,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #adg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,april #aj1 #bjac   
,mr4 ,cassidy 7for himself1 ,mr4        
,labrador1 ,mr4 ,waxman1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1
 ,mr4 ,franks of ,arizona1 ,mr4 ,harris1
 ,mr4 ,meadows1 ,mr4 ,simpson1 ,mr4     
,aderholt1 ,mrs4 ,hartzler1 ,mr4        
,mc,henry1 ,mr4 ,bachus1 ,mr4 ,garrett1 
,mr4 ,jones1 ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1 ,mr4
 ,roskam1 ,mr4 ,westmoreland1 ,mr4      
,fincher1 ,mr4 ,holt1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1  
,mr4 ,buchanan1 ,mr4 ,benishek1 ,mr4    
,stockman1 ,mr4 ,huelskamp1 ,mr4        
,cramer1 ,mr4 ,hultgren1 ,mr4           
,bentivolio1 ,mr4 ,pitts1 ,mr4          
,bridenstine1 ,mr4 ,neugebauer1 ,mr4    
,schock1 ,mr4 ,latta1 ,mr4 ,nunnelee1   
,mr4 ,burgess1 ,mr4 ,king of ,new ,york1
 ,mr4 ,webster of ,florida1 ,mr4        
,johnson of ,ohio1 ,mr4 ,palazzo1 ,mr4  
,scalise1 ,mr4 ,lankford1 ,mr4 ,olson1  
,mrs4 ,lummis1 ,mr4 ,mullin1 ,mr4 ,long1
 and ,mr4 ,wolf7 submitted the following
 resolution2 which was referred to the  

,committee on ,foreign ,affairs         
,,resolution  ,calling for the release  
of ,united ,states citizen ,saeed       
,abedini and condemning the ,government 
of ,iran for its persecution of         
religious minorities4  ,whereas ,saeed  
,abedini has been sentenced to #h years 
in prison in ,iran after being tried for
 his religious beliefs and convicted for
 undermining the ,government of ,iran2  
,whereas ,iran is a member of the       
,united ,nations and a signatory of the 
,united ,nations ,universal ,declaration
 of ,human ,rights2 ,whereas ,article   
#ah of the ,universal ,declaration of   
,human ,rights states that ,everyone has
 the right to freedom of thought1       
conscience1 and religion2 this right    
includes freedom to change his religion 
or belief1 and freedom either alone or  
in community with others and in public  
or private1 to manifest his religion or 
belief in teaching1 practice1 worship   
and observance2 ,whereas the ,universal 
,declaration of ,human ,rights lists    

,iran as one of the countries that      
remains a chronic and systematic        
violator of religious freedom2 and      
,whereas in ,october #bjab1 the ,united 
,nations ,special ,rapporteur on ,human 
,rights in ,iran has stated that a wide 
range of human rights violations1       
including illegal limits on freedom of  
expression1 failures of legal due       
process1 attacks on freedom of religion1
 and the wrongful imprisonment of       
children3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that 
the ,house of ,representatives--  7#a7  
condemns the ,government of ,iran for   
its persecution of religious minorities1
 including ,saeed ,abedini2  7#b7 calls 
on the ,government of ,iran to release  
,saeed ,abedini to the ,united ,states2 
and  7#c7 calls on the ,united ,states  
,government to work aggressively for the
 quick release of ,saeed ,abedini by    
designating additional ,iranian         
officials1 as appropriate1 for human    
rights abuses pursuant to section #aje  
of the ,comprehensive ,iran ,sanctions1 

,accountability1 and ,divestment ,act of
 #bjaj4