February 26, 2025
Mr. McClintock (for himself, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Allen, Mr. Amodei of Nevada, Mr. Babin, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Baird, Mr. Barrett, Mr. Baumgartner, Mr. Bean of Florida, Mr. Bentz, Mr. Bera, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Burchett, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Carter of Texas, Mr. Ciscomani, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cline, Mr. Clyde, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Correa, Mr. Costa, Ms. Craig, Mr. Crane, Mr. Crenshaw, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Dunn of Florida, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Ellzey, Ms. Fedorchak, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. Finstad, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Flood, Mrs. Foushee, Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Fry, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. Goldman of Texas, Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Gooden, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Graves, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Guest, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona, Mr. Harder of California, Mr. Haridopolos, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mrs. Hinson, Ms. Houlahan, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Mr. Hunt, Mr. Hurd of Colorado, Mr. Issa, Mr. Jack, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Jackson of Texas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mrs. Kim, Mr. LaHood, Mr. LaLota, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Landsman, Mr. Langworthy, Mr. Latta, Mr. Lawler, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. Luttrell, Ms. Mace, Ms. Malliotakis, Ms. Maloy, Mrs. McBath, Mr. McCormick, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Meng, Mr. Meuser, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, Mr. Miller of Ohio, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Moylan, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, Mr. Obernolte, Mr. Owens, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Ms. Ross, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Rutherford, Ms. Salinas, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Self, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Soto, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Steube, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. Tran, Mr. Turner of Ohio, Mr. Turner of Texas, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Van Drew, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. Van Orden, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Yakym, and Mr. Davis of Illinois) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
RESOLUTION
Expressing support for the Iranian people’s desires for a democratic, secular, and nonnuclear Republic of Iran, and condemning the Iranian regime’s terrorism, regional proxy war, internal suppression, and for other purposes.
- (1) unequivocally condemns the Iranian regime’s warmongering in the Middle East, which is a major source of terrorism and regional instability and calls for its end;
- (2) affirms that addressing the call of Iranian protesters for fundamental changes within Iran contributes to peaceful coexistence among neighboring nations and enhances regional and global security;
- (3) acknowledges and upholds the Iranian people’s inherent right to determine their political future, as articulated in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
- (4) calls for holding the Iranian regime and its leaders accountable for their crimes through the continued imposition of sanctions and calls for supporting the Iranian opposition and the Ten-Point Plan for the Future of Iran, which aligns with democratic values and ensures a democratic, secular, peaceful, and nonnuclear republic for the future of Iran;
- (5) urges the free world, given that the people of Iran have been deprived of all their fundamental rights and political paths for change within the framework of international law and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, to recognize the rights of the Iranian people, the protesters, and the Resistance Units to confront the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and repressive forces to bring about change; and
- (6) calls on the United States Government, in cooperation with our ally Albania, to ensure the full protection of the Iranian political refugees in Ashraf 3 in Albania against the Iranian regime’s continued efforts to target dissidents abroad and for them to benefit from all rights stipulated in the Geneva Convention 1951 and the European Convention on Human Rights, including the right to life, liberty, and security, and protection of property, as well as freedom of expression and assembly.