{"id":300995,"date":"2023-02-08T15:18:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T14:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=300995"},"modified":"2023-03-01T14:01:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T13:01:45","slug":"us-house-lawmakers-support-iranian-peoples-desire-for-a-democratic-secular-and-nonnuclear-republic-of-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/us-house-lawmakers-support-iranian-peoples-desire-for-a-democratic-secular-and-nonnuclear-republic-of-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. House Lawmakers Support Iranian People\u2019s Desire for a Democratic, Secular, and Nonnuclear Republic of Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-301014\" title=\"Rep. Tom McClintock OIAC Congress conference 08022023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Tom-McClintock-OIAC-Congress-conference-08022023.jpg\" alt=\"Rep. Tom McClintock OIAC Congress conference 08022023\" width=\"1000\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Tom-McClintock-OIAC-Congress-conference-08022023.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Tom-McClintock-OIAC-Congress-conference-08022023-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Tom-McClintock-OIAC-Congress-conference-08022023-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Tom-McClintock-OIAC-Congress-conference-08022023-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Tom-McClintock-OIAC-Congress-conference-08022023-696x390.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On February 8, several members of the 118th United States House of Representatives introduced House Resolution number 100 which expresses support for the Iranian people&#8217;s desire to establish a democratic, secular, and nonnuclear Republic of Iran. The resolution was submitted by 165 members of Congress from both the Republican and the Democratic parties.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At 9:30 Eastern Time, several members of the U.S. Congress took to the podium to express their thoughts and offer comments about the initiative that strongly supports the current uprising in Iran and the Iranian&#8217;s struggle for regime change.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-301023\" title=\"Rep. Tom McClintock OIAC Congress conference 08022023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3e067417-f08e-421a-90be-5c84112cc725-1.jpg\" alt=\"Rep. Tom McClintock OIAC Congress conference 08022023\" width=\"1000\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3e067417-f08e-421a-90be-5c84112cc725-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3e067417-f08e-421a-90be-5c84112cc725-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3e067417-f08e-421a-90be-5c84112cc725-1-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3e067417-f08e-421a-90be-5c84112cc725-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3e067417-f08e-421a-90be-5c84112cc725-1-696x390.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Rep. Tom McClintock (R\/CA)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Americans<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> still celebrate our own struggle for liberation nearly 2 1\/2 centuries ago, our own victory over tyranny and oppression. And we still recall that the stronger we stood the more allies rallied to our cause from around the world. This is why we&#8217;re standing today in a free land and why Iranians will surely soon stand upon the free soil of their own country once again. There are more original co-sponsors on this resolution than we saw when a similar measure was introduced two years ago.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mahsa was not the first martyr for Iranian liberation. We remember the 1988 massacre of over 30,000 political prisoners and so many others who have fallen to the death committees of this regime for merely defending their own liberty and dignity. The guilt for these atrocities extends to the highest levels of this regime.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">With this resolution, Congress is expressing the plain truth of the matter by citing so many instances of human rights abuses and terrorism cloaked in diplomacy. The bipartisan House majority is telling the Iranian people and the world that it stands with the organized resistance against the tyrannical rulers who have wrecked their country and plagued the Middle East with terrorism and brutality.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMcClintock?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepMcClintock<\/a>: The bipartisan house majority stands with the organized resistance against the tyrannical rulers who have wrecked their country and plagued the Middle East with terrorism and brutality. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevoIution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevoIution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hePVzuNCAb\">https:\/\/t.co\/hePVzuNCAb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1623330989769469952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-301020\" title=\"Rep. Greg Stanton OIAC Congress conference 08022023 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Greg-Stanton-OIAC-Congress-conference-08022023-1.jpg\" alt=\"Rep. Greg Stanton OIAC Congress conference 08022023 1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Greg-Stanton-OIAC-Congress-conference-08022023-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Greg-Stanton-OIAC-Congress-conference-08022023-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Greg-Stanton-OIAC-Congress-conference-08022023-1-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Greg-Stanton-OIAC-Congress-conference-08022023-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Greg-Stanton-OIAC-Congress-conference-08022023-1-696x390.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW71375623 BCX0\">Rep. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW71375623 BCX0\">Greg Stanton (D\/AR)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> decades the Iranian regime has violated the most basic of human rights. It has done so as a state sponsor of terrorism and it has done so against its own people especially women and girls, limiting their ability limiting their freedom to dress how they like, to own property, to receive an education, or to earn a living.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I&#8217;m proud to stand here today among a bipartisan group with one message: America is united and steadfast in our support for the brave Iranians demanding a better future for each of us.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepGregStanton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepGregStanton<\/a>: I&#39;m proud to stand here today among a bipartisan group with one message: America is united and steadfast in our support for the brave Iranians demanding a better future for each of us. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevoIution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevoIution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9BCuRz0mQd\">https:\/\/t.co\/9BCuRz0mQd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1623331743909437442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-301024\" title=\"Rep. Randy Weber OIAC Congress conference 08022023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3f31406a-6303-4295-801d-bf8ca6098273-1.jpg\" alt=\"Rep. Randy Weber OIAC Congress conference 08022023 \" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3f31406a-6303-4295-801d-bf8ca6098273-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3f31406a-6303-4295-801d-bf8ca6098273-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3f31406a-6303-4295-801d-bf8ca6098273-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3f31406a-6303-4295-801d-bf8ca6098273-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3f31406a-6303-4295-801d-bf8ca6098273-1-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Rep. Randy Weber (R\/TX)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> resolution that we offer highlights that the people of Iran reject monarchic dictatorship and oppose religious tyranny.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I&#8217;m horrified by this paranoid regime&#8217;s brutal repression of its own freedom-loving citizens, its own citizens.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Their blatantly transparent motivations to holding the power at any cost and under the guise of some sanctimonious religious purity by crushing the free will of secular citizens, by persecuting religious minorities, and even conscientious but independently minded Muslims revealed that these false prophets have their own hypocritical sinfulness.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We want the world to recognize the Iranian people\u2019s right to self-defense just as we do in this country, just as we do in the United States, and just as recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This revolution is focused on ending any kind of dictatorship in Iran. This is evident in the popular slogan: death to the dictator be it the Shah or the leader. I applaud all who are demanding an end to the totalitarian regime and seek a form of governance that derives its legitimacy from the people, not from an unelected dictatorial single party.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We want the world to recognize this, and we want people to recognize that the future is headed by Mrs. Maryam Rajavi.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We stand with the people of Iran. We want the mullahs gone. We want Khamenei gone. We want the IRGC gone.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TXRandy14?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TXRandy14<\/a>: We want the world to recognize this time for that to be over, and we want people to recognize that the future is headed up by Mrs. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Maryam_Rajavi<\/a>. We want the world to recognize the Iranian people\u2019s right to self-defense. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevoIution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevoIution<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1boGaf00p1\">https:\/\/t.co\/1boGaf00p1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1623333356984213504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-301037\" title=\"Rep. Randy Weber OIAC Congress conference 08022023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Randy-Weber-1.jpg\" alt=\"Rep. Randy Weber OIAC Congress conference 08022023\" width=\"1000\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Randy-Weber-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Randy-Weber-1-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Randy-Weber-1-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Randy-Weber-1-150x83.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Randy-Weber-1-696x387.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Rep. Bill Johnson (R\/OH)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iran<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> of today is notorious for human rights abuses and Iranian women are so often the victims. Women&#8217;s rights have been steadily rolled back in Iran since the 1979 revolution. Women and mothers, wives and daughters are being tormented, beaten, raped, and brutally killed for standing up for their most basic and fundamental human rights.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Today we stand with all Iranians fighting for their God-given rights, especially the brave women taking a stand in the name of freedom. The Iranian regime should not be rewarded with a nuclear weapon or pallets of cash and I for one will continue fighting to ensure they never will.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepBillJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepBillJohnson<\/a>: Today, we stand with all Iranians fighting for their God-given rights, especially the brave women taking a stand in the name of freedom. The Iranian regime should not be rewarded with a nuclear weapon or pallets of cash <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevoIution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevoIution<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dkgsFSDIbx\">https:\/\/t.co\/dkgsFSDIbx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1623334775908859904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-301038\" title=\"Rep. Neal Dunn OIAC Congress conference 08022023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Neal-Dunn-1.jpg\" alt=\"Rep. Neal Dunn OIAC Congress conference 08022023\" width=\"1000\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Neal-Dunn-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Neal-Dunn-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Neal-Dunn-1-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Neal-Dunn-1-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Neal-Dunn-1-696x396.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Rep. Neal Dunn (R\/FL)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I&#8217;m<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> proud of the tremendous courage, sacrifice, and perseverance that the people of Iran have demonstrated during these protests and during the preceding years as they protest their corrupt government. This regime commits heinous acts against human rights and there is a real risk to those who protest.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iran is a threat to the security of the entire Middle East, the United States, and the world. Iran continues to deceive the international community and I believe this administration and Congress need to continue the targeted sanctions against this government.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrNealDunnFL2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DrNealDunnFL2<\/a>: Iran is a threat to the security of the entire world. It continues to deceive the international community, and I believe this administration and Congress need to continue the targeted sanctions against the regime. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevoIution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevoIution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Rwnfxebc5S\">https:\/\/t.co\/Rwnfxebc5S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1623334782431002624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-301040\" title=\"Rep. Kevin Kiley OIAC Congress conference 08022023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Kevin-Kiley-2.jpg\" alt=\"Rep. Kevin Kiley OIAC Congress conference 08022023\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Kevin-Kiley-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Kevin-Kiley-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Kevin-Kiley-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Kevin-Kiley-2-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Kevin-Kiley-2-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Rep. Kevin Kiley (R\/CA)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> recent months we have all been inspired by the bravery, courage, and resolve of those who believe in a free Iran and who are taking action at such great cost to make it a reality.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In equal measure, we have been appalled by the brutality of a regime that has no regard for basic decency, no regard for its own people, and no regard for the very foundations of our modern world: freedom, democracy and human rights. And it is so important that we stand together in a bipartisan way to support the people of Iran and to condemn the ongoing abuses of this regime. It&#8217;s equally important that we, the United States, do not do anything to enable and embolden this regime and its capacity to threaten its own people and to wreak havoc in the Middle East and across the world.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinKileyCA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KevinKileyCA<\/a>: It&#39;s equally important that we, the United States, do not do anything to enable and embolden this regime and its capacity to threaten its own people and to wreak havoc in the Middle East and across the world. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qLybqal4IC\">https:\/\/t.co\/qLybqal4IC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1623335518992826368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-301058\" title=\"congressional press briefing u s house representatives 1024x535 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/congressional-press-briefing-u-s-house-representatives-1024x535-1.jpg\" alt=\"congressional press briefing u s house representatives 1024x535 1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/congressional-press-briefing-u-s-house-representatives-1024x535-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/congressional-press-briefing-u-s-house-representatives-1024x535-1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/congressional-press-briefing-u-s-house-representatives-1024x535-1-768x401.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/congressional-press-briefing-u-s-house-representatives-1024x535-1-150x78.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/congressional-press-briefing-u-s-house-representatives-1024x535-1-696x363.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>NCRI President-elect Mrs. Maryam Rajavi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thank you very much, Chairman Tom McClintock,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thank you, Congressman Brad Sherman,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I want to thank all the members of Congress who are here today. You represent the values of the American people. You are standing on the right side of history. You are defending the rights of the Iranian people to determine their own future and deny the Iranian regime the means and resources to suppress the population.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We are on the anniversary of the anti-dictatorial revolution in 1979, when a unified nation swept a dictator, the Shah, out of power but Khomeini hijacked their revolution and established a religious dictatorship. However, today, after more than 40 years of repression and resistance, the Iranian nation is ready again to overthrow another form of dictatorship. They want to put an end to one century of dictatorship and establish a democratic, pluralistic, and secular republic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What you see in Iran today is another revolution in the making. This is the result of 40 years of organized resistance and struggles against the regime, with 120,000 political executions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I am confident that this revolution will succeed because it is led by those who are willing to pay the price. This revolution will succeed because the people are rejecting all forms of the dictatorship of the past and present. They only look to the future, which is a democratic republic based on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/viewpoints\/for-secularism-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>separation of religion and state<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/viewpoints\/women-rights-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>gender equality<\/strong><\/a>, and a\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/viewpoints\/regime-program-nuclear-free-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>non-nuclear Iran<\/strong><\/a>. Once again, I want to commend you all for this very important bi-partisan initiative in Congress in support of the people of Iran and their uprising and the Iranian Resistance, which you announced today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thank you very much.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joining Congressional conference &amp;announcement of bipartisan resolution supporting <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> uprising, I would like to reiterate that Iranian people are looking towards the future: a democratic Republic, based on separation of religion &amp; State, with gender equality<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mNcF8LBRJH\">pic.twitter.com\/mNcF8LBRJH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1623335479146954754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-301042\" title=\"Rep. Joe Wilson OIAC Congress conference 08022023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Joe-Wilson-1.jpg\" alt=\"Rep. Joe Wilson OIAC Congress conference 08022023\" width=\"1000\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Joe-Wilson-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Joe-Wilson-1-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Joe-Wilson-1-768x422.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Joe-Wilson-1-150x83.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Joe-Wilson-1-696x383.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW164826819 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW164826819 BCX0\">Rep. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW164826819 BCX0\">Joe Wilson<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW164826819 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"> (R\/SC)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> we have is the brave people, young people and brave people, hopefully of every generation, every age, in and out of Iran to be working for rule of law instead of the rule of gun. And it&#8217;s so sad to see the consequence of the rule of gun holding back one of the great countries in the world.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You&#8217;re an inspiration to freedom and democracy around the world.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJoeWilson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepJoeWilson<\/a>:\u200cWhat we have is the brave people, young people, and brave people, hopefully of every generation, every age, in and out of Iran, to be working for the rule of law instead of the rule of gun.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevoIution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevoIution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YbikCmmXhX\">https:\/\/t.co\/YbikCmmXhX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1623336543669702658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-301046\" title=\"Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee OIAC Congress conference 08022023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Sheila-Jackson-Lee-1.jpg\" alt=\"Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee OIAC Congress conference 08022023\" width=\"1000\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Sheila-Jackson-Lee-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Sheila-Jackson-Lee-1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Sheila-Jackson-Lee-1-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Sheila-Jackson-Lee-1-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Sheila-Jackson-Lee-1-696x394.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D\/TX)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It is important<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to have the freedom of democracy to agree and disagree, and that occurs among members. But we have no disagreement for the question and the answer: when should Iran be free? And the answer is now, now, now, now, now.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I am here this morning to be able to celebrate Madam President and her message of leadership. I&#8217;m here to celebrate men and women but I&#8217;m also here to celebrate the leadership of women, and what has happened in the streets of this very fine land.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We will never forget Mahsa Amini who stood for freedom and should not have died in a torturous and horrible way.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We want to be able to keep that fight going in the United States Congress before the President of the United States of America because we must be the moral umbrella for the nation, for the world, and for Iran. We will not cease until Iran is free.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JacksonLeeTX18?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JacksonLeeTX18<\/a>: I&#39;m here to celebrate <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Maryam_Rajavi<\/a>  and her message of leadership. I&#39;m also here to celebrate the leadership of women and what has happened in the streets of Iran. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevoIution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevoIution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yy8oD6klrz\">https:\/\/t.co\/yy8oD6klrz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1623337981271592960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 8, several members of the 118th United States House of Representatives introduced House Resolution number 100 which expresses support for the Iranian people&rsquo;s desire to establish a democratic, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":301014,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,45,9],"tags":[130,197,198],"class_list":{"0":"post-300995","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-resistance","8":"category-news","9":"category-iran-protests","10":"tag-iran-protests","11":"tag-mek-iran","12":"tag-ncri"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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