahsaAmini?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MahsaAmini<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0cWRsGnI9e\">pic.twitter.com\/0cWRsGnI9e<\/a><\/p>\u2014 OIAC: Organization of Iranian American Communities (@OrgIAC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OrgIAC\/status\/1623330900720115714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rep. Greg Stanton (D\/AR)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Greg-Stanton.jpg\" alt=\"Rep. Greg Stanton (D\/AR)\" class=\"wp-image-42668\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';this.srcset='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Greg-Stanton.jpg 755w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Greg-Stanton-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Rep. Greg Stanton (D\/AR)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For decades, the Iranian regime has violated the most basic of human rights. It has done so as a state sponsor of terrorism, and it has done so against its own people especially women and girls, limiting their ability limiting their freedom to dress how they like, to own property, to receive an education, or to earn a living.<br>I\u2019m proud to stand here today among a bipartisan group with one message: America is united and steadfast in our support for the brave Iranians demanding a better future, each of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rep. Randy Weber (R\/TX)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"754\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Randy-Weber.jpg\" alt=\"Rep. Randy Weber (R\/TX)\" class=\"wp-image-42669\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';this.srcset='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Randy-Weber.jpg 754w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Randy-Weber-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 754px) 100vw, 754px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Rep. Randy Weber (R\/TX)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This resolution that we offer highlights that the people of Iran reject monarchic dictatorship and oppose religious tyranny.<br>I\u2019m horrified by this paranoid regime\u2019s brutal repression of its own freedom loving citizens, its own citizens.<br>Their blatantly transparent motivations to holding the power at any cost and under the guise of some sanctimonious religious purity by crushing the free will of secular citizens, by persecuting religious minorities, and even conscientious but independently minded Muslims revealed that these false prophets have their own hypocritical sinfulness.<br>We want the world to recognize the Iranian people\u2019s right to self-defense just as we do in this country, just as we do in the United States, and just as recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.<br>This revolution is focused on ending any kind of dictatorship in Iran. This is evident in the popular slogan: death to the dictator, be it the Shah or the leader. I applaud all who are demanding an end to the totalitarian regime and seek a form of governance that derives its legitimacy from the people, not from an unelected dictatorial single party.<br>We want the world to recognize this, and we want people to recognize that the future is headed by Mrs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/biography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>.<br>We stand with the people of Iran. We want the mullahs gone. We want Khamenei gone. We want the <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/look-irans-revolutionary-guards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IRGC <\/a>gone.<\/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\">\u201cWe want the World to recognize the right of the Iranian people to self-defense, just as we have in this country.\u201d \u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TXRandy14?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TXRandy14<\/a> introducing H.Res100.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevoIution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevoIution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MahsaAmini?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MahsaAmini<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lRhpXXVIZ3\">pic.twitter.com\/lRhpXXVIZ3<\/a><\/p>\u2014 OIAC: Organization of Iranian American Communities (@OrgIAC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OrgIAC\/status\/1623332609051828224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rep. Bill Johnson (R\/OH)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Bill-Johnson.jpg\" alt=\"Rep. Bill Johnson (R\/OH)\" class=\"wp-image-42670\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';this.srcset='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Bill-Johnson.jpg 755w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Bill-Johnson-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Rep. Bill Johnson (R\/OH)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran of today is notorious for human rights abuses, and Iranian women are so often the victims. Women\u2019s rights have been steadily rolled back in Iran since the 1979 revolution. Women and mothers, wives and daughters are being tormented, beaten, raped, and brutally killed for standing up for their most basic and fundamental human rights.<br>Today we stand with all Iranians fighting for their God-given rights, especially the brave women taking a stand in the name of freedom. The Iranian regime should not be rewarded with a nuclear weapon or pallets of cash, and I, for one, will continue fighting to ensure they never will.<\/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\">We stand with all Iranians fighting for their God-given rights, especially the brave women taking a stand in the name of freedom. <br><br>The Iranian regime SHOULD NOT be rewarded with a nuclear weapon or pallets of cash. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7DrNitOaUJ\">pic.twitter.com\/7DrNitOaUJ<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Rep. Bill Johnson (@RepBillJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepBillJohnson\/status\/1623352390798770177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rep. Neal Dunn (R\/FL)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Neal-Dunn.jpg\" alt=\"Rep. Neal Dunn (R\/FL)\" class=\"wp-image-42671\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';this.srcset='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Neal-Dunn.jpg 755w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Neal-Dunn-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Rep. Neal Dunn (R\/FL)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m proud of the tremendous courage, sacrifice, and perseverance that the people of Iran have demonstrated during these protests and during the preceding years as they protest their corrupt government. This regime commits heinous acts against human rights and there is a real risk to those who protest.<br>Iran is a threat to the security of the entire Middle East, the United States, and the world. Iran continues to deceive the international community, and I believe this administration and Congress need to continue the targeted sanctions against this government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rep. Kevin Kiley (R\/CA)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"754\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kevin-Kiley.jpg\" alt=\"Rep. Kevin Kiley (R\/CA)\" class=\"wp-image-42672\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';this.srcset='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kevin-Kiley.jpg 754w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kevin-Kiley-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 754px) 100vw, 754px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Rep. Kevin Kiley (R\/CA)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent months we have all been inspired by the bravery, courage, and resolve of those who believe in a free Iran and who are taking action at such great cost to make it a reality.<br>In equal measure we have been appalled by the brutality of a regime that has no regard for basic decency, no regard for its own people, no regard for the very foundations of our modern world: freedom, democracy and human rights. And it is so important that we stand together in a bipartisan way to support the people of Iran and to condemn the ongoing abuses of this regime. It\u2019s equally important that we, the United States, do not do anything to enable and embolden this regime and its capacity to threaten its own people, and to wreak havoc in the Middle East and across the world.<\/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\">\u201cWe are appalled by the brutality of a regime who has no regard for basic decency, no regard for its own people\u2026\u201d \u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepKiley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepKiley<\/a> introducing H.Res.100 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevoIution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevoIution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MahsaAmini?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MahsaAmini<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bPNrMS7SYY\">pic.twitter.com\/bPNrMS7SYY<\/a><\/p>\u2014 OIAC: Organization of Iranian American Communities (@OrgIAC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OrgIAC\/status\/1623336514313760768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rep. Joe Wilson (R\/SC)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"754\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Joe-Wilson.jpg\" alt=\"Rep. Joe Wilson (R\/SC)\" class=\"wp-image-42673\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';this.srcset='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Joe-Wilson.jpg 754w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Joe-Wilson-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 754px) 100vw, 754px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Rep. Joe Wilson (R\/SC)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What we have is the brave people, young people and brave people, hopefully of every generation, every age, in and out of Iran to be working for rule of law instead of rule of gun. And it\u2019s so sad to see the consequence of rule of gun holding back one of the great countries in the world.<br>You\u2019re an inspiration to freedom and democracy around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D\/TX)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Sheila-Jackson-Lee.jpg\" alt=\"Rep. 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I\u2019m here to celebrate men and women, but I\u2019m also here to celebrate the leadership of women, and what has happened in the streets of this very fine land.<br>We will never forget <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/human-rights\/2022\/09\/the-brutal-murder-of-mahsa-amini-by-khameneis-criminal-agents-has-created-a-wave-of-anger-and-hatred-throughout-iran\/37206\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mahsa Amini<\/a>, who stood for freedom and should not have died in the torturous and horrible way.<br>We want to be able to keep that fight going in the United States Congress before the President of the United States of America because we must be the moral umbrella for the nation, for the world, and for Iran. We will not cease until Iran is free.<\/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\">\u201cWe have no disagreement for the question and the answer: \u2018When should Iran be free?\u2019 And the answer is: NOW! NOW! NOW! NOW!\u201d \u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JacksonLeeTX18?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JacksonLeeTX18<\/a>  introducing bipartisan H.Res.100 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevoIution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevoIution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MahsaAmini?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MahsaAmini<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zKrJx1tWbb\">pic.twitter.com\/zKrJx1tWbb<\/a><\/p>\u2014 OIAC: Organization of Iranian American Communities (@OrgIAC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OrgIAC\/status\/1623337555696427010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 8, 2023\u2014Washington, DC: House Resolution number 100, introduced by several members of the 118th United States House of Representatives, expresses support for the Iranian 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