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On Wednesday, the Organization of Iranian American Committees (OIAC) held a meeting on Zoom. Participants were given the opportunity to listen to remarks from two dozen members of the House of Representatives who had joined as co-sponsors of an H. Res. 118<\/a>, a bill that condemns recent and ongoing human rights abuses and other malign activities by the Iranian regime and affirms support for the Iranian opposition.<\/p>\n The resolution in question was introduced last month by California Representatives Tom McClintock and Brad Sherman, who also jointly authored a letter to President Biden on February 11, announcing the resolution and urging the administration to support its objectives.<\/p>\n \u201cWith the introduction of this resolution, a bipartisan coalition of members of Congress encourages all efforts to recognize the rights of the Iranian people and their struggle to establish a democratic, secular and non-nuclear republic of Iran while holding the ruling regime accountable for its destructive behavior,\u201d the letter<\/a> announced.<\/p>\n This language directly reflected that of the resolution itself, which bears the title, \u201cExpressing support for the Iranian people\u2019s desire for a democratic, secular, and non-nuclear Republic of Iran and condemning violations of human rights and state-sponsored terrorism by the Iranian Government.\u201d Upon its introduction, the resolution had 112 co-sponsors, but today that number has grown to 158.<\/p>\n<\/div>Cosponsors of H.Res 118 in 117th Congress as of March 3, 2021<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"Cosponsors](\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FD7Qer0hFmqk%2F0.jpg\")