,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #ahc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,april #be1 #bjac   
,mr4 ,rohrabacher submitted the         
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs 
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,house of ,representatives that the 
,broadcasting ,board of ,governors      
should broadcast and direct ,azeri      
language content into the ,islamic      
,republic of ,iran and ,baloch language 
content into the ,islamic ,republic of  
,iran and the ,islamic ,republic of     
,pakistan4  ,whereas the ethnic ,azeri  
and ,baloch peoples compose #ah percent 
of the population of ,iran2 ,whereas the
 ,azeri and ,baloch minorities have     
maintained proud and distinctive        
cultures and identities dating back to  
ancient times2 ,whereas the ,voice of   
,america and ,radio ,free               
,europe_/,radio ,liberty currently      
broadcast to ,iran in the ,persian      
language2 ,whereas the ,voice of        

,america and ,radio ,free               
,europe_/,radio ,liberty currently      
operate ,azeri language services2       
,whereas it is in the national interest 
of the ,united ,states for accurate and 
credible news to reach all the ethnic   
groups in ,iran and ,pakistan2 ,whereas 
it is believed the area inhabited by the
 ,baloch people holds a large reserve of
 oil1 natural gas1 gold1 and other      
minerals and comprises #a1jjj miles of  
strategically significant coast line    
from the ,persian ,gulf and along the   
,arabian ,sea2 ,whereas the ,governments
 of ,iran and ,pakistan systematically  
repress human rights1 political         
expression1 and civil society activists 
which has been reported by ,human       
,rights ,watch and ,amnesty             
,international2 ,whereas the ,government
 of ,pakistan has refused to recognize  
the legitimate national aspirations of  
the ,balochi people and has carried out 
a campaign of politically motivated     
murders and followed a policy known as  

,kill and ,dump where ,baloch activists 
are kidnapped and their bodies are later
 found in public1 often mutilated2      
,whereas the ,united ,nations ,special  
,rapporteur on the ,situation of ,human 
,rights in the ,islamic ,republic of    
,iran found that the                    
,sistan-,balochistan is arguably the    
most underdeveloped region in ,iran1    
with the highest poverty1 infant and    
child mortality rates1 and lowest life  
expectancy and literacy rates in the    
country2 ,whereas the ,united ,nations  
,special ,rapporteur on the ,situation  
of ,human ,rights in the ,islamic       
,republic of ,iran reports that ,baloch 
activists have reportedly been subject  
to arbitrary arrests and torture2       
,whereas the ,government of ,iran       
prevents the ,balochi or ,azeri         
languages from being used in formal and 
public places2 ,whereas the ,baloch     
minority in ,iran is mostly ,sunni      
,muslim and subject to religious        
persecution by the ruling ,shia         

theocracy2 ,whereas all the people of   
,iran and ,pakistan have the right of   
self-determination1 to choose their form
 of government1 and to elect their      
leaders2 and ,whereas it is the policy  
of the ,united ,states to oppose        
aggression and the violation of human   
rights inherent in the subjugation of   
national groups like the ,azeris in     
,iran and ,baloch in ,iran and          
,pakistan3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that
 it is the sense of the ,house of       
,representatives that the ,broadcasting 
,board of ,governors should broadcast   
and direct ,azeri language content into 
the ,islamic ,republic of ,iran and     
,baloch language content into the       
,islamic ,republic of ,iran and the     
,islamic ,republic of ,pakistan4