This resolution condemns the death and detention of Mahsa Amini (an Iranian woman who died in the custody of the Morality Policy of Iran after being detained for purportedly wearing her hijab improperly). It also calls on Iran to end its systemic persecution of women.
[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 803 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. RES. 803
Condemning the detention and death of Mahsa Amini and calling on the
Government of Iran to end its systemic persecution of women.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 28, 2022
Mr. Coons (for himself, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Risch, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr.
Booker, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr.
Blumenthal, Mr. Peters, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Durbin, Ms.
Rosen, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Brown, Mr. Bennet, Mrs.
Gillibrand, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Moran, Ms. Collins, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs.
Fischer, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Daines, Mr. Braun, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Sullivan,
Mr. Blunt, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Romney, Mrs. Blackburn, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Cruz,
Mr. Cornyn, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Graham, and Mr. Markey)
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee
on Foreign Relations
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RESOLUTION
Condemning the detention and death of Mahsa Amini and calling on the
Government of Iran to end its systemic persecution of women.
Whereas Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in the custody of the
Morality Police of Iran after being detained for purportedly wearing a
hijab ``improperly'';
Whereas the Morality Police of Iran, an element of the Law Enforcement Forces of
Iran, continually suppress Iranian women's right to freedom of
expression and opinion, including restrictions on women's clothing such
as compulsory wearing of the hijab;
Whereas the protests over the death of Ms. Amini are the largest in Iran since
2019 and have spread throughout the capital of Iran, all of the 31
provinces of Iran, and at least 80 other cities and towns nationwide;
Whereas the Government of Iran has instituted a violent crackdown against
peaceful protesters following the death of Ms. Amini, resulting in the
injury and detention of hundreds of protesters and the deaths of at
least 41 people as of September 26, 2022;
Whereas, to prevent protests from spreading, the biggest telecommunications
operator in Iran largely shut down mobile internet access--the most
severe internet restriction in the country since 2019;
Whereas the Government of Iran consistently engages in a range of human rights
abuses in addition to its systematic persecution of women and peaceful
protesters, including--
(1) unlawful or arbitrary killings;
(2) trials without due process;
(3) forced disappearances;
(4) torture;
(5) arbitrary arrest and detention;
(6) harsh and life-threatening prison conditions;
(7) transnational attacks against dissidents;
(8) severe restrictions on free expression and the media;
(9) substantial interference with the freedom of peaceful assembly and
freedom of association;
(10) severe restrictions on religious freedom; and
(11) restrictions on the ability of citizens to change their government
peacefully through free and fair elections;
Whereas the Government of Iran is ranked as one of the worst human rights
violators in the world, having received a 14 out of 100 ``Global Freedom
Score'' and a 16 out of 100 ``Internet Freedom Score'' from Freedom
House;
Whereas Iran has been designated as a ``country of particular concern'' by the
Department of State for its suppression of religious freedom every year
since 1999; and
Whereas improvements in the human rights of women, freedom of expression, and
other human rights are fundamental to strengthening the accountability
of the Government of Iran to its citizens: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate--
(1) condemns the detention and death of Mahsa Amini;
(2) recognizes the bravery and right of the Iranian people
protesting the death of Ms. Amini, including many Iranian
women;
(3) calls on the Government of Iran to end its systemic
persecution of women;
(4) calls on the Government of Iran to allow peaceful
protest and free elections;
(5) supports human rights, including the human rights of
women in Iran; and
(6) supports holding all human rights violators in Iran to
account.
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Introduced in Senate
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S5230)
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