,,iii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #ade  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march    
#bg1 #bjbe,mr4 ,tillis 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,warnock1 ,mr4 ,cornyn1 ,mr4       
,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,cruz1 ,mr4 ,peters1  
,mr4 ,daines1 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,mr4      
,grassley1 ,mr4 ,gallego1 ,mr4 ,boozman1
 ,mr4 ,booker1 ,mr4 ,coons1 and ,mr4    
,markey7 submitted the following        
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,relations       
,,resolution  ,protecting the ,iranian  
political refugees1 including female    
former political prisoners1 in          
,ashraf-#c in ,albania4  ,whereas1 since
 ,october #bjbc1 the ,iranian regime has
 increasingly acted as the epicenter of 
terrorism in the region1 from supporting
 proxies that vehemently oppose peace in
 the ,middle ,east1 to threatening      
commercial shipping and free trade in   
the ,red ,sea and from targeting        
,american forces in the region1 to      
providing missile and drones to rogue   

actors1 all of which pose serious risks 
to regional peace and security and      
endanger the vital interests of the     
,united ,states2 ,whereas the downfall  
of dictator ,bashar al-,assad--a key    
ally of the ,iranian regime--exposes1   
but does not diminish1 ,iran's role as  
the primary malign actor in the region  
as it continues to adapt its            
destabilizing tactics through proxies   
and illicit influence1 and the regime's 
efforts to sow chaos1 undermine regional
 stability1 and threaten ,united ,states
 and allied interests persist and may   
evolve in unexpected and dangerous way  
that will demand unwavering vigilance   
and decisive action to counter their    
aggression which thwarts movement toward
 peace and stability in the region2     
,whereas ,iran remains the world's      
leading state sponsor of terrorism      
today2 ,whereas the ,iranian people have
 rejected the regime ruling ,iran       
through several rounds of major         
demonstrations1 engulfing all #ca       

provinces of ,iran calling for change2  
,whereas the ,iranian regime has        
resorted to killing1 torture1 sexual    
violence1 and imprisonment of           
protesters1 and several thousand        
protesters since #bjag have been killed1
 and many more have been imprisoned2    
,whereas1 in the first #d months of     
,masoud ,pezeshkian's presidency1 the   
judiciary of the ,iranian regime has    
executed over #ejj prisoners1 including 
political prisoners and at least #ag    
women1 sometimes publicly1 and has      
increased the use of hand amputation as 
punishment2 ,whereas the ,iranian regime
 has been intent on eliminating the     
,iranian political refugees who survived
 ,tehran's repression and were first    
based in ,camp ,ashraf1 ,iraq1 in the   
mid-#aihjs2 ,whereas1 starting in #bjab1
 the ,united ,states ,government and the
 ,united ,nations initiated the         
relocation of nearly #c1jjj ,iranian    
dissidents from ,camp ,ashraf1 ,iraq1   
where they were repeatedly attacked by  

the ,iranian regime's proxies1 and      
facilitated their gradual relocation in 
#bjac1 #bjad1 and #bjae to ,albania2    
,whereas the relocation of these        
,iranian political refugees to ,albania 
from ,iraq was completed in ,september  
#bjaf1 and the refugees1 a third of them
 women1 are now residing in ,ashraf-#c  
near ,tirana in ,albania2 ,whereas1 on  
,april #ai1 #bjaf1 before the relocation
 of the majority of the residents to    
,albania1 in a letter to a ,european    
,parliament ,vice-,president1 the ,prime
 ,minister of ,albania wrote1 ,albania  
is fully engaged and committed to ensure
 for the ,iranian refugees all rights   
stipulated in the ,geneva ,convention   
#aiea1 in the ,european ,human ,rights  
,convention and in the whole            
international legislation42 ,whereas    
over #ijj women and men of ,ashraf-#c   
are former political prisoners who      
endured torture while in prisons and    
many of them are witnesses of the #aihh 
massacre of political prisoners and     

other political killings in ,iran1 among
 them eyewitnesses of crimes committed  
by ,ebrahim ,raisi2 ,whereas these      
witnesses must be fully protected for   
potential testimonies before            
international courts investigating the  
#aihh massacre and other grave human    
rights violations in ,iran2 ,whereas1 in
 ,november #bjba1 the ,swedish          
,judiciary moved the whole court in     
,stockholm to ,albania for #b weeks to  
facilitate hearing testimonies of #g    
former ,iranian political prisoners now 
residing in ,ashraf-#c1 whose testimony 
was characterized as critical for a     
trial related to the #aihh massacre2    
,whereas1 in ,december #bjbc1 a ,swedish
 court confirmed the earlier ruling by  
the lower court of a life sentence for  
,hamid ,noury1 implicated in the #aihh  
massacre where he was an official in    
,gohardasht ,prison2 ,whereas the       
,iranian regime has stepped up terrorist
 attacks against its opponents and has  
used blackmail1 terror threats1         

hostage-taking1 sham judicial           
proceedings1 and other means of         
intimidation against western nations to 
compel them to silence ,iranian         
opponents living abroad2 ,whereas1 on   
several occasions1 including in the last
 week of ,december #bjbc1 the ,iranian  
regime carried out large-scale          
cyberattacks against ,albania to        
pressure the ,government of ,albania to 
undermine or end its hosting of ,iranian
 political refugees2 ,whereas experience
 has shown that any lack of decisiveness
 or concessions to ,tehran only         
emboldens the ,iranian regime for its   
destructive actions2 ,whereas the       
,iranian regime has1 over the past few  
months1 stepped up threats against      
,ashraf-#c1 and given what the regime   
has done since ,october #g1 #bjbc1 far  
more vigilance on the part of the       
,united ,states is required to ensure   
the complete protection and rights of   
,ashraf-#c residents in ,albania2       
,whereas1 on ,december #ab1 #bjbc1 the  

,iranian regime started sham trials in  
absentia for #ajd veteran members of the
 ,iranian ,resistance1 who1 since years 
ago1 have been primarily based in       
,europe1 including in ,albania1 to      
create a phony legal precedent against  
them and secure their extradition to    
,iran by misusing ,,interpol ,red       
,notices1 impose limitations1 or set the
 stage for terror attacks against them2 
,whereas the ,iranian regime is doing   
its utmost through any means to prevent 
,ashraf-#c residents from speaking up   
against the regime2 ,whereas the        
leadership role of women in ,ashraf-#c  
has doubly heightened the ,iranian      
regime's misogynous hysteria against the
 political refugees in ,ashraf-#c2      
,whereas over #d1jjj parliamentarians   
around the world and #acj former world  
leaders have expressed their support for
 ,mrs4 ,maryam ,rajavi's ,ten-,point    
,plan for the ,future of ,iran1 which   
calls for the universal right to vote1  
free elections1 a market economy1       

separation of religion and state1 and   
advocates for gender1 religious1 and    
ethnic equality1 a foreign policy based 
on peaceful coexistence1 peace in the   
,middle ,east1 and a nonnuclear republic
 ,iran2 and ,whereas1 in sharp contrast 
to ,iran's institutionalized misogyny1  
this ,ten-,point platform has adequately
 addressed women's equality1 including  
complete gender equality in the realms  
of political1 social1 cultural and      
economic rights4 ,an equal participation
 of women in political leadership1      
abolishment of any form of              
discrimination4 ,the right to choose    
one's own clothing freely1 the right to 
freely marry and divorce1 and to obtain 
education and employment4 ,prohibition  
of all forms of exploitation against    
women under any pretext43 ,now1         
therefore1 be it ,that it is the sense  
of the ,senate that-- 7#a7 the ,iranian 
political refugees in ,ashraf-#c1 in    
rejection of the ,iranian regime's      
demands1 must be afforded their         

fundamental rights of freedom of        
expression and assembly and legal       
political activities in ,albania2  7#b7 
the ,united ,states ,government condemns
 the ,iranian regime's threats and      
nefarious actions against the           
,government of ,albania1 including      
cyberattacks and threats against the    
,iranian dissidents in ,ashraf-#c in    
,albania2  7#c7 the ,united ,states     
,government should take prompt and      
appropriate steps in accordance with    
international law1 including the        
,universal ,declaration of ,human       
,rights1 the ,international ,covenant on
 ,civil and ,political ,rights1 the     
,european ,convention on ,human ,rights1
 and the #aiea ,convention ,relating to 
the ,status of ,refugees1 to help the   
,government of ,albania ensure and      
uphold all fundamental rights of        
,ashraf-#c residents within the         
framework of the above conventions1     
including the right to life1 liberty1   
security1 protection of property1 and   

freedom of expression and assembly2     
7#d7 the ,united ,states ,government    
strongly opposes ,iran's misuse of the  
,,interpol ,red ,notices to impose      
restrictions or limitations or set in   
motion the extradition of ,iranian      
dissidents to ,iran2 and  7#e7 the      
,united ,states ,government must        
continue close and regular cooperation  
with the ,government of ,albania and the
 residents of ,ashraf-#c to ensure the  
complete protection and fundamental     
rights of ,ashraf-#c residents4