Recognizing and expressing support for the Iranian people protesting for a free and democratic Iran.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 993 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 993

 Recognizing and expressing support for the Iranian people protesting 
                    for a free and democratic Iran.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 13, 2026

   Ms. Ansari (for herself, Ms. Foxx, Ms. Ross, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. 
Himes, Mrs. Bice, Mr. Schneider, and Mr. Carey) submitted the following 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Recognizing and expressing support for the Iranian people protesting 
                    for a free and democratic Iran.

Whereas, for nearly five decades, the people of Iran have endured brutal 
        repression under the Islamic Republic, a regime that denies basic human 
        rights, silences dissidents, and responds to peaceful protest with 
        violence;
Whereas, once again, the people of Iran are courageously taking to the streets 
        to demand economic opportunity, human rights, dignity, and freedom;
Whereas the Islamic Republic has responded to the ongoing protests with 
        brutality by killing protestors, arresting thousands, and restricting 
        internet access and telephone lines;
Whereas the people of Iran are in part protesting the Islamic regime's economic 
        mismanagement, corruption, internal suppression, and unjust executions;
Whereas access to free expression, open information, and uncensored 
        communication are fundamental human rights;
Whereas the inspiring 2022 Women, Life, Freedom protests demanded an end to the 
        Islamic Republic and its violence, including against Iranian women and 
        ethnic minorities;
Whereas the barbaric so-called morality police and other arms of state 
        suppression have a lengthy history of repressing the Iranian people's 
        fundamental freedoms, including the freedom to assemble, the freedom of 
        religion, women's rights, and LGBTQ rights;
Whereas the Islamic regime has engaged in systematic efforts to intimidate, 
        harass, detain, and harm political dissidents, activists, and 
        journalists both within Iran and beyond its borders;
Whereas the people of Iran deserve the right to dignity, democracy, and self-
        determination and to be free from the brutality of the Islamic Republic; 
        and
Whereas, on January 26, 2023, the United States House of Representatives passed 
        House Concurrent Resolution 7, commending the bravery, courage, and 
        resolve of the Iranian people: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) commends the bravery and resolve of the Iranian people 
        in their fight for a free and democratic Iran;
            (2) strongly condemns the brutality of the Islamic 
        Republic, which uses violent military force to suppress 
        civilian protesters;
            (3) demands that the Iranian regime cease its threats, 
        intimidation, and violence against peaceful protesters, release 
        all political prisoners, and allow unhindered medical 
        assistance to demonstrators wounded by the regime's violent 
        repression;
            (4) recognizes the right of the Iranian people to freely 
        determine, through free and fair elections, the nature of their 
        political regime;
            (5) urges immediate expansion of unrestricted internet 
        access and civilian lines of communication across Iran; and
            (6) implores the Government of the United States to work in 
        coordination with its allies to consider and implement concrete 
        measures to deter further lethal violence against protesters.
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