Condemning the actions of the Government of Iran and supporting the protesters in Iran, their demands for accountability, and their desire for the Government of Iran to respect freedom and human rights.

IV 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. RES. 791 Condemning the actions of the Government of Iran and supporting the pro- testers in Iran, their demands for accountability, and their desire for the Government of Iran to respect freedom and human rights. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 13, 2020 Mr. MCCARTHY submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs RESOLUTION Condemning the actions of the Government of Iran and supporting the protesters in Iran, their demands for ac- countability, and their desire for the Government of Iran to respect freedom and human rights. Whereas in November 2019, according to Iranian interior ministry officials who provided details to Reuters, Iranian security forces killed approximately 1,500 demonstrators when they rose up across the country in protest; Whereas, on January 8, 2020, the Government of Iran shot down Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, lied about its responsibility, and then admitted to mistakenly shooting the airliner down, killing all 176 people on board; VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:06 Jan 14, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR791.IH HR791 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 791 IH Whereas the aircraft was carrying 167 passengers and nine crewmembers; Whereas passengers were citizens of Iran, Canada, Ukraine, Great Britain, Germany and Sweden, at least 16 were children under the age of 10, and 13 were students and alumni of Sharif University of Technology in Tehran; Whereas Iran’s state news agency initially reported the crash resulted from an engine fire caused by a technical fault; Whereas Iranian officials repeatedly denied that the flight was shot down by its armed forces; Whereas, on January 11, 2020, three days after the downing of the flight, the Government of Iran admitted that its armed forces unintentionally shot down the airliner; Whereas, on January 11, 2020, the Government of Iran ar- rested the British Ambassador to Iran, in violation of the Vienna Convention, after he attended a vigil for the vic- tims of the downed flight, and he was released hours later; Whereas, on January 11, 2020, protestors gathered across Iran to denounce what they called lying and incom- petence by the country’s leadership; Whereas at Amirkabir University of Technology in Tehran, protestors tore down posters of Maj. Gen. Qassem Solemaini; Whereas, on January 13, 2020, video from inside Iran showed protestors chanting slogans including ‘‘Clerics get lost!’’; Whereas video appears to show Iranian security forces firing live ammunition at protestors and a woman being carried VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:06 Jan 14, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR791.IH HR791 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HRES 791 IH away leaving a trail of blood on the ground as people shout that she has been shot; and Whereas the President expressed support for ‘‘the brave, long-suffering people of Iran’’ and called on the Iranian Government to allow human rights groups to monitor the protests and not to use force on the protestors: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 (1) condemns the Government of Iran for kill- 2 ing approximately 1,500 Iranian citizens who were 3 protesting their government; 4 (2) condemns the Government of Iran for 5 shooting down Ukraine International Airlines Flight 6 752; 7 (3) condemns the Government of Iran for re- 8 peatedly lying to its people and to the world about 9 its responsibility for the downing of Ukraine Inter- 10 national Airlines Flight 752; 11 (4) calls on the Government of Iran to— 12 (A) refrain from the use of violence; and 13 (B) protect the rights of freedom of ex- 14 pression and peaceful assembly; and 15 (5) supports the protestors in Iran, their de- 16 mands for accountability, and their desire for the 17 Government of Iran to respect freedom and human 18 rights. 19 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:06 Jan 14, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR791.IH HR791 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS