,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #ged  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,november #ad1 #bjad
 ,mr4 ,royce 7for himself and ,mr4      
,engel7 submitted the following         
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs         
,,resolution  ,condemning the           
,government of ,iran for its gross human
 rights violations4  ,whereas ,iran is a
 member of the ,united ,nations and a   
signatory to both the ,universal        
,declaration of ,human ,rights and the  
,international ,covenant on ,civil and  
,political ,rights1 among other         
international human rights treaties1    
without reservation2 ,whereas in        
violation of these and other            
international obligations1 officials of 
the ,government of ,iran continue to    
perpetrate gross violations of the      
fundamental human rights of the ,iranian
 people2 ,whereas ,iranian women are    
increasingly subject to heinous acid    
attacks1 either condoned by1 or         

sponsored by1 the ,government of ,iran1 
through the ,basij and other vigilante  
groups2 ,whereas the ,parliament of     
,iran recently enacted a law providing  
legal protection to private citizens to 
enforce a strict ,islamic dress code and
 other behavior prescribed under ,sharia
 law1 emboldening the ,basij and other  
vigilante groups2 ,whereas the          
,government of ,iran manipulates the    
electoral process1 according to the     
,united ,states ,department of ,state's 
,country ,reports on ,human ,rights     
,practices for #bjac1 severely limiting 
citizens' right to change their         
government peacefully through free and  
fair elections2 ,whereas following      
voting irregularities that resulted in  
the election of ,president ,mahmoud     
,ahmadinejad1 the ,government of ,iran  
brutally suppressed peaceful political  
dissent from wide segments of civil     
society during the ,green ,revolution in
 #bjji in a cynical attempt to retain   
its undemocratic grip on power2 ,whereas

 the ,government of ,iran has kept the  
principal leaders of the ,green         
,revolution1 ,mir ,hussein ,moussavi and
 ,mehdi ,karroubi1 under house arrest   
since ,february #bjaa2 ,whereas the     
,united ,states ,department of ,state   
consistently finds that ,iranian        
authorities have limited freedom of     
association through threats1            
intimidation1 the imposition of         
arbitrary requirements on organizations1
 and the arrests of group leaders and   
members2 ,whereas the ,united ,states   
,department of ,state's ,virtual        
,embassy ,tehran website highlights     
human rights violations and abuses in   
,iran on a weekly basis2 ,whereas the   
,government of ,iran continues to       
restrict freedom of speech and peaceful 
assembly1 particularly for journalists  
and human rights activists2 ,whereas the
 ,united ,nations ,special ,rapporteur  
on the ,situation of ,human ,rights in  
the ,islamic ,republic of ,iran found in
 its ,august #bjad report that the laws 

and policies of the ,government of ,iran
 continue to place overly broad         
restrictions on the rights to freedom of
 expression and access to information1  
including severe content restrictions1  
intimidation and prosecution of         
,internet users and limitations on      
,internet access through throttling and 
filtering2 ,whereas the ability of      
religious freedom and human rights      
activists to freely express themselves1 
and mobilize civil society1 is actively 
thwarted by the ,government of ,iran2   
,whereas the ,special ,rapporteur found 
that the ,government of ,iran continues 
to apply capital punishment to offenders
 convicted of crimes below the          
international human rights law threshold
 of most serious crimes2 political      
prisoners2 and juvenile offenders1      
including #h individuals in #bjad       
believed to be less than #ah years of   
age at the time of their alleged crimes2
 ,whereas ,iranian women continue to    
face legal and societal discrimination1 

as well as rampant domestic violence1   
which is not specifically prohibited    
under domestic law2 ,whereas1 on        
,october #be1 #bjad1 ,iranian           
authorities executed ,reyhaneh ,jabbari1
 an ,iranian woman convicted of killing 
a man she said she stabbed in           
self-defense during a sexual assault1 an
 execution preceded by the lack of due  
process1 including a reported forced    
confession2 ,whereas the ,united ,states
 ,department of ,state issued a         
statement condemning ,jabbari's         
execution and calling on ,iran to       
respect the fair trial guarantees       
afforded to its people under ,iran's own
 laws and its international obligations2
 ,whereas the ,united ,states           
,commission on ,international ,religious
 ,freedom found in its #bjad ,annual    
,report that the ,government of ,iran   
continues to engage in systematic1      
ongoing1 and egregious violations of    
religious freedom1 including prolonged  
detention1 torture1 and executions based

 primarily or entirely upon the religion
 of the accused2 ,whereas the           
,government of ,iran persecutes such    
religious minority groups as the        
,baha'is1 ,christians1 ,sufi1 ,sunni1   
and dissenting ,shi'a ,muslims 7such as 
imprisoned ,ayatollah ,hossein          
,kazemeyni ,boroujerdi7 through         
harassment1 arrests1 and imprisonment1  
during which detainees have routinely   
been beaten1 tortured1 and killed2      
,whereas since #aiii1 the ,united       
,states ,department of ,state has       
repeatedly designated ,iran as a country
 of particular concern for severe       
violations of religious freedom pursuant
 to the ,international ,religious       
,freedom ,act of #aiih 7,public ,law    
#aje-bib71 most recently on ,july #bh1  
#bjad2 ,whereas the ,government of ,iran
 has long persecuted with particular    
intensity the ,baha'i community1 the    
largest non-,muslim religious minority  
in ,iran1 who number at least #cjj1jjj1 
and are viewed as heretics1 and         

therefore are subjected to repression on
 the grounds of apostasy2 ,whereas      
according to the ,united ,states        
,commission on ,international ,religious
 ,freedom1 since #aigi1 ,iranian        
authorities have killed or executed more
 than #bjj ,baha'i leaders2 ,whereas    
ordinary ,iranian citizens who belong to
 the ,baha'i faith are                  
disproportionately targeted1            
interrogated1 and detained under the    
pretext of national security2 ,whereas  
senior governmental1 military1 and      
public security officials in ,iran are  
responsible for ordering1 controlling1  
and committing gross human rights       
violations that1 in many cases1         
represent national policies of the      
,iranian regime2 ,whereas the ,united   
,states ,department of the ,treasury1   
pursuant to section #dac of the ,iran   
,threat ,reduction and ,syria ,human    
,rights ,act of #bjab 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4    
#hgec71 issued a ,general ,license in   
,september #bjac to permit the          

exportation of services and the transfer
 of funds for activities related to     
human rights and democracy building     
projects in ,iran1 which facilitate     
,united ,states nongovernmental         
organizations' activities that increase 
,iranian access to information and      
freedom of expression2 ,whereas since   
#bjaj1 the ,united ,states ,department  
of the ,treasury1 in consultation with  
the ,united ,states ,department of      
,state1 has sanctioned #ai ,iranian     
officials and #ah ,iranian entities for 
their involvement or complicity in      
serious human rights abuses or in       
restricting the freedom of expression or
 assembly of the ,iranian people2       
,whereas the most recent designation was
 for ,morteza ,tamaddom1 former         
,governor-,general of ,tehran ,province1
 designated ,may #bc1 #bjad1 under      
,executive ,order #acfbh for his        
involvement in censorship and other     
activities that limit the freedom of    
expression and freedom of assembly of   

,iran's citizens2 ,whereas the ,united  
,states led the effort in the ,united   
,nations ,human ,rights ,council to     
renew the mandate of the ,special       
,rapporteur on ,iran in order to further
 expose ,iranian human rights abuses2   
and ,whereas it is important that the   
,president of the ,united ,states       
consistently and rigorously exercise the
 statutory authorities granted by the   
,comprehensive ,iran ,sanctions1        
,accountability1 and ,divestment ,act of
 #bjaj and the ,iran ,threat ,reduction 
and ,syria ,human ,rights ,act of #bjab 
to impose sanctions on officials of the 
,government of ,iran and other          
individuals directly responsible for    
human rights abuses1 engaging in        
censorship1 or engaging in the diversion
 of goods intended for the people of    
,iran3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that the
 ,house of ,representatives--  7#a7     
calls on the ,government of ,iran to    
abide by all of its international and   
domestic obligations with respect to    

human rights and civil liberties1       
including freedoms of assembly1 speech1 
and press2  7#b7 deplores the dramatic  
rise in executions of ,iranian citizens 
by authorities since the election of    
,president ,hassan ,rouhani in ,june    
#bjac2  7#c7 condemns1 in particular1   
the recent cruel execution of ,reyhaneh 
,jabbari1 an ,iranian woman convicted of
 killing a man she said she stabbed in  
self-defense during a sexual assault2   
7#d7 deplores the ,government of ,iran's
 mistreatment of its religious          
minorities1 including through the       
deprivation of life1 liberty1 and       
property2  7#e7 condemns1 in particular1
 the ,government of ,iran for its       
relentless persecution of its ,baha'i   
minority2  7#f7 calls on the ,government
 of ,iran to release all political      
prisoners and prisoners of conscience2  
7#g7 notes that the ,administration has 
designated only one ,iranian person for 
the commission of serious human rights  
abuses under the ,comprehensive ,iran   

,sanctions1 ,accountability1 and        
,divestment ,act1 as amended1 since ,may
 #cj1 #bjac2  7#h7 urges the ,president 
to increase the utilization of all      
available authorities1 including the    
,comprehensive ,iran ,sanctions1        
,accountability1 and ,divestment ,act of
 #bjaj1 to impose sanctions on officials
 of the ,government of ,iran and other  
individuals directly responsible for    
serious human rights abuses1 including  
by freezing those individuals' assets   
and barring their entry into the ,united
 ,states2  7#i7 urges the ,united       
,states ,government to adopt and        
implement the following recommendations 
of the ,united ,states ,commission on   
,international ,religious ,freedom with 
respect to ,iran--  7,a7 continue to    
seek that violations of freedom of      
religion or belief and related human    
rights are part of multilateral or      
bilateral discussions with the          
,government or ,iran whenever possible1 
and continue to work closely with       

,european and other allies to apply     
pressure through a combination of       
advocacy1 diplomacy1 and targeted       
sanctions2  7,b7 continue to speak out  
publicly and frequently at the highest  
levels about the severe religious       
freedom abuses in ,iran1 press for and  
work to secure the release of all       
prisoners of conscience1 and highlight  
the need for the international community
 to hold authorities accountable in     
specific cases2 and  7,c7 continue to   
call on ,iran to cooperate fully with   
the ,united ,nations ,special           
,rapporteur on the ,human ,rights       
,situation in ,iran1 including allowing 
the ,special ,rapporteur1 as well as the
 ,united ,nations ,special ,rapporteur  
on ,freedom of ,religion or ,belief1 to 
visit and continue to support an annual 
,united ,nations ,general ,assembly     
resolution condemning severe violations 
of human rights1 including freedom of   
religion or belief in ,iran and calling 
for officials responsible for such      

violations to be held accountable2      
7#aj7 condemns the undemocratic         
elections process that denies ,iranians 
the ability to freely choose their own  
government2 and  7#aa7 stands with the  
people of ,iran who seek the opportunity
 to freely elect a government of their  
choosing4