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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS
REPUBLIC OF IRAN FOR ITS ONGOING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, INCLUDING ITS USE
OF POLITICALLY MOTIVATED ESPIONAGE CLAIMS TO JUSTIFY ARBITRARY
DETENTION AND EXECUTIONS
Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. Sheehy, and Mr. McCormick) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations:
S. Res. 819
Whereas the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has
engaged in a longstanding pattern of human rights abuses,
including arbitrary detention, torture, forced confessions,
censorship, and politically motivated prosecutions;
Whereas the Iranian regime has repeatedly targeted
dissidents, journalists, women, students, religious
minorities, labor activists, and human rights defenders for
peacefully exercising their fundamental rights;
Whereas Iranian authorities have increasingly relied on
vague national security charges, including allegations of
espionage, “enmity against God”, and “corruption on
earth”, to silence political opposition and punish peaceful
dissent;
Whereas individuals accused of espionage in the Islamic
Republic of Iran are often denied due process, deprived of
access to independent legal counsel, subjected to torture or
coercion, and convicted in proceedings that fail to meet
basic standards of fairness;
Whereas the Iranian regime has used executions as a tool of
fear and political repression, including against individuals
accused of espionage or collaboration with foreign
governments;
Whereas the misuse of espionage claims by the Islamic
Republic of Iran allows the regime to label political
opponents, protesters, and dissidents as national security
threats in order to justify imprisonment, abuse, and
execution;
Whereas the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran
continues to persecute religious minorities, including
Christians, Baha'is, Sunni Muslims, Jews, and others, solely
because of their faith;
Whereas women and girls in the Islamic Republic of Iran
continue to face systematic discrimination, violence, and
punishment for peacefully advocating for their basic rights;
Whereas the people of the Islamic Republic of Iran have
repeatedly demonstrated their desire for freedom, justice,
accountability, and respect for human dignity despite violent
repression by the regime;
Whereas the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran,
acting primarily through the Islamic Revolutionary Guard-Quds
Force, recruits, organizes, trains, finances, and directs
terrorist organizations and proxy groups targeting United
States and allied personnel throughout the Middle East;
Whereas the Department of Defense assesses that militias
backed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force
are responsible for the deaths of at least 603 members of the
Armed Forces of the United States, constituting almost 20
percent of the deaths of United States citizens during
Operation Iraqi Freedom;
Whereas, on January 28, 2024, a militia backed by the
Islamic Republic of Iran conducted a drone operation against
Tower 22 in Jordan, killing 3 members of the Armed Forces of
the United States and injuring at least 47 other individuals;
Whereas Houthi elements in Yemen employ missiles and
unmanned aerial systems sourced from Iran against the United
States Navy, targets in allied territories, commercial
vessels, and international shipping vessels in the Red Sea
and Gulf of Aden, threatening regional stability and freedom
of navigation; and
Whereas it is in the national security and moral interest
of the United States to stand with the Iranian people and
hold the Iranian regime accountable for its human rights
abuses: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate—
(1) condemns the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran
for its widespread and systematic violations of
internationally recognized human rights;
(2) condemns the use by the Iranian regime of politically
motivated espionage allegations, vague national security
charges, and coerced confessions to imprison and execute
political opponents, protesters, and peaceful dissidents;
(3) calls on the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran
to immediately halt executions carried out on politically
motivated or unsupported national security charges, including
alleged espionage offenses;
(4) demands that Iranian authorities provide all detainees
with due process, access to independent legal counsel, fair
and transparent judicial proceedings, and protection from
torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment;
(5) urges the immediate release of all individuals
imprisoned solely for peacefully exercising their freedoms of
expression, religion, assembly, or association;
(6) supports the Iranian people in their pursuit of
freedom, democracy, religious liberty, human rights, and the
rule of law;
(7) encourages the President, the Secretary of State, and
United States allies to continue holding Iranian officials
accountable through targeted sanctions, international
investigations, and other lawful measures; and
(8) affirms that the United States should continue exposing
the misuse of espionage claims and national security charges
as tools of political repression by the Iranian regime.